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The South African Department of Environmental Affairs has paused Eskom's application to postpone compliance with 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Duvha Power Station, citing missing data on air quality trends, residential impact modelling, human health assessments, and comprehensive environmental impact studies.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom requesting additional information regarding a postponement application for compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Grootvlei Power Station.

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs has placed Eskom's application to postpone compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Hendrina Power Station on hold. The department cited missing data on stack emission limits, future SO2 and NOx compliance, air quality trends, and a lack of comprehensive health and environmental impact assessments.

This annual report details dust deposition monitoring at the Eskom Hendrina Power Station from April 2014 to March 2015. Using a network of twenty single-bucket monitors, the study measured dust fallout rates against the South African National Dust Control Regulations, 2013. The findings indicate that the vast majority of sites remained within residential limits, with only two non-residential sites recording temporary exceedances.

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs has paused Eskom's application to postpone compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Kendal Power Station, citing missing data on emission limits, future compliance plans, air quality trends, and PM25 impacts.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom requesting additional information regarding a postponement application for compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Komati Power Station.

The South African Department of Environmental Affairs has placed Eskom's application for a postponement of compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards for the Kriel Power Station on hold due to insufficient information.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom requesting additional information regarding a postponement application for the Lethabo Power Station's compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom requesting additional information regarding a postponement application for the Matimba Power Station's compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom requesting additional information regarding a postponement application for the Matla Power Station's compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards (MES).

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited responded to a 3 October 2016 request from the Centre for Environmental Rights, agreeing to provide access to records while redacting commercial, financial, and staff-related information in accordance with the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000.

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.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom regarding an application for the postponement of compliance time-frames with the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 for the Port Rex Power Station.

This document is an annexure containing templates and a declaration for Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd's proposed pollution prevention plan, signed on June 21, 2018, by the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department.

This document is a formal exchange between the Life After Coal (LAC) campaign—a joint effort by the Centre for Environmental Rights, groundWork, and Earthlife Africa—and Eskom. The LAC objects to Eskom's applications for alternative emission limits and exemptions from the Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Medupi and Matimba power stations. Eskom defends its use of legal mechanisms for postponement and exemptions, citing financial constraints, the need for energy security, and the principles of sustainable development.

Eskom's formal response to an appeal by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) regarding the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) of the Hendrina Power Station. Eskom argues that the requested variations to the AEL would make the station unable to operate from 2020 and maintains that the current postponements of Minimum Emission Standards (MES) are lawful and necessary due to the station's age and resource constraints.

This document is a formal response from Eskom to an appeal filed by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) regarding the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) of the Komati Power Station. Eskom argues that the requested variations to the AEL would make the station's operation untenable from 2020 onwards and maintains that its application for a postponement of Minimum Emission Standards (MES) was lawful and technically justified.

A letter from the South African Department of Environmental Affairs to Eskom stating that the postponement application for compliance with the 2015 Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Tutuka Power Station is on hold due to missing information.

This memorandum from the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA) evaluates an appeal by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and its clients against the environmental authorisation granted to Atha Africa Ventures (AAV) for the proposed Yzermyn underground coal mine. The department recommends that the appeal be dismissed, concluding that the authorisation process was legally sound and that potential environmental impacts can be mitigated to acceptable levels.

This document is a statement of grounds of appeal filed by eight environmental and community organisations against an environmental authorisation (EA) granted on 7 June 2016 to Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd for the Yzermyn underground coal mine near Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga. The appellants argue that the EA was granted without lawful authority, based on a deficient Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR), and ignores critical biodiversity and socio-economic risks.