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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) submitted a statement to the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries on 28 April 2020, providing expert analysis of air quality and health impacts resulting from emissions at Eskom's Kendal power station. The document presents findings from two expert reports by Dr Ron Sahu and Dr Andrew Gray, highlighting significant exceedances of particulate matter (PM) limits and associated premature deaths and health risks in the Highveld Priority Area.

This report describes a project led by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) to develop crime reduction strategies for two South African local governments, Highveld East and Uitenhage, following the 1998 White Paper on Safety. The project utilized community safety audits to identify priority crimes and resource gaps, revealing a stark divide between townships and suburbs in terms of crime types and police presence. While the project faced challenges due to political imperatives, local government restructuring, and a lack of national support, it concluded that municipalities are better suited for incremental participation in crime prevention rather than the supervisory and coordinating roles originally envisioned by national policy.