On 17 March 2021, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, along with a number of community and other partners, made public a letter of concerns – submitted to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fishing – regarding...
Last month, the Mpumalanga Provincial MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs, MEC VR Shongwe, published his decision to revoke the protected area status for a large part of the Mabola Protected Environment in Mpumalanga in order to...
Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and SAFCEI call on SA citizens to make their voices heard regarding the SA government’s proposed nuclear energy plans. See the full submission here.
By Bongiwe Matsoha, Earthlife Africa Researcher As last year drew to an end, and as it is my usual practice, I spent the holidays contemplating all that happened, or should I say ‘didn’t happen’ concerning climate action. 2020 had been earmarked as a key year for...
By Ulrich Steenkamp, Earthlife Africa Nuclear Campaigner When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown commenced during March of last year, one of the biggest problems communities faced was having a means to convey their grievances. With public meetings,...