Government’s renewed appetite for fracking leaves a bad taste
The South African government has recently renewed its appetite for shale gas exploration and extraction in the Karoo with Gwede…
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AfriForum opposes intended racial quotas for water use
The civil rights organisation AfriForum and its legal team are preparing comments against the intended changes to water legislation that…
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JUST IN: Cholera in Vaal River
The water samples that AfriForum and Save Ngwathe took from the Vaal River at Parys on Tuesday tested positive for…
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AfriForum has been warning government spheres and courts about water quality for years
The civil rights organisation AfriForum is not surprised by the current cholera outbreak in Gauteng and the Free State. For…
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Water crisis can be solved if municipal budgets are managed correctly
The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, mentioned in his budget speech yesterday that funding to municipalities and provinces will increase…
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Shale gas: A bridge too far for South Africa
During a media briefing by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment on 22 November on the outcomes of…
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Minister’s comments on fracking are misguided and concerning
Last week it was reported that the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, announced that government will request…
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Success: Mining company withdraws application to mine coal south of Kruger National Park
It has come to the attention of the civil rights organisation AfriForum that the mining company, which wanted to mine…
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Free State’s landfill sites a total disaster
AfriForum this year audited 162 landfill sites nationwide as part of this organisation’s national project to measure the quality of…
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Fracking: A dragon South Africa will not be able to tame
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has released proposed regulations for onshore oil and gas exploration and production, including…
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