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The court heard that the harassment commenced on New Year’s Day 2017 when the news of the extra marital relationship emerged.
The court heard that the harassment commenced on New Year’s Day 2017 when the news of the extra marital relationship emerged.
Photo: Karpowership The Turkish-led Karpowership consortium is weeks away from a deadline to finalise its 20-year supply deal with Eskom, but now faces multiple legal hurdles. The Green Scorpions are investigating whether the former head of SANParks provided misleading information to secure an emergency permit on Karpowership's behalf. The environment department has until 25 June to adjudicate Karpowership's application for environmental authorisation – and it may depend on what the investigators find. The Green Scorpions are investigating whether Karpowership SA or its environmental consul...
The Environmental Management Inspectorate – known as the Green Scorpions – is tasked with investigating environmental crimes. The investigation could result in criminal charges, but could also torpedo Karpowership’s environmental authorisations, which it needs for its mammoth R225-billion deal with Eskom to go ahead. In March, the Turkish-led consortium was selected as a preferred bidder to provide 1,220MW of emergency power under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMI4P). The electricity will come from gas-fired powerships which are intended to be moo...
Hantie Plomp, the South African environmental consultant who helped Turkish company Karpowership procure a “Covid-19 exemption” permit for its controversial gas powerships plan, is facing disciplinary charges for alleged professional misconduct. Before establishing her environmental consultancy business, Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions, Hantie Plomp worked as an environmental manager for AngloGold Ashanti. She studied analytical chemistry at Pretoria Technikon and later graduated with a Masters degree (Cum Laude) in Environmental Management from the University of the Free State. (Photo: riv...