Environment
SLAPPing back: Court checks corporate bullying
Tuesday’s judgment in the mining company case provides key insights into how to recognise a SLAPP suit
Opinion | 11 February 2021
Environmentalists lose bid to close Somkhele coal mine
Judge said applicants had not produced evidence to support their claims
Law | 9 February 2021
To bee or not to bee: South African beekeepers face tough odds
Chinese imports, too few trees, not much government support: it’s hard to get a buzz out of your hive these days
Feature | 22 January 2021
Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams
Sea is so dark with sediment “we can’t even dive with lights”
By John Yeld
News | 9 December 2020
High levels of E. coli in water from Milnerton waste plant, say activists
But City of Cape Town says the tests used by activists are not an accurate reflection
By Liezl Human
News | 8 December 2020
Court challenge to West Coast beach mining
Environmentalists concerned over massive expansion into critical biodiversity areas
By John Yeld
News | 12 November 2020
Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon
Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 November 2020
Makhanda community take City to court over poor waste management
“Our homes smell like sewage and rubbish” says resident
News | 30 October 2020
Slain mining activist to be buried on Friday
Community divided over challenge to expansion of mine adjacent to the popular Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
By Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh
News | 29 October 2020