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A letter from the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office responding to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme and the Thabametsi Power Company.

This document consists of correspondence from the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding the Coal Baseload IPP Procurement Programme, specifically addressing preferred bidders for the Thabametsi, Khanyisa, and KiPower coal-fired power stations.

This document is a formal response from the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to a request for access to information submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights under the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000. The response addresses requests for the Plexos modelling data, technology costs, and scenario outputs used to develop the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity of 17 October 2019 (IRP 2019).

This fact sheet summarizes the 1951 legal case Rex v Marshall & Another, in which the manager and resident engineer of Natal Cambrian Collieries Ltd were convicted for allowing untreated acid mine drainage to escape into a stream, violating the Mines and Works Regulations of 1937.

This document is a legal notice filed in the High Court of South Africa on May 21, 2014, by Sasol Synfuels (Pty) Ltd, National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Ltd, and Sasol Infrachem. The applicants challenge the constitutionality of minimum emission standards published by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004.

This founding affidavit is an application by the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) to be admitted as amicus curiae in the Constitutional Court of South Africa cases CCT 66/21 and CCT 67/21. The application focuses on the use of Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suits by mining companies to silence human rights defenders (HRDs) who criticized their activities in South Africa.

This document is a formal submission from Sappi Southern Africa Limited to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs, dated 15 December 2017. It provides Pollution Prevention Plans regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with the National Pollution Prevention Plans Regulations (General Notice No. 712). The report details the production processes of five specific facilities and reports Scope 1 emissions, noting that while absolute emissions may increase due to production upgrades, emissions per ton of product are decreasing.

This document is a pollution prevention plan submission by Sasol South Africa (Pty) Limited and Sasol Mining (Pty) Limited. It details the company's production processes for liquid fuels, chemicals, ammonia, and nitric acid, alongside its coal mining operations. The report provides greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data for 2015 and 2016, the methodologies used for these calculations, and a list of mitigation interventions aimed at reducing GHG intensity through energy efficiency and process improvements.

This document contains the Respondent's Heads of Argument filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) in the Supreme Court of Appeal. The case concerns an appeal by ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA) against a High Court judgment that ordered AMSA to provide VEJA with environmental records—specifically an Environmental Master Plan for its Vanderbijlpark site and records regarding the closure and rehabilitation of its Vaal Disposal site in Vereeniging—under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA).

A letter from the South African Minister of Energy to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding the government's energy policy and the coal Independent Power Producer (IPP) programme.

This document is a legal response submitted by ACWA Power Khanyisa Thermal Power Station (RF) (Pty) Ltd (ACWA) to the Minister of Environmental Affairs. ACWA objects to a condonation application by the NGO Groundwork, which seeks to appeal the integrated environmental authorisation for the Khanyisa Thermal Power Station. ACWA argues that Groundwork's notice of intention to appeal was filed excessively late and that the legal justifications provided—specifically the reliance on the Thabametsi judgment regarding climate change assessments—are legally unsound.

A court order from the Constitutional Court of South Africa dated 6 November 2019, dismissing an application for leave to appeal filed by Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Limited.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) informed the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) that it would not provide written reasons for its decisions to finance the Thabametsi and Khanyisa coal fired power plants, arguing that such decisions are not 'administrative action' under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (PAJA) and are protected by client confidentiality.

This guideline provides a standard directive for applicants for mining rights under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act 28 of 2002) on how to compile a scoping report. It emphasizes the necessity of a fair consultation process with communities and interested and affected parties to ensure that the decision to grant mining rights is procedurally fair.

This supporting affidavit, submitted by Palesa Rose Madi of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), seeks the admission of CALS as an amicus curiae in a legal matter involving the Endangered Wildlife Trust and the Federation for a Sustainable Environment. The document argues that the Second Respondent's request for punitive costs and reports of unethical conduct against the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) constitutes a Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) suit intended to chill public interest litigation and restrict access to justice for marginalised actors in South Africa.

This document is a covering letter dated 06 March 2023 from the law firm Nkosi Sabelo Incorporated to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment. The letter submits a responding statement and an Appeal Response Report on behalf of Richards Bay Gas Power 3 (Pty) Ltd regarding an appeal brought by Ground Work against the environmental authorisation granted on 22 November 2022 for the 2000-megawatt (MW) Phakwe Richards Bay Gas to Power 3 combined cycle power plant in the Richards Bay IDZ Zone 1F.

This document is an affidavit filed by Shaun Kraut, a Senior Legal Administrative Officer in the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, in a High Court case involving the City of Cape Town, NERSA, and the Minister of Energy. The affidavit outlines government measures to increase electricity generation capacity outside of Eskom, including draft regulations to allow municipalities to procure power from independent power producers and specific Ministerial Determinations for new capacity based on the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019.

This document is an answering affidavit filed by Uthaka Energy (Pty) Ltd (the Second Respondent) in the High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga Division. The affidavit opposes a review application brought by several environmental organizations (the Applicants) who seek to overturn a decision by the MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs of Mpumalanga to exclude four properties from the Mabola Protected Environment Area to allow for underground coal mining.

This practice note concerns a legal challenge in the High Court of South Africa (Mpumalanga Division) where applicants seek to overturn the decision to exclude four properties from the Mabola Protected Environment (MPE). The Second Respondent, Uthaka Energy (Pty) Ltd, opposes the review and argues against the inclusion of scientific reports in the court's arguments.

An affidavit from the Deputy Director-General: Climate Change, Air Quality and Sustainable Development stating that the Department does not possess certain Greenhouse Gas reporting records and Pollution Prevention Plans for several specific companies requested by the Centre for Environmental Rights.