GET Progress report - January 2015

Compiled by Sifiso Dladla: CHOOSING KZN DELEGATES FOR WOMEN’S REGIONAL EXCHANGE (07 JANUARY 2015) Another platform for women to meet and discuss their issues, whilst devising a concomitant strategy that will result in robust action, was created through a meeting held in Ocilwane community hall in Fuleni. This once again…

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WOMEN STAND THEIR GROUND AGAINST BIG COAL

WOMEN STAND THEIR GROUND AGAINST BIG COAL SOUTHERN AFRICAN EXCHANGE WoMin, a regional women’s rights alliance, invites you to provincial site inspections and a dialogue involving dozens of organisations from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana 19-24 January 2014 Despite threats to the planet and to humanity, coal expansion…

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Hundreds to celebrate Player’s life

This article appeared in the Mercury on 12 January 2015 By Tony Carnie HUNDREDS of people from across Southern Africa, Europe and the US are expected to gather in KwaZulu-Natal this week to celebrate the life of international conservation figure Ian Cedric Player. Player, 87, died six weeks ago and was…

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Open letter to the Minister of Mineral Resources

17 December 2014 Department of Mineral Resources Minister: Adv Ngoako Ramatlhodi Dear Minister Honouring Dr Ian Player’s Legacy by Securing the iMfolozi Wilderness Area The announcement of the death of legendary conservationist, Dr Ian Player, on 30 November 2014, resulted in accolades pouring in from people worldwide. President Jacob Zuma…

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PRESS RELEASE DR IAN PLAYER 26 NOVEMBER 2014

  Dr Ian Player, legendary nature conservationist credited with saving the White Rhino from extinction, suffered a serious stroke with complications on Thursday morning, 20th November 2014. He is comfortably at home in the Karkloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where he is supported by his wife, Ann, and immediate family members.…

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