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Seismic explorations for new oil and gas resources are going to escalate in the years to come. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CLIMATE CHANGE SOUTH AFRICA

Draft oil and gas regulations spark climate justice concerns

Civil society organisations say the regulations on South Africa’s petroleum sector are failing ‘the environmental test’

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
The ban on the importation and use of Terbufos signals a shift toward safer, people-centred agriculture
AGROCHEMICAL REGULATION

Petition seeks ban on Terbufos, highly hazardous pesticides within three months

Stop scapegoating spaza shops when regulation failure is to blame for poisoning deaths, groups say

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Accidental deaths: Products readily available in local shops are bought to deal with problems such as rats. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ACCESS TO INFORMATION SOUTH AFRICA

Government’s toxic malaise causes poisonings, not spaza shops

South Africa bows to the hazardous chemical industry and allows the use of scores of pesticides banned in Europe

  • Leslie London
  • Andrea Rother
6 min read
(David Harrison/M&G)
BLUE ECONOMY CHALLENGES

Local fishing communities struggle against exclusion and ocean industrialisation

The first Fisher People’s Tribunal paints a picture of small-scale fishing communities under pressure from exploration and mining, conservation, and the government

  • Siphesihle Mbhele
4 min read