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COVID 19

Hospitals exempt from load-shedding as new disaster regulations take effect

Government departments will be compelled to introduce power saving measures and to move to alternative energy sources

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The “hard-fought” negotiations to develop a landmark United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution closed on Friday without agreement and have been extended again
POLLUTER PAYS

Is it really the case that ‘polluters pay’ in South Africa

The truth is that our carbon tax is way too low to act as a real deterrent

  • Sanele Khakhu
6 min read
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

Masoga’s glowing article about the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone is disturbing

The chief executive ignores the fact that public participation has been minimal, details of jobs to be created are missing and the greenhouse gas emissions will be way off the…

  • Brandon Abdinor
5 min read
Victimised: Ian Erasmus says he reported a faulty valve in 2012 and 2015, then to Sasol’s ethics department and finally to the Human Rights Commission
ALBI MODISE

‘It’s absolutely terrifying to be a whistleblower in Sasol’

A criminal investigation into the petrol giant is under way based on Ian Erasmus’s evidence that the company allegedly polluted the Vaal with hazardous chemicals

  • Sheree Bega
12 min read