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A woman holds a placard on the beach as hundreds of people (not visible) take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company Shell to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa’s East coast, at Muizenberg Beach, in Cape Town, on December 05, 2021. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Weak focus’ on climate, environment in election manifestos

Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Senior executives of the dysfunctional King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality — with the assistance of the deputy minister of agriculture, rural development and land reform, Nokuzola Capa — spent R183  997.82 to attend the ANC’s February elections manifesto launch. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Manifestos: EFF is tops — but what trumps how

Although they are full of promises, parties lack concrete, informed policies for the arts

  • Eyaaz
6 min read