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A Nation in (Water) Crisis
South African volunteer Shannon Van Vuuren recounts how life changed in Cape Town during one of the country’s worst droughts A woman residing in a small flat, working five days…
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Zuma’s illogical nuclear nostalgia
22 March 2019 — Responding to recent statements made by former President Jacob Zuma that South Africa would not be facing loadshedding if we had gone forward with the R1-trillion…
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Global Air Pollution Map: Ranking the World’s Worst SO2 and NO2 Emission Hotspots
Greenpeace’s updated analysis of a full year of TROPOMI NO2 satellite data and other scientific datasets confirms that the coal-fired power plant and industrial cluster in Mpumalanga is the world’s…
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Air quality and health impacts of ESKOM’s planned non-compliance with South African Minimum Emission Standards
Eskom is applying for wide-ranging postponements and suspensions from South Africa’s Minimum Emission Standards (MES) that would allow it to operate its entire existing fleet without even rudimentary controls for…
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A spark of sanity
Johannesburg, 20 March 2019 — Responding to Jabu Mabuza’s announcement at yesterday’s system update media briefing that Eskom is considering whether or not to complete construction of both Medupi and…
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Latest satellite data reveals Mpumalanga is the world’s largest power plant emission hotspot, ranked fourth overall
Johannesburg, 19 March 2019 – In October 2018, Greenpeace released a groundbreaking analysis of satellite data from 1 June to 31 August 2018, which showed Mpumalanga is the world’s worst…
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Eskom intentionally misleads the public and decision-makers
11 March 2019, Johannesburg — Today, Greenpeace Africa has released a scientific review[1] of Eskom’s own cost-benefit analysis for its proposed postponement and/or suspension from compliance with the Minimum Emission…
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Greenpeace Africa condemns state spying allegations
10 March 2019 — Responding to allegations that surfaced in the Sunday Times today in the article titled ‘Zuma ‘spooked’ Cyril’s campaign[1]’, which examines the High Level Review Panel Report…
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Greenpeace Africa Volunteers Start Ambitious Campaign for Plastic Ban
5 March 2019, Cape Town – A group of Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Cape Town has started an ambitious campaign calling on South Africa’s top political parties to adopt a…
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Further steps in the right direction
Johannesburg, 1 March 2019 — In response to news that Eskom has decommissioned three units of Hendrina power station in Mpumalanga, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Climate and Energy Campaign Manager, Melita…