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BLACKLIVESMATTER

Editorial: We can’t breathe toxic air

Everyone is affected by pollution, but it is the poorest — black people — who paid and still pay the price

  • Editorial
2 min read
KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.
ALLEN HOLMES

Rights group wins court bid against Engen

The Right2Know Campaign has been allowed to join a court case against Engen, which used the Regulation of Gatherings Act to ban protests outside its Durban refinery

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Restricted: The South Durban Basin Community Development Trust is challenging the Gatherings Act, arguing that it contradicts sections of the Bill of Rights, which includes the right to protest. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)
AIR POLLUTION

Durban smokestacks back in court

Engen will oppose the application by civil rights nonproft Right2Know to be a friend of the court in the precedent-setting case

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.
ENGEN

Court stops protests

Vopak was granted an interim order to stop any further marches, protests or blockades

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.
ENGEN

Wentworth residents blame violence at Engen on the police

They have also accused Engen of going to court to ‘silence’ ongoing protests by residents

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
A South Durban organisation is applying to join the high court battle between petrochemical giant Engen and Wentworth residents. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DURBAN

Wentworth residents gain ally in battle against Engen

Last month Engen secured an interim order, barring members of the South Durban Basin Community Development Trust from protesting

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.
DURBAN

Interdict adds extra fuel to Wentworth residents’ ire

On Monday, an interim interdict banning residents from holding unauthorised protests at the refinery was granted

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Two ambulances leave from Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai
ENGEN

Reparations row dogs petrol giant

The push by Wentworth residents for Engen to give them a stake in the company has prompted it to take them to court to halt their protests

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read