Plans for new Lephalale coal mine challenged in court over climate impacts

by Earthlife | 5 August, 2022 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

Environmental justice group Earthlife Africa, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), is challenging the environmental authorisation of a proposed new coal mine in Limpopo in light of the serious threats that it poses to the region’s air quality,...

Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and Eastern Cape Communities Talks Climate Justice on Kingfisher FM

by Earthlife | 27 May, 2022 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

Since early-May 2022, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and eco-justice activists in Eastern Cape have formed a partnership with Kingfisher FM, in a bid to keep local communities informed and get them involved in the region’s climate action efforts. These community...

Community Stories: Without Proper Information Sharing, Communities will Struggle to Change Their Circumstances

by Earthlife | 27 May, 2022 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

“Earthlife Africa’s Sibongile Ndlovu regularly visits communities in Gauteng to unpack the just transition.” Ivory Park (in Midrand, not far from Tembisa) is a high-density residential area that was established in the 1990s to accommodate informal settlers and...

OPINION: SA Youth Say, “It is Time to Put Mother Earth on A Carbon Diet”

by Earthlife | 27 May, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Barely two weeks after the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) visited KwaZulu-Natal to engage communities on climate change and the just transition, the province was hit with the worst floods we have ever seen. No longer merely environmental activist rhetoric, the...

“Nothing about us, without us” – The New, Old Mantra guiding the people to Environmental Sovereignty 

by Earthlife | 21 February, 2022 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Climate activists have been blazing a trail in the past couple of months, asserting their valorous stances against environmental tyranny in our republic. To begin a new epoch, succeeding COP26, we must take a moment to reflect on a few milestones, under climate...