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Seismic explorations for new oil and gas resources are going to escalate in the years to come. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Draft oil and gas regulations spark climate justice concerns

Civil society organisations say the regulations on South Africa’s petroleum sector are failing ‘the environmental test’

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Among the other demands is for the government to implement its 2010 pesticide policy and to integrate this with a food security plan that reduces reliance on chemicals for pest control. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Petition seeks ban on Terbufos, highly hazardous pesticides within three months

Stop scapegoating spaza shops when regulation failure is to blame for poisoning deaths, groups say

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Accidental deaths: Products readily available in local shops are bought to deal with problems such as rats. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Government’s toxic malaise causes poisonings, not spaza shops

South Africa bows to the hazardous chemical industry and allows the use of scores of pesticides banned in Europe

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
(David Harrison/M&G)

Local fishing communities struggle against exclusion and ocean industrialisation

The first Fisher People’s Tribunal paints a picture of small-scale fishing communities under pressure from exploration and mining, conservation, and the government

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read