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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) filed an application on October 30, 2020, requesting the suspension of a decision by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to grant extended mining rights to Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd (MSR) and Tormin Mineral Sands (Pty) Ltd. The CER argues that the proposed expansion occurs within Critical Biodiversity Areas (CBAs) and an ecological corridor, posing irreversible damage to biodiversity and the Namaqualand Strandveld vegetation.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) provides a detailed table of comments and proposed amendments to the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill, 2017. The document focuses on strengthening environmental compliance, improving financial provisioning for rehabilitation, and ensuring public participation in administrative processes across several South African environmental acts, including NEMA, NEMPAA, NEMBA, NEMAQA, NEMICMA, and NEMWA.

This fact sheet by the Centre for Environmental Rights warns against the development of a bulk marine sediment mining industry in South Africa, specifically targeting marine phosphates. It argues that the technology used is destructive, the environmental impacts are irreversible, and the justification based on food security is without merit.

This fact sheet by the Centre for Environmental Rights details the environmental and socio-economic risks associated with marine phosphate mining in South Africa. It focuses on three prospecting rights granted to Green Flash Trading 251, Green Flash Trading 257, and Diamond Fields International, arguing that such activities would cause irreversible damage to marine ecosystems, threaten the fishing industry, and occur within a deficient legal and governance framework.

This guide by the Centre for Environmental Rights outlines the critical importance of South Africa's 22 water source areas (WSAs), which provide 50% of the country's surface run-off despite covering only 8% of the land. The document details the threats facing these areas—including mining, agriculture, and climate change—and proposes a 'legal toolbox' of statutory mechanisms to protect these essential ecological infrastructures.

This document is a technical annex of an air emissions license for a refinery operated by Chevron, dated 31 March 2014. It specifies the inventory of storage tanks, emission limits for various combustion and cracking units, required air pollution control technologies, and strict monitoring and reporting obligations to the Licensing Authority and the City of Cape Town.

Circular 8/2013 provides updated procedures for appeals under the Land Use Planning Ordinance, 1985 (LUPO) in the Western Cape, following a High Court judgment that declared section 44 of the LUPO unconstitutional. The circular outlines how the Minister will now handle appeals—through dismissal, setting aside, or substitution—and details the administrative requirements for municipalities processing these appeals.

This document is a compilation of legal summons, news articles, emails, and personal essays centered on a long-running conflict between the Amadiba community on South Africa's Wild Coast and the Australian mining company Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC). The materials detail allegations of human rights abuses, fraudulent attempts to secure mining rights for titanium deposits at Xolobeni, and the 2016 assassination of anti-mining activist Sikhosiphi 'Bazooka' Rhadebe.

This executive summary, authored by clinical psychologist Garret Barnwell for the Centre for Environmental Rights, outlines the psychological and mental health risks associated with climate change in South Africa. It specifically highlights the risks posed to children, future generations, and coal-affected communities resulting from the decision to develop new coal capacity.

A letter from Eskom to the Centre for Environmental Rights stating that Eskom has not signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Coal Baseload Independent Power Producers (IPPs) due to disagreements over terms and conditions, and that it is awaiting a value-for-money assessment from the Department of Energy.

This briefing document is a background information notice regarding an application by Coastal Phosphate (Pty) Ltd for a prospecting right to explore for phosphate and potash in the South Africa Offshore Sea Area, specifically off the coast of Cape St Francis in the Eastern Cape. The document outlines the company's ownership, the proposed four-phase prospecting work programme, and potential environmental impacts, while inviting public comment by July 24, 2012. A note at the beginning of the text indicates that the application has since been shelved.

This document contains the Applicant's Heads of Argument and Practice Note filed by the City of Cape Town in the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng Division, Pretoria). The City is seeking a declaratory order regarding the interpretation of section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 (ERA), arguing that a ministerial determination is not required for an independent power producer (IPP) to establish a new power plant and supply electricity to the City. The City contends that the current interpretation held by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and the Minister of Energy is either legally incorrect or unconstitutional as it infringes upon the autonomy of local government.

The Minister of Environmental Affairs of South Africa has decided to set aside an Environmental Authorisation (EA) previously granted for the construction of the 1050MW Colenso coal-fired power station and associated infrastructure in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The decision refers the matter back to the Department for reconsideration due to specific inaccuracies and deficiencies in the EA, including premature conditions and missing technical documentation.

This document is a cover letter dated 22 March 2016 from Gunn Attorneys, acting on behalf of Colenso Power (Pty) Ltd, submitting a responding statement to the Minister of Environmental Affairs. The response concerns an appeal filed on 1 March 2016 by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) on behalf of groundWork and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance against the integrated environmental authorisation for the 1050MW Colenso coal-fired power station and associated infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal.

This Appeal Response Report details the legal dispute regarding the authorization of the 1050MW Colenso Coal Fired Power Station. The document lists five grounds of appeal raised by Groundwork and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance, alleging failures to comply with the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), EIA Regulations, and Constitutional requirements, and provides the responding statements from the Department/DMR denying these failures.

The Access to Information Network (ATI Network), a coalition of South African civil society and media organisations, submitted comments on the proposed Regulations relating to the Promotion of Access to Information, 2020. The network argues that proposed reproduction fees for documents are exorbitantly high and create barriers to the constitutional right of access to information, particularly for those without electronic means. The submission proposes lower per-page fees, the elimination of costs for electronic transfers, and various administrative adjustments to the regulations and request forms.

This document is a Directive Compliance Affidavit filed by Nabeelah Mia, an attorney at the Centre for Environmental Rights, in the High Court of South Africa Gauteng Division, Pretoria. The affidavit confirms compliance with the Judge President’s Consolidated Practice Directive dated 18 September 2020 regarding Case No: 11761/2021, specifically verifying that no duplicate files were created on the CaseLines Management System and listing the parties invited to the system.

This document is a confirmatory affidavit deposed to by Brandon Alexander Abdinor, an attorney at the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), regarding a legal review application involving the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance and GroundWork Trust against the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, the National Air Quality Officer, and ArcelorMittal South Africa (Pty Ltd). The affidavit explains that a delay in launching the review application resulted from a "bona fide misunderstanding" concerning the deadline, which the responsible attorney believed was 14 August 2023.

This document is a confirmatory affidavit and professional curriculum vitae submitted by David Ogier, an independent Climate, Risk, and GIS Specialist, to the High Court of South Africa Eastern Cape Division. Ogier confirms the accuracy of expert maps (FA 10 and FA 11) prepared for a legal matter involving the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and other respondents, including Shell Exploration and Production South Africa BV and BG International Limited.

This confirmatory affidavit, signed by Xolile Christopher George, CEO of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), supports the application by the Centre for Environmental Rights to be admitted as amicus curiae in a legal matter involving the City of Cape Town, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, and the Minister of Energy.