CER in the media

Media coverage of the Centre and its work

1. South Africa’s mines threaten the environment, Radio Netherlands, 10 February 2012
2. Myne gekap oor uitbuiting van regte, Sake 24, 9 February 2012
3. Hazy weather Bill forecast for Parliament today, Mail & Guardian, 25 January 2012
4. Weather bill causes storm, The Witness, 25 January 2012
5. Weather Bill “unconstitutional”, iafrica.com, 24 January 2012
6. Activists contest stormy weather bill amendment, The Mercury, 12 January 2012
7. Dept stalls info requests, Cape Argus, 3 November 2011
8. Karoo group goes to court over team’s composition, Business Day, 25 October 2011
9. The business case for mining, managing environment simultaneously, Mining Weekly, 21 October 2011
10. Officials are “undermining freedom”, Cape Argus, 19 October 2011
11. Community wants scars healed, Cape Times, 14 October 2011
12. Premier’s wife shafts law and mines, City Press, 9 October 2011
13. Shabangu to take issue of mine zoning to top court, Business Day, 27 September 2011
14. Ruling ties DMR’s hand in municipalities, MiningMx, 27 September 2011
15. “Change law so that state can recoup costs from polluters”, Business Day, 14 September 2011
16. Karoo communities fear long-term effects of fracking, Legalbrief, 6 September 2011
17. Wary welcome for fracking moratorium, Business Day, 19 August 2011
18. Property developer Wraypex loses big in defamation suit, iolproperty.co.za, 4 July 2011
19. De Beers should conduct real consultation in Namaqualand, iol.co.za, 30 June 2011
20. Acid water no-one’s fault – mines, Sowetan, 29 June 2011
21. Fracking team “omits key officials”, Cape Argus, 3 June 2011
22. Ecological hotspot at risk, Saturday Star, 16 May 2011
23. NGO objects to De Beers’ sale Namaqualand Mine sale to Trans Hex, Mining Weekly, 12 May 2011
24. Cabinet endorses moratorium on fracking, The Citizen, 25 April 2011
25. Ministers to discuss MPRDA amendments, MiningMX, 20 April 2011
26. Proper regulation is vital to cash in on commodities boom, opinion in Business Report, 18 April 2011
27. Acid test for green law, Sunday Times, 16 April 2011
28. Landmark ruling on faulty environmental report, Business Day, 15 April 2011
29. Communities out of loop on mining law changes, Business Report, 7 April 2011
30. CoAL seeks legal advice after accusations, Business Day, 7 April 2011
31. Scientists call on Zuma to stop fracking, Business Day, 6 April 2011
32. Call to ban exploration in the Karoo, Business Report, 5 April 2011
33. Despite declaration of sensitive lands, challenges remain, Mining Weekly, 18 March 2011
34. Mining firms cause logjam as they rush to comply, Business Report, 3 March 2011
35. Kumba rights battle shifts to environmental field, Business Report, 2 March 2011
36. Acid mine plan underwhelms, Times Live, 27 February 2011
37. Shabangu sets date for Mpumalanga moratorium (and addresses the issue of the CER and other NGOs’ application in terms of s.49 of the MPRDA to have environmentally sensitive areas declared as no-go areas for prospecting and mining), MiningMX, 25 February 2011
38. Acid water clean-up to cost billions, Business Report, 25 February 2011
39. R225 million for acid water clean-up too little, Business Report, 24 February 2011
40. “End of era” as miner faces environmental charges, Business Day, 23 February 2011
41. Cabinet delays the release of acid water report, Business Report, 21 February 2011
42. Developers warned on using courts to silence critics, Business Day, 18 February 2011
43. “Show us acid mine report”, Times Live, 12 February 2011
44. NGOs urge MPs to act on acid water, Fin24.com, 9 February 2011
45. Parly asked to intervene in acid mine drainage, Mail & Guardian, 9 February 2011
46. Parliament asked to intervene in acid mine drainage, The Citizen, 9 February 2011
47. Minister should still declare no-go mining areas, say green groups, Business Day, 8 February 2011
48. Ekologies sensitiewe gebiede “taboe” vir myne, Nuus24, 8 February 2011
49. Mining minister urged to use green laws to save crisis areas, Business Day, 2 February 2011
50. Environmentalists table mining ban list, Business Report, 2 February 2011
51. Acid Mine Ultimatum, Sowetan, 28 January 2011
52. Cabinet mum on acid mine drainage report, Pretoria News, 27 January 2011
53. Govt. given a week to speak about acid mine worries, Eye Witness News, 26 January 2011
54. Govt. given deadline to deal with acid mine drainage, Eye Witness News, 25 January 2011
55. JSE’s green index gets red light from NGOs, Business Report, 23 December 2010
56. SRI companies ‘flout environmental laws’, Legalbrief, 14 December 2010
57. The acid mine drainage solution bandwagon, Mail & Guardian, 9 December 2010
58. How to fix an impossible mess, Mail & Guardian, 9 December 2010
59. Act will provide final solution to mining regulation overlap, opinion piece in Business Report, 3 December 2010
60. Mpumalanga’s not-so-clean coal, Mail & Guardian, 29 November 2011
61. Vele suspension is tip of iceberg for pollution by mines, opinion piece in Business Report, 8 November 2010
62. Environmental inspectors for mines ‘lack specialist skills’:“Environmental management inspectors employed to enforce mining regulations are not required to have a legal background or compliance skills, it emerged this week…”, Business Day, 3 November 2010
63. Mining’s green offsets yield little, Mail & Guardian, 3 November 2010
64. Secrecy bill ‘could compromise environmental information’: “Information on environmental issues could be further compromised by the Protection of Information Bill, a legal nongovernmental organisation warns”, Business Day, 29 October 2010
65. Pollution law will add to landowners’ costs: “Residential and industrial property owners and polluters will soon be forced to clean up contaminated land when new sections of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act come into force”, Business Day, 16 September 2010