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Barbara Creecy says her appeal ‘boils down to a question of law’

A legal battle, referred to as the "deadly air" case, in which environmental justice organisations took the government to court for violating their constitutional right to clean air, has finally been decided in the community's favour.

A legal battle, referred to as the "deadly air" case, in which environmental justice organisations took the government to court for violating their constitutional right to clean air, has finally been decided in the community's favour.

Judge says environment minister’s denial of the harm caused is at odds with science, and gives her a deadline to prescribe long-delayed pollution regulations

Civil society watchdog groups have scored a resounding legal victory which will put significant new pressure on the government to force Eskom and major industries on the Highveld to reduce air pollution levels in one of the world’s most polluted living spaces.

Environmental justice groups have won a legal victory against government over the poor air quality in the Highveld Priority Area.

4 Min Read PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa’s failure to tackle toxic levels of air pollution produced by burning coal is a violation its post-Apartheid constitution, activists and a U.N. rights expert said in court on Monday. General view of the coal-based Kriel Power Station owned by state power utility Eskom in Mpumalanga, near Kriel, South Africa, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo Campaigners are suing the South African government in the High Court, hoping to force t...

Activists and government lock horns over coal pollution By Reuters Share PRETORIA - South Africas failure to tackle toxic levels of air pollution produced by burning coal is a violation its post-Apartheid constitution, activists and a U.N. rights expert said in court on Monday. Campaigners are suing the South African government in the High Court, hoping to force tougher action against heavy polluters such as state power company Eskom and liquid fuel producer Sasol. The campaigners say tougher a...

BACK TO THE HOME PAGE Image: © Mujahid Safodien / Greenpeace 06 March 2021 - Environmental justice groups groundWork and the Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action (VEJMA) have responded to papers filed by the Minister of Environment Forestry and Fisheries in the “Deadly Air” court case against government about the toxic and unsafe levels of air pollution that people living and working on the Mpumalanga Highveld are exposed to daily. In her affidavit filed on behalf of all...

‘We’re fighting to breathe clean air’ 13 Feb 2021 Dirty danger: Princess Mathebula’s oxygen mask (above). Her mother can’t afford a nebuliser. Black dust coats people’s homes and lungs. The Deadly Air court case applicants argue that toxic air violates people’s constitutional right to an environment that does not not harm them. Photos: Paul Botes Mapule Mdhuli has spent the morning meticulously cleaning her family’s small home in Empumelelweni in Mpumalanga, but a layer of gritt...