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The West Coast One wind farm near Vredenburg has operated since 2015. Environment minister Barbara Creecy says the wake effect on this facility of a proposed new neighbouring wind farm must be investigated before it can also be approved. Photo: John Yeld

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John Yeld 31 Jul 2020

Draft regulations place greater responsibility on producers of lighting, electronic, paper and packaging products

Draft regulations place greater responsibility on producers of lighting, electronic, paper and packaging products

Francois Joubert and Julia Rushton 21 Jul 2020

SARS makes R11.6m rhino horn bust at OR Tambo

SARS makes R11.6m rhino horn bust at OR Tambo

15 Jul 2020

Further developments to the carbon tax framework

Further developments to the carbon tax framework

Paula-Ann Novotny and Gillian Niven 26 Jun 2020

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

18 Jun 2020

Judge Patricia Goliath of the Cape High Court will have to decide whether a defamation case brought by an Australian mining company is a SLAPP suit. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history

John Yeld 9 Jun 2020

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Sam Varvastian 2 Jun 2020

New coastal by-laws for Cape Town

New coastal by-laws for Cape Town

28 May 2020

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The continued threat of coal mining at the Mapungubwe world heritage site

Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu 19 May 2020

Barbara Creecy overrules officials on air pollution data

Barbara Creecy overrules officials on air pollution data

John Yeld 16 Apr 2020

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South Africa's mining sector in lockdown & after Covid-19

Lizle Louw, Nirvasha Singh, Garyn Rapson, Kate Collier, Merlita Kennedy & Rita Spalding 15 Apr 2020

Academics raise alarm over by-law restricting water testing

Academics raise alarm over by-law restricting water testing

Steve Kretzmann 31 Mar 2020

Environmental emergencies as a consequence of Covid-19

Environmental emergencies as a consequence of Covid-19

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New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy

New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy

John Yeld 3 Mar 2020

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2020

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Environmental considerations for self-generation regime

Gillian Niven & Paula-Ann Novotny 18 Feb 2020

Xolobeni community members celebrated at the North Gauteng High Court in November 2018 after Judge Annali Basson ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources has to obtain consent from communities before granting a mining right to a company. Archie photo: Zoë Postman

Information on mining applications should be public, Xolobeni activists tell court

Zoë Postman 11 Feb 2020

West Coast property owners could be ordered to demolish their houses

West Coast property owners could be ordered to demolish their houses

John Yeld 29 Jan 2020

More time for mining industry to comply with FP Regulations

More time for mining industry to comply with FP Regulations

Garyn Rapson, Gillian Niven and Paula-Ann Novotny 23 Jan 2020

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#BizTrends2020: Mining - the future in 2020: An optimistic forecast

Athi Jara 6 Jan 2020

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Public comment sought on carbon tax regulations

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5 suspected poachers arrested in Kruger National Park

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The Constitutional Court has denied Athi-Africa Ventures leave to appeal against a judgment blocking its plan to mine coal in a protected area in Mpumalanga. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Constitutional Court rejects coal mining company's attempt to appeal

John Yeld 20 Nov 2019

IRP 2019 and the slow transition to a low-carbon economy

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Gillian Niven, Paula-Ann Novotny and Jeanique Pretorius 12 Nov 2019

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