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Deadly Air

Court rules against former environment minister over toxic air crisis
The Green Guardian
/ 23 April 2025

Court rules against former environment minister over toxic air crisis

The supreme court of appeal has demanded action on Highveld air quality management plan

By Sheree Bega
Legal battle to stop deadly air
The Green Guardian
/ 29 August 2024

Legal battle to stop deadly air

The key theme in the air quality case heard in the supreme court of appeal this week focused on holding government and polluters to account

By Sheree Bega
Landmark ‘Deadly Air’ case heads to supreme court of appeal
National
/ 27 August 2024

Landmark ‘Deadly Air’ case heads to supreme court of appeal

Environment organisations groundWork and Vukani Environmental Justice Movement argue that regulations are necessary to save lives on the polluted Highveld

By Sheree Bega
Debt-ridden Eskom faced with ‘complex issues’ in its just transition to clean energy
The Green Guardian
/ 6 July 2022

Debt-ridden Eskom faced with ‘complex issues’ in its just transition to clean energy

Shutting down Eskom’s coal plants and shifting to cleaner technologies will bring ‘cleaner air’ to the polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, says the utility’s environmental manager

By Sheree Bega
Environment minister appeals portions of landmark ‘Deadly Air’ judgment
National
/ 13 April 2022

Environment minister appeals portions of landmark ‘Deadly Air’ judgment

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

By Sheree Bega
High court slams Creecy for deadly air that breaches SA’s Constitution
National
/ 18 March 2022

High court slams Creecy for deadly air that breaches SA’s Constitution

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

By Sheree Bega
It’s time to clean up South Africa’s polluted air
The Green Guardian
/ 3 October 2021

It’s time to clean up South Africa’s polluted air

Families in areas of Mpumalanga have to choose between work and health, but new WHO air quality guidelines say the time to act is now

By Sheree Bega
Landmark Deadly Air case: 10 000 deaths annually can be avoided
The Green Guardian
/ 17 May 2021

Landmark Deadly Air case: 10 000 deaths annually can be avoided

There is no legal mechanism in place to implement and enforce measures to prevent toxic air pollution in the Highveld

By Sheree Bega
‘We’re fighting to breathe clean air’
The Green Guardian
/ 13 February 2021

‘We’re fighting to breathe clean air’

The state has filed its opposition to the Deadly Air case, with the environment minister claiming no causal link can be found between air pollution and ill health

By Sheree Bega
State ‘dragging its feet’ in watershed Mpumalanga pollution case
The Green Guardian
/ 7 October 2020

State ‘dragging its feet’ in watershed Mpumalanga pollution case

Sixteen months after the launch of the Deadly Air court case, the government has failed to file its answering affidavits

By Sheree Bega

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