Author: Joubert, Leonie. & Mofokeng, Santu.
Title: Boiling Point.
Description: Heinrich Boll Stiftung. Cape Town 2008. Oblong 8vo 0.3kg. Top corner of front wrap creased else a clean VG copy. ISBN: 9780907486206 An extension of the 2007 Ruth First Memorial Lecture, this explores the life of some South Africans beset by climate change: Hendrik Hesselman, a rooibos tea farmer. Ernest Titus, a traditional fisherman. Albert Whitfield, a maize farmer. Bongiwe Mkize, a political refugee. And Selina Thotse, a sangoma. Most live on the knife-edge of poverty amid their dependence on an already capricious natural environment. Their stories show what happens as normal weather trends change in a hotter world.

Keywords: south africa climate change


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