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.
In the first quarter of 2017, the Centre for Environmental Rights rolled out our pilot Environmental Rights & Remedies – a course for activists training course. In August 2017 we completed a full evaluation of the pilot project. The graduates indicated that the course significantly enhanced the way they approach environmental activism, with one describing it as… continued
The South African bank is the first from the global South to move out of new coal plants, but is still backing Thabametsi and Khanyisa. By Robyn Hugo and Yann Louvel** The 2017 Sustainability Report of Nedbank, one of South Africa’s biggest banks, contains an important new commitment from the bank, effective as of 2018, ‘not to… continued
In the past week, the Life After Coal Campaign (which comprises: the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), Earthlife Africa, and groundWork) has instituted fresh court proceedings against the Minister of Environmental Affairs in relation to the proposed Thabametsi independent power producer (IPP) coal-fired power station [1]. The Campaign has also made further written and oral objections against both preferred bidders… continued
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