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A legal letter from Pinsent Masons Africa LLP, acting on behalf of Karpowership SA (Pty) Ltd, demanding that the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) address allegedly defamatory and misleading statements published on December 6, 2022, regarding Karpowership projects in South Africa.

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.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting on behalf of groundwork, wrote to the National Energy Regulator SA (NERSA) on 6 July 2021 to request a 90-day extension for commenting on electricity generation licence applications for three Karpowership gas power projects. The CER argues that the public participation process is flawed and that the projects' national significance warrants wider advertisement beyond local newspapers.

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.