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Civil society movements survive. One is the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which has for years led a community-driven campaign against titanium mining in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape. Photo: File

Beyond NGOs: Why civil society will survive and thrive

Grassroots movements survive because they are driven by commitment, flexible, adaptable and hard to dismantle

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Oppression: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Natalia Fedosenko/Pool/Reuters

Amendments to the voluntary organisations Act threatens civic space in Zimbabwe

Repression in the country is cloaked in reform through the suppression of nonprofit organisations

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A judicial review heard in the Western Cape high court this week has questioned the environmental authorisation process for TotalEnergies’ offshore oil and gas exploration rights between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

TotalEnergies: Who really benefits from regulating environmental NGOs in South Africa?

Silencing civil society’s voice threatens the country’s democracy — and the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill could be misused to do just this

5 min read