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- Gas: South Africa's next 'battleground' - Mail & Guardian (online), 21 October 2020; also The Soweto Gazette (online).
- Mining licence for Namibia’s sensitive Kavango region goes underground - Daily Maverick (online), 28 September 2020.
- Exporting Poison to the South - Cape Times, Mercury, & Pretoria News, 23 September 2020. You can view/download a standalone webpage of this item here.
- Prize Winners Today: Environmental Justice with Bobby Peek - goldmanprize.org (online) - 15 September 2020.
- False Zero — or are the corporations really trying to save the planet? - Daily Maverick (online), 26 August 2020.
- Report: Cancer-causing chemicals lingered in the air days after Msunduzi landfill fire -
IOL (online - Mercury), 18 August 2020. - Climate change must be considered in water licence applications for coal-fired power plants in SA, says Water Tribunal - IOL
(online - The Saturday Star), 13 August 2020. - Landfill Has Become a Permanent Problem for City - The Mercury, 05 August 2020. You can view/download a standalone webpage of the item here.
- Mantashe in legal wrangle over electricity generation -IOL (online The Star), 31 July 2020.
- GroundWork approaches court over IRP - Craemer Mining Weekly (online), 31 July 2020.
- NGO challenges government in court over its energy blueprint - Business Day (online), 30 July, 2020.
- Msunduzi residents urged to evacuate as dump fire rages on - IOL (Mercury), 22 July 2020.
- Defending Communities and the Environment - The Mercury, 21 July 2020. You can view/download a standalone webpage of the item here.
- Toxic fumes can cause acute respiratory distress - Capital Newspapers (online), 20 July 2020.
- Protecting Our Health: There is Life After Coal - Mercury, Pretoria News, 07 July 2020. This item is also available to read as a webpage here.
- UN watchdog joins SA air pollution case - New Frame (online), 30 June 2020.
- Reusables are just as safe: The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating single-use plastic pollution - Daily Maverick (online), 24 June 2020.
- A Cheap Shot and Very Bad Attempt at Blame Shifting - Mercury, Cape Times, and Pretoria News, 10 June 2020. This opinion piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
- A Fight to Breathe Clean Air - Africa Legal (online), 22 June 2020.
- 'Deadly Air' case cites particulates - Saturday Star, 20 June 2020.
- Eskom, Sasol, in pollition court challenge - Mercury, 17 June 2020.
- Highveld's air quality so bad that UN wants to join SA court case - Citizen (online), 17 June 2020. See also UN joins dirty air fight here.
- Wanted: Socially just transition to sustainable energy - Mercury, Cape Times, and Pretoria News, 10 June 2020. This opinion piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
- Infodemic and Our Miseducation - Mercury, Cape Times, and Pretoria News, 26 May 2020. This opinion piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
- Drakenstein municipality waste pickers to resume work at Level 3 - IOL (Cape Times), 13 May 2020
- Enjoy the fresh air while it lasts! Lockdown banishes air pollution - Daily Maverick (online), 08 May 2020
- Back to basics is the only sustainable solution - IOL (online), also Mercury and Pretoria News, 29 April 2020. This item is also available to read as a webpage here.
- 'My children are starving' - Waste pickers fear starvation and poverty during lockdown - Witness, 15 April 2020.
- The Nation needs more than Band-aids, Mr. President - Mercury & Pretoria News, 14 April 2020.
- Coronavirus Underlines Health Inequalities in Society - Pretoria News, 30 March 2020 (also Mercury and Cape Times).This opinion piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
- Mining's Toxic Legacy for the People of Dannhauser - Mercury, Cape Times, and Pretoria News, 16 March 2020.This groundWork Opinion Piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
- SA's just transition from fossil fuels is "all to fight for" - IOL (Saturday Star - online), 13 March 2020.
- Environmental groups appeal Richards Bay gas-to-power plant - Zululand Observer (online), 20 February 2020.
- Africa Under Threat from Plastic Dumping - Cape Times and Pretoria News, 03 February 2020. This groundWork Opinion Piece is also available to read as a webpage here.
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