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African Rainbow Minerals' first annual progress report for its Greenhouse Gas Pollution Prevention Plan reports total 2018 emissions of 181,986 tonnes of CO2 equivalents across its mining and ferroalloy operations in South Africa.

PPC Cement SA (Pty) Ltd submitted its 2018 Pollution Prevention Plan report to the Department of Environmental Affairs, detailing greenhouse gas emissions calculated in metric tonnes according to 2017 national regulations and guidelines.

This document is a Pollution Prevention Plan Annual Progress Report for Hillside Aluminium (Pty) Ltd, a South32 company. It outlines planned mitigation measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, specifically focusing on reducing anode scallops and anode effects in the reduction process to lower CO2 and PFC emissions over a five-year period.

A letter from Sasol South Africa Limited to the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries regarding the company's commitment to air quality management and sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions.

This document is a replying submission by Atha-Africa, submitted on 12 April 2019, responding to an administrative appeal against the approval of the Environmental Management Programme (EMP) for the Yzermyn Project. The submission disputes the findings of a September 2013 NSS Report and a subsequent 'Brownlie Review,' arguing that updated specialist studies by Delta-H and Scientific Aquatic Services demonstrate that the project's environmental impacts—specifically regarding wetlands, groundwater, and biodiversity—are localized and can be effectively mitigated.

This briefing provides a detailed chronology of a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) to the Petroleum Agency for South Africa (PASA), documenting a process of delays and incomplete disclosures from September 2022 to August 2023.

This draft report details a two-day parliamentary colloquium held on 21 and 22 August 2018 by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs of the Republic of South Africa. The event examined the ethical, conservation, and reputational impacts of captive lion breeding (CLB) for hunting and the lion bone trade, featuring testimony from government departments, industry bodies, and conservation NGOs.

This document contains the final heads of argument for the plaintiff, Wray Pex (Pty) Limited, in a defamation lawsuit against Arthur Barnes, Edward Mervyn John Gaylord, Helen Duigan, and Lisa Essberger. The plaintiff argues that the defendants recklessly imputed illegality to its activities, causing defamatory harm and delays, and seeks constitutional and exemplary damages.

A notice of appeal filed on 30 March 2015 by eight environmental organisations, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), challenging the grant of mining right MP30/5/1/2/2/1/0069MR to Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd (AAV). The appeal seeks to set aside and suspend the right for the proposed Yzermyn underground coal mine, arguing that the grant is unlawful and irrational given the area's extreme environmental sensitivity, its status as a protected environment, and the lack of required ministerial consent.

A letter from the Republic of South Africa's Department of Water and Sanitation to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding a water use licence application for the Yzermyn Mine in the Mabola Protected Environment.

The Centre for Environmental Rights, representing eight civil society organisations, has appealed the grant of a coal mining right to Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd in the Mabola Protected Environment. The appellants request the suspension of the mining right and ask the Minister of Mineral Resources not to grant written permission for commercial mining under NEMPAA, arguing that the area's environmental sensitivity makes coal mining detrimental and that proper legal permissions were not obtained.

A letter from the South African Department of Mineral Resources to the Centre for Environmental Rights regarding an appeal against a mining right granted to Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd in the Wakkerstroom district of Mpumalanga.

A letter from Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) requesting that a notice of appeal submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) be dismissed because the original mining right granting letter has been superseded by a second, amended version.

A letter from the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) regarding a mining right granted to Athd Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd in the Mpumalanga Region. The CER disputes the claim that a second granting letter nullified previous appeals and announces its intention to launch review proceedings in the High Court against the Minister of Mineral Resources' decision to grant the mining right.

BirdLife South Africa submitted a formal objection on 5 April 2013 to the draft scoping report for the proposed Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine, operated by Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd. The organization argues that the mine's location in the Grassland Important Bird Area (IBA) and its proximity to protected environments and endangered ecosystems make the application unsustainable and legally flawed.

An email from Glenn Ramke of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) to WSP Environmental (Pty) Ltd providing comments and objections regarding the proposed Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine.

A directive from the Mpumalanga Regional Manager of the Department of Mineral Resources (implied by the Act cited) to Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd stating that their Environmental Management Programme (EMP) for mining activities in the Wakkerstroom magisterial district is non-compliant with Section 39(4)a of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

A letter from Atha-Africa Ventures (AAV) to the Mpumalanga Provincial Government requesting guidance on environmental and mitigation conditions to be included in its Environmental Management Programme for a mining right application within protected environments.

A letter from Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd (AAV) to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) requesting amendments to the conditions of a granted Mining Right for the Yzermyn Underground Coal Project (YUCP) in Mpumalanga. AAV argues that current restrictions on mining in wetland areas are too restrictive and proposes alternative wording to allow for surface infrastructure and regulated wetland disturbance.

This briefing from Eskom to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) provides additional information supporting a postponement application for the Port Rex Power Station to comply with Minimum Emission Standards (MES). Eskom argues that full compliance by 2015 and 2020 is not practically feasible and proposes a phased approach, noting that the station is infrequently used and slated for decommissioning around 2026.