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South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins welcomes UN Expert’s assessment highlighting human and environmental rights violations
PRESS RELEASE: South African People’s Tribunal on AgroToxins The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxins, Dr Marcos...
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and National Air Quality Officer Face Legal Action Over Arcelor Mittal Pollution
15 August 2023 Contact: Lerato Balendran ; Tsepang Molefe The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and...
JOB ADVERTISEMENT: AFRICA COAL NETWORK (ACN) ADMINISTRATOR
groundWork is an environmental justice organisation working through the lens of a Just Transition and Open Democracy. We work with communities...
South Africa must tackle crude legacy of environmental racism and toxic exposure: UN expert
PRETORIA (11 August 2023) – South Africa must redouble its efforts to tackle the crude legacy of pre-1994 environmental racism, including the...
Civil society approaches court to confirm the requirements for the amendment of an Environmental Authorisation
IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 31 July 2023 CONTACT: The Pretoria High Court is set to hear the challenge to a proposed...
Waste pickers shot and Buffelsdraai landfill site closure in Durban
On 12 July 2023, one person was declared deceased and 17 others injured after the eThekwini municipal landfill site security guards located at...
Abahlali baseMjondolo press statement: Khaya Ngubane has been found guilty of killing Ayanda Ngila
Khaya Ngubane, the man who assassinated Ayanda Ngila, our comrade and the deputy chairperson of the eKhenana Commune, was found guilty of...
Kusile FGD Bypass – Civil Society Appeals
To allow it to utilise temporary repairs at its Kusile power station in Mpumalanga, Eskom has been granted permission to bypass the plant’s Flu...