We are activist lawyers who work with communities and civil society organisations in South Africa to realise our Constitutional right to a healthy environment by advocating and litigating for environmental justice. We seek a just, equitable, compassionate society which is resilient, celebrates diversity, and respects the inter-dependence between people and the environment.
If you are thinking of making a donation to a worthy cause before the end of the tax year, please consider becoming part of the work of the Centre for Environmental Rights. Globally, the climate crisis and ecological breakdown are accelerating towards tipping points, and the devastating impacts of an at least 1.5 degree increase… continued
JOHANNESBURG: Over the past few days, unusual and persistent levels of sulphurous smells in the air have given residents of Gauteng a glimpse of what life is like for people who live in some of our country’s most polluted places on the Mpumalanga Highveld – one of the South Africa’s worst air pollution hotspots. On… continued
Statement by the Mabola Coalition* on the Mpumalanga MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs to revoke the protected area status for a large part of the Mabola Protected Environment “We, a coalition of eight non-profit public interest organisations, have been challenging the authorisation of a large new coal mine inside a declared… continued
Last month, the Mpumalanga Provincial MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs, MEC VR Shongwe, published his decision to revoke the protected area status for a large part of the Mabola Protected Environment in Mpumalanga in order to enable a controversial new coal mine to proceed. The Coalition of eight public interest organisations… continued
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