Environment
Nasty chemicals are accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts
Drugs, flushed through the sewage system, are ending up in sea-life.
News | 12 February 2019
City fails to publish water quality tests for two years
Public cannot assess effects of sewage disposal in sea
News | 11 February 2019
West Coast mining company fined a “pittance”
Mineral Sands Resources fined R1.25 million for unlawful activities in Lutzville
By John Yeld
News | 6 February 2019
New blow for would-be Mpumalanga coal miner
Surprise move by MEC for Environmental Affairs Vusi Shongwe
By John Yeld
News | 29 January 2019
Court refuses appeal on Mpumalanga coal mine
Company’s bid for permission to mine in protected area blocked
By John Yeld
News | 23 January 2019
Court hears objections to new N2 highway
New Wild Coast route shortens road by 75km but passes through ancestral land
By Zoë Postman
News | 4 December 2018
Activists lose bid to stop coal mine
Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs
By Fred Kockott
Law | 21 November 2018
Major precedent set for communities affected by mining
Constitutional Court judge quotes Fanon: to “strip someone of their source of livelihood, then you strip them of their dignity too”
By Kim Reynolds
News | 26 October 2018
Court drama as state tries to force through coal mining plan
Last minute bid to change boundaries of Mpumalanga protected area
By John Yeld
News | 17 October 2018