The Durban-based author of the popular Spud books, John van de Ruit, has signed our We Have Faith petition for Climate Justice. He joins prominent South Africans Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, Bishop Mike Vorster, Gcina Mhlope, Ela Gandhi, Pravin Gordhan, Pieter Dirk Uys and many others. Pic: The Mercury/Shelley Kjonstad.
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