Struggles for securing communal and indigenous forms of land tenure in East Africa
Across East Africa, communal land rights are under threat from land grabs and increased exploitation of natural resources found on indigenous land, often without the free, prior, and informed consent of the custodians of that land.
The real costs of mining on the West Coast
For centuries, South Africa’s West Coast, spanning the Western and Northern Cape provinces, has been subjected to destructive mining activities and more recently, offshore oil and gas exploration by multinational corporations rushing to meet a growing global demand.
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Community Statement – On 7 March 2024, the Richtersveld community embarked on a silent protest at their ancestral gravesites at Boegoebaai to challenge the Southern African government for the return of their land, stolen centuries ago.
OUR VOICES OF RESISTANCE WILL NO LONGER BE SILENCED! 
“As we protested in the streets of Marrakech alongside comrades from Latin America, from Asia… involved in similar struggles to defend their lands and communities, I felt connected and re-energised. It often feels lonely when we fight against a large-scale project impacting my community and livelihood.“ – Laetitia Lamah, activist, CECIDE Guinea
79 years of neo-colonial exploitation is enough! – Africa’s fight for debt justice 
The Vrywillige, Vooraf en Voordurende Ingeligte Toestemming (Free, Prior and Informed Consent) or VVVT Namakwaland is a social movement in Northern Cape, South Africa that brings together activists and community members from various towns and villages across Namaqualand. These communities share a long and painful history of land dispossession, which started in the late 1800s, and the continued illegal extraction of natural resources, such as copper, on their communal land.
VVVT NAMAKWALAND MARCH FOR THEIR RIGHT TO SAY NO! 
