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April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal

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sobandlululo eyashintsha ekukhiqizeni amalahle yakhiqiza amafutha),<br />

izincebilikisi zezimbawula zakwaEngen eNingizimu neTheku kanye nepayipi<br />

elikhulu lwamafutha elisuka eThekwini liya eGoli, kufanele kuhlanganyele<br />

izinhlaka zemiphakathi ezilwela ezemvelo njengamanzi, umoya kanye<br />

nezwe elisesimweni esihle ukuze kubhekwane nesimo solushintsha<br />

kwezulu;<br />

• Imigomo enentuthuko yokulawula umoya ohlanzekile (Air Quality Act)<br />

ingashikashikeka ilwa nokuqeda izisisi ezingcolise umoya iCO2, imethane<br />

kanye nezinye ‘njengezingcolis umoya’, njengomgomo olawula eMelika iUS<br />

Clean Air Act;<br />

• Imizimba kahulumeni ethatha izinqumo bayovimba ukwakhiwa<br />

kwezindawo zokuhlala kanye nezinye izizinda ezaziwa ‘njengezentuthuko’<br />

kodwa zibe zingcolisa ezemvelo; futhi<br />

• Esikhundleni sokuthi amazwe aseNyakatho naseNingizimu axhase<br />

ngezimali ngezindlela ezicekele phansi zezimakethe zezisisi, ukufunwa<br />

‘kwesikeletu sokushintsha kwesimo sezulu’ avumele ukuxhasa ngezimali<br />

ezingenamibandela, ezingenankohlakalo futhi ezingesetshenziselwa noma<br />

yini eyenza umehluko.<br />

Uma ngase kuthathwe izinyathelo ezinjalo ezidingeka ngokushesha,<br />

kungathi kufika isikhathi seCOP17, umhlaba ubone iTheku njengohulumeni<br />

kanye nomphakathi ozinikele ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.<br />

Kodwa-ke siyalazi iqiniso. Njengoba lezizinyathelo zingeke zicatshangwe<br />

ngaphandle-nje ukuthi zingenziwa yizikhulu eziphethe njengamanje,<br />

esikhundleni salokho sizobona izinhlaka zonke zemiphakathi zomzabalazo<br />

zivuka umbhejazane, zizimisele ukwenza lokho kulaba abafuna ukusicekela<br />

phansi ngokwenza umonakalo wokushintsha kwesimo sezulu njengoba<br />

senza kontamolukhuni bobandlululo kanye nababengafuni ukusinika<br />

imisganguzo yengculazi: ukubaguqisa phansi lapho emsukeni wodaba, lapho<br />

abezombusazwe izaguga ezimhlophe kanye nabangani babo bamazwe<br />

aphesheya, noThabo Mbeki nezimboni ezinkulu zemishanguzo, k<strong>of</strong>anele<br />

bame babukele, bahloniphe isikhathi lapho sekufika isizukulwane esisha<br />

esinonembeza esikhathelele uwonkewonke.<br />

(uPatrick Bond uSolwazi waseThekwini obhale incwadi iThe Politics <strong>of</strong><br />

Climate Justice ezoqala ukutholakala ngokuphela kwalonyaka<br />

ungavakashela kulewebsite ukufunda eminye imisebenzi yakhe<br />

(http://ccs.ukzn.ac.za/default.asp?4,80.)<br />

Tragedy in Arizona<br />

Alan Jones, Socialist Alternative (CWI USA) 17 January 2010<br />

The attack <strong>of</strong> Gabrielle Gif<strong>for</strong>ds and the killing <strong>of</strong> six other people is a<br />

warning to working people about the serious political danger involved in<br />

the rise <strong>of</strong> the extreme right wing.<br />

Commenting on Jared Loughner’s assassination attempt against<br />

Congresswoman Gabrielle Gif<strong>for</strong>ds on January 8th, when he seriously<br />

injured her, killed six others and injured another 13 people, Andrew<br />

Sullivan, a conservative blogger wrote: "There is no way to understand the<br />

politics <strong>of</strong> this without Palin. She has long been the leader <strong>of</strong> the<br />

movement that drapes itself in military garb, that marinates in violent

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