IN THE MEDIA 2018
On this page you will find a collection of media items covering issues of the day and which feature input from groundWork. Clicking on the item will open the media item in PDF format.
For all media enquiries please contact Tsepang Molefe by phone on +27 33 342 5662 or +27 74 405 1257, or WhatsApp (+27 74 405 1257), or click here to send an e-mail. Click here to access our News and Press Release ARCHIVES menu at the page bottom.
- Waste initiatives a shambles with almost R1Bn squandered - Mercury, 14 December 2018.
- Bank onder druk oor kragstasies - Beeld, 13 November 2018.
- Communities march to save oceans from oil exploitation - Chatsworth Rising Sun (online), 11 December 2018.
- SA landfill sites a ticking time bomb - Southern Africa Treads, 01 December 2018.
- Global petroleum company brings fracking threat to Memel - Vrede Warden Memel Rekord (online), 07 December 2018.
- Verslapping van Wet 'n Skok - Burger, 29 November 2018.
- Iyavuthwa eye-fracking oKhahlamba - Ilanga Lange Sonto, 25 November 2018.
- Zero waste exchange underway in Vaal triangle - www.infrastructurene.ws (online), 22 November 2018.
- Resgen's Boikarabelo: Bust in the bushveld? -Daily Maverick (online), 21 November 2018.
- Global petroleum company brings fracking threat to Drakensberg - Africa Geographic (online), 19 November 2018.
- Civil society turns up the heat on SASOL - The Star, 19 November 2018.
- SASOL: Stop Environmental Degradation and Human Rights Violation - News Every Day (online, 16 November 2018.
- Waste refuse crisis looms for South Africa - IOL Weekend Argus (online), 11 November 2018.
- Mabola court judgement: a "victory" for environmental justice - IOL Saturday Star (online), 09 November 2018.
- Court victory for South Africa's protected areas in Mabola case - SANGONET Pulse (online), 08 November 2018.
- Our Burning Planet - Daily Maverick (online), 07 November 2018.
- Lungs as Dustbins - Witbank News, 02 November 2018.
- Open letter to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: 'We are choking' - IOL (online), 03 November 2018.
- New energy plan still overestimating demand, committee hears - Fin 24 (online), 31 October 2018.
- This picturesque corner of South Africa has the world's deadliest air pollution - Quartz Africa (online), 29 October 2018.
- Heavy reliance on coal will lead to premature deaths, energy portfolio hears - Fin 24 (online), 26 October 2018.
- Marubeni says Thabametsi unaffected by group's policy to halve coal capacity by 2030 - Engineering News (online), 27 September 2018.
- Richard Spoor charged with "incitement" - Politics Web (online), 25 September 2018
- Cops arrest Xolobeni lawyer - Dispatch Live (online), 24 September 2018.
- Chaos on the Wild Coast after attorney arrested following fracas with Gwede Mantashe - Times Live (online), 24 September 2018.
- Life After Coal continues fight against coal-fired IPP projects - Engineering News (online), 20 September 2018.
- A thirsty business: factoring water into the true cost of coal - Power Technology (online), 18 September 2018.
- South Africa's new coal-fired plants must have emissions technology - Engineering News (online), 21 August 2018.
- Uncounted Costs - Engineering News, 03 August 2018.
- Oil Drilling Poses a Danger - South Coast Herald, 03 August 2018.
- Eskom's indelible emission footprint - City Press Bloemfontein (also City Press online), 29 July 2018.
- Taking the Greenwash route to solve plastic crisis - The Star (also Cape Times and Pretoria News), 23 July 2018.
- Life After Coal campaign demands IRP take water costs into account - Engineering News (online), 16 July 2018.
- Fight for clean environment goes on - Mercury, 15 June 2018.
- Radebe criticised for supporting new coal IPPs - Engineering News, 15 June 2018.
- Green Scorpions probe Richards Bay Minerals company - Business Day (online), 07 June 2018
- New coal power stations a big no-no, minister warned - Citizen (online), 05 June 2018.
- The Mine that took the water - City Press, 03 June 2018.
- Why two IPP coal power plants got red cards - Business Day (online), 30 May 2018
- Environmental Justice Focus (opinion piece by Bobby Peek) - Mercury, May 16 2018.
- A Slipping Hold? Farm Dweller Precarity in South Africa's Changing Agrarian Economy and Climate - Land Journal 2018, 7(2), 40.
- City failing Waste Pickers - Witness, 21 March 2018.
- SA's Energy Future at Stake - Times Live (online), 05 March 2018.
- Air Quality remains Poor in Highveld Priority Area - Xpress, 19 February 2018.
- Call for more research into oil, gas exploration plan - Daily News (IOL), 09 February 2018.
- Foul air on the Highveld – the sour smell of environmental racism - Daily Maverick (online), 22 January 2018.
- Shongweni stench concerns addressed - Highway Mail, 19 January 2018.