We are activist lawyers who help communities and civil society organisations in South Africa realise our Constitutional right to a healthy environment by advocating and litigating for environmental justice.
One of the key objectives of the Life After Coal Campaign (consisting of Earthlife Africa, the Centre for Environmental Rights, and groundWork) is to discourage the development of any new coal-fired power stations, which would lock South Africa into further dependence on dirty, expensive coal for decades to come, and delay the urgent need to transition to a… continued
Five of South Africa’s largest environmental justice organisations have come out strongly against Eskom’s further round of multiple applications to postpone compliance with air pollution standards. Allowing Eskom to continue with its pollution will mean that at least 2200 people in affected areas will die premature deaths every year as a result of exposure to… continued
A spirited graduation ceremony – which included an address by former Constitutional Court Judge Bess Nkabinde – last week marked the successful close of the Centre’s second Environmental Rights & Remedies School for Activists. The ceremony marked the end of an intensive two week period of learning in which the selected fifteen activists covered various… continued
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