Young Zambians are betting everything on the copper boom — will it be different this time?
Zambia knows how a copper boom usually ends: rich countries get richer, and little is left behind but environmental devastation. This time, a new generation wants to change the ending. They are determined to come out of this boom with more than a hole in the ground.
Résister sans armes face à l’exploitation pétrolière en République démocratique du Congo
Comment demeurer convaincu que l’action pacifique peut transformer un pays, lorsqu’on est constamment confronté à la répression policière, aux menaces et même à l’exil forcé?
The unseen champions of recycling
For Aphiwe, every carboard box is more than trash. It’s money for food, transport, and medicine for her family.
Parting ways with the South African coal life
A family’s understanding of the Just Energy Transition in the mining town of Kriel
How audio storytelling can shift narratives about the climate crisis
Can sharing personal stories and experiences really lead to social change? At Radio Workshop, we believe it can…
When home is the most toxic town in the world
Lead mining earned Kabwe, Zambia the title of one of the most toxic towns in the world. How does Oliver – who suffered from lead poisoning himself – and the wider community feel about the return of mining to the region, but this time in the form of transition minerals?