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Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

29 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Matthew Hirsch and Ihsaan Haffejee

...environmental justice organisations, trade unions and mining affected communities. Protesters claim that Glencore’s supply of coal to Israel is powering its energy infrastructure and enabling the cont...

Battle looms over abalone quota

13 May 2025 | ARTICLE

By Liezl Human

...rights will be allocated to the small-scale fishing sector” or what the potential quota would be. Since the early 2000s, about 300 commercial abalone fishers have been allocated abalone fishing rights...

New report describes how coal pollution is harming Highveld

25 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Kimberly Mutandiro and Liezl Human

...Environmental activists at groundWork published a report on the problems facing communities living near coal mines in the Highveld. Despite a 2012 court order Carolina residents are still struggling w...

Major legal battle looms over Stellenbosch luxury estate

23 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...environmental authorisations by the Western Cape government and the Stellenbosch municipality. Key among these is SIG’s challenge to an amended environmental authorisation (EA) granted on 18 February ...

Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

17 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...rights. “Where constitutional rights are in issue, the balance of convenience favours the protection of those rights. “I am of the view that in all the circumstances, the balance of convenience favour...

Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

16 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By Group of water researchers

...environmental risks Private corporations are more likely to violate health and environmental regulations to cut costs. Thames Water has repeatedly dumped raw sewage into UK rivers. Veolia, notorious i...

Sedgefield developer sues Knysna municipality for more than R2.5-million

7 April 2025 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...environmentalist for R5-million for opposing the project. The developer of a controversial Sedgefield retirement complex, who is suing a local environmentalist for R5-million, is now also claiming da...

Former Woodstock Hospital can be developed without displacing its occupiers

28 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Suraya Scheba and Andreas Scheba

...rights, improved housing quality, and promoted spatial justice. The case of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, is particularly relevant. The Brazilian constitution explicitly recognises the right to housing and the s...

Big oil find in Limpopo? Or just false hope?

20 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By Anton van Zyl and Elmon Tshikhudo

...rights, from PASA. He added that they are awaiting the Environmental Authorisation documents from PASA and documents about the third renewal of the exploration rights. “We are uncertain of who the Env...

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5-million

19 March 2025 | ARTICLE

By John Yeld

...environmentalists. A prominent Garden Route environmental activist is being sued for close to R5-million by a property developer for causing a 14-month delay in its plans to construct a retirement vi...