Colleen Collis

Environment minister appeals portions of landmark ‘Deadly Air’ judgment

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

Sheree Bega

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy. (Photo by Ruvan Boshoff/Sunday Times/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

18 MAR 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

Sheree Bega

6 min read

The toxic air pollution on the Mpumalanga Highveld is a 50-year-old problem that cannot “miraculously” be fixed overnight, argued the advocate for Barbara Creecy, the minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment.
(Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

BARBARA CREECY

19 MAY 2021

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

Sheree Bega

4 min read