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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) have come out strongly in favour of a new Parliamentary report that calls for a ban on captive lion breeding in the country. Entitled Captive Lion Breeding for Hunting and Bone Trade in South Africa, the new report finds: Captive lion breeding holds… continued
Today, the North Gauteng High Court set aside the 2016 decisions of former Mineral Resources Minister Zwane and the late Environmental Affairs Minister Molewa to permit a new coal mine to be developed in the Mabola Protected Environment near Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga. The case was brought by the coalition of eight civil society organisations challenging a… continued
First published in the Nov/Dec 2018 issue of African Birdlife. Shaped by centuries of exploitation, the South African landscape has witnessed many one-sided battles for environmental and social justice in which the Davids have faced seemingly insurmountable odds while trying to challenge the Goliaths. All too often, these metaphorical Davids – under-resourced activists from small, often… continued
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