Deadly Air
latest news & developments
Court rules against former environment minister over toxic air crisis
The supreme court of appeal has demanded action on Highveld air quality management plan
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
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
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
Environment minister appeals portions of landmark ‘Deadly Air’ judgment
Barbara Creecy says her appeal ‘boils down to a question of law’
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
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
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
‘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
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