Seed and Knowledge Initiative (SKI) Newsletter Feb 2017
‘Going back to my Roots’, a personal story by Mashudu Takalani
Mashudu is a young woman of twenty-eight (28) from the Venda culture in Limpopo Province, north eastern South Africa. She works with EarthLore, a Southern African organisation, accompanying communities in their path to revive their indigenous knowledge and practices. Here Mashudu tells the story of her journey so far, revealing…
To mine or not to mine?
A report back on the Alternative Mining Indaba which took place in Cape Town earlier this month (6th & 8th February, 2017) By Jasper Finkeldy Dark floors, white walls, conference participants in ties and formal dresses. From the red armchair in the lobby of a hotel in central Cape Town…
A Reflection on SEED
A reflection at the Biowatch National SEED Event held in Pongola on 21-23 June 2016 By Method Gundidza Thanks to you all NGO groups and farmers represented here, and I do not forget those whom we represent back home where we come from who could not be here with us.…