South Africa: United Community of Fuleni Successfully Blocks Another Potential Coal Mining Operation in the Area #AfricaClimateCrisis

Hell has no fury like the Fuleni community members who are opposing coal mines. On 15th May 2022, the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO) again sent… Read more »

South Africa: Major Court Victory for Communities Fighting Air Pollution in Mpumalanga Highveld

Today environmental justice groups celebrate a landmark judgment in the #DeadlyAir case as a victory for environmental justice in South Africa with far-reaching consequences. In… Read more »

South Africa: Civil Society Statement - National Exchange On Struggles Against Hazardous Waste in South Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis

Sobantu, Pietermaritzburg; Read more »

South Africa: A Second Gas-to-Power Environmental Authorisation Is Refused for Richards Bay #AfricaClimateCrisis

The decision to refuse the EA raised the following: Cumulatively, there are expected negative impacts to the ecosystem, including avifauna, estuary and marine environments.… Read more »

Africa: Groups Call On World Bank President David Malpass to Be Replaced Over Failure On Climate Action #AfricaClimateCrisis

"The World Bank has a long history of brushing up its green credentials and putting itself at the centre of climate finance while supporting the expansion of fossil fuel extraction… Read more »

South Africa: Life After Coal Says South Africa Must Walk the Talk At COP26

Last month, Cabinet approved an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in terms of the Paris Climate Agreement. This NDC includes the greenhouse gas emissions limits that… Read more »

Africa: Just Recovery Renewable Energy Plan for Africa Launched By Friends of the Earth Africa

50 organisations endorse the Plan Read more »

South Africa: Deadly Air Case - the Struggle to Breathe Clean Air in Mpumalanga Goes to Court

Landmark #DeadlyAir air pollution case against South African government will be heard in the Pretoria High Court from 17 May 2021 - Two environmental justice groups are asking the… Read more »

South Africa: Community Activists Protesting Devastating Impacts of Coal Mine Shot At and Arrested

On the outskirts of Dannhauser, in KwaZulu-Natal, police used rubber bullets to shoot at a group of environmental justice community activists who were protesting peacefully outside… Read more »

South Africa: Groundwork Releases State of Environmental Justice Report 2020 - 'The Elites Don't Care' - People On the Frontlines of Coal, Covid, and the Climate Crisis

This report follows on from Down to Zero, the groundWork 2019 report on the politics of an (un)just transition. It looks at the impacts of the pandemic from global to local level,… Read more »

South Africa: Enough Is Enough - Communities in Newcastle Protest Ikwezi Coal Mine

The community is mainly concerned with the following: Read more »

Africa: Groundwork Joins CER Call On Government to Heed Public Health Professionals' Call for Climate Leadership

In a letter to Minister Mboweni on 14 September 2020, the Climate, Energy and Health Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) writes that it… Read more »

South Africa: Water Tribunal Says Climate Change Must Be Considered in Water Licence Applications for Coal Power Plants

In its decision handed down on 21 July 2020, the Tribunal upheld an appeal to set aside the two water use licences granted by the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation to ACWA… Read more »

South Africa: No Decisions About Our Energy Future Without Transparency, Says Groundwork

In its court proceedings, groundWork is asking the North Gauteng High Court to order the Minister and NERSA to provide reasons for various decisions related to the Integrated… Read more »

South Africa: Eskom Resists Enforcement While New Evidence On Deaths Caused By Kendal's Pollution Emerge

Kendal power station, near the N12 highway, nestled between Johannesburg and eMalahleni, is located within the Highveld Priority Area - declared as such by government in 2007 due… Read more »