by Mark Swilling | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog
Wow, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the Best of the Best award for her novel about the biafran war (Half of a Yellow Sun) – she’s a Nigerian novelist who sparkles with all the optimism and power of the generation that is reshaping Africa’s future...
by Mark Swilling | Nov 3, 2015 | Blog
WTO rules that Indians are not allowed to build their own solar panels to meet their energy needs in a low carbon way because this will harm the import into India of American-made solar panels. So herewith clear and irrefutable proof that short-term profits are more...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 30, 2015 | Talks
Event: Seeds of the Good Anthropocene Organizer: Stellenbosch Centre for Complex Systems in Transition Location: Cape Town Date: 12 August 2015 Download ppt [Note: for some strange reason the recording of the talk below stopped near the start of the talk and I only...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog
The madness of allocating R200 million for nuclear preparedness – remember how much we wasted in the now shut down PBMR technology? The crowding out of the job-creating energy generating non-corruped renewable energy sector in factor of mega-projects that are...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 24, 2015 | Publication
Author(s): Mark Swilling Type of publication: Journal article Reference details: Swilling, M. 1987. United Democratic Front and Township Revolt. Work in Progress. September 1987. Keywords: South Africa, popular protest, urban politics, mass democratic movement,...
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