Mpumalanga Highveld
latest news & developments
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
Eskom load-shedding an ‘air quality disaster too’ – experts
Other sources of air pollution such as coal, wood and paraffin increase when the coal-fired power stations are down
Just transition consultations haven’t filtered down to people on the ground
Residents living near coal mines in Mpumalanga say they feel left out of the just energy transition
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
Right to clean air ‘progressively realisable’ in polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, court hears
State argues dirty air can’t be ‘miraculously’ fixed overnight in final day of proceedings in landmark Deadly Air case
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
Coal industry under increasing pressure to focus on a just transition
As investors ditch fossil fuels, environmental lobby groups are using advocacy and litigation to force SA’s biggest polluters to change their ways
‘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