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This document is a letter from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to the Water Tribunal regarding an appeal by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) against a water licence issued for the Khanyisa Coal Baseload Independent Producer Project. The DWS provides a detailed response to CER's claims concerning the number of applications submitted and the specific expert reports and documents considered during the assessment process.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to the Centre for Environmental Rights responding to a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request for greenhouse gas emission reports and pollution prevention plans.

A response letter from Eskom to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding a request for information under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000. Eskom agrees to provide various records related to air quality strategies and board submissions, while noting that specific separate documents for emission reduction plans and decommissioning schedules for its coal-fired power stations do not exist.

This document is a formal response from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to a notice issued by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) under Section 28(12) of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), 1998. The CER had requested that the Department direct ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to address pollution and environmental degradation at its Vanderbijlpark operations. The Department declined to issue a new directive, arguing that existing measures—including a Remediation Order, waste management licenses, and compliance notices—are sufficient to address the concerns.

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.

A letter from the CITES Secretary General to Greenpeace International clarifying the status of the Review of Significant Trade in Afrormosia (Pericopsis elata) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).