Keywords: Environmental Rights Content: Articles Page: 1 of 28 Items: 272
10 December 2025 | ARTICLE
By Steve Kretzmann
...environmental pollution, the loss of potential jobs and revenue, and a threat to human health. But this is just one of the municipality’s failures. Finances, water supply, waste management, and commun...
1 December 2025 | ARTICLE
By Steve Kretzmann
...Environmental Affairs, Land Reform and Rural Development responded to GroundUp’s questions on the matter. Kimberley resident and DA MP Delmaine Christians said some of the 26 affected families were ac...
28 November 2025 | ARTICLE
By Sechaba Mokhethi
...rights to a clean and healthy environment. Court papers detailed how families were being “literally choked” by plumes of smoke, had to endure bad odours, and live at constant risk of airborne, waterbo...
22 October 2025 | ARTICLE
By John Yeld
...environmental authorisation. The provincial Department of Environmental Affairs fined Kok R625,000 but later reduced this to R125,000, citing his membership of the Cederberg Conservancy as one of the ...
18 September 2025 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...environmental approval process. The court set aside the environmental authorisation issued in December 2019 by the chief director of integrated environmental authorisations in the Department of Forest...
16 September 2025 | ARTICLE
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Thamsanqa Mbovane
...environmental threats from fossil fuel exploration. Protesters carried banners and placards, some which read, “We cannot eat oil and gas,” and “To hell with Shell.” Wild Coast communities and environ...
12 September 2025 | ARTICLE
By Tania Broughton
...environmental groups are challenging. Wild Coast communities argue the court order perpetuates illegality and violates their constitutional rights to food, livelihoods and cultural practices. Shell cl...
11 September 2025 | ARTICLE
By Sechaba Mokhethi
...environmentally acceptable. It promised a new landfill at Tšoeneng – plans first drafted in 2005 but stalled ever since. The ministry now says a R400-million phased project is being designed, includin...
14 August 2025 | ARTICLE
By Liezl Human
...environmental authorisation for a TotalEnergies’ offshore oil and gas exploration project. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The Western Cape High Court has set aside the environmental authorisation fo...
29 May 2025 | ARTICLE
By Matthew Hirsch and Ihsaan Haffejee
...environmental justice organisations, trade unions and mining affected communities. Protesters claim that Glencore’s supply of coal to Israel is powering its energy infrastructure and enabling the cont...