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A coalition of 115 civil society organizations has issued a legal notice (somasi) to President Prabowo, demanding the immediate declaration of a national disaster status following ecological disasters, including floods and landslides, in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

A letter from the Competition Bureau's Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices Branch notifying the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment that an inquiry has been commenced into the Canadian Gas Association's representations regarding natural gas.

This Rule 16A Notice, filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of GroundWork Trust and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, raises a constitutional issue regarding the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment's decision to refuse an appeal on 20 November 2021 concerning an Environmental Authorisation granted to Phinda Power Producers (Pty) Limited.

A legal notice filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of GroundWork Trust and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance opposing the referral of a case to mediation regarding an environmental authorisation for a 320MW gas power plant.

This document is a Rule 16A notice filed in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, in June 2019. It outlines the constitutional issues raised by applicants—including GroundWork and the Vukani Environmental Justice Alliance—regarding air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area and the failure of the Minister of Environmental Affairs to establish regulations to implement the Highveld Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), representing the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA), groundWork, and local community members, issued an urgent notice to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on 26 September 2018. The notice demands that the DEA direct ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to remedy ongoing air, water, and soil pollution at its Vanderbijlpark operations, following the DEA's failure to act on a previous section 28(12) notice from June 2018.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), representing the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA), groundWork, and affected community members, issued a formal notice to the Director-General of the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on 18 June 2018. The notice, submitted under section 28(12) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (NEMA), demands that the DEA take enforcement action against ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) for significant and ongoing pollution of air, soil, and water at its Vanderbijlpark operations.

The Centre for Environmental Rights, acting on behalf of groundWork, has filed a provisional appeal under Section 62 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 regarding the transfer of a provisional atmospheric emission licence (PAEL) for the proposed Khanyisa coal-fired power station.

A notice from the Municipal Appeal Authority of the Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Local Municipality regarding a land development appeal for Portion 1 of the farm Yzermyn 96 IT in Mpumalanga Province. The notice establishes a written appeal process involving the Centre for Environmental Rights, the Gert Sibande District Joint Municipal Planning Tribunal, and Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd.