Court orders clampdown on Eskom and Sasol pollution

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Environmental Affairs Minister Barbara Creecy had a legal obligation to prescribe rules to implement and enforce anti-pollution regulations and had unreasonably delayed in doing so, High Court Judge Colleen Collis said in a ruling handed down in Pretoria, the capital, on Friday.

She ordered the matter to be addressed within 12 months and that the new rules provide for penalties for non-compliance and adequate monitoring.

The so-called Highveld Priority Area, which includes much of northeastern Mpumalanga province and part of the central Gauteng region, is the site of 12 coal-fired Eskom power plants, and an oil refinery and coal-to-fuel plant owned by Sasol. Creecy argued in court documents that she was acting to curb pollution by Sasol and Eskom, but environmental concerns must be balanced with the country’s developmental needs.

 

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