The Koeberg Alert Alliance and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) say they are concerned about the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) failure to appoint a representative of civil society to the National Nuclear Regulator’s board. According to these organisations, this lack of representation is contributing to the ongoing weak … [Read more...]
5 ‘green’ taxes that are hitting South Africans in the pocket
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has released a graph showing all of the additional environmental taxes that South Africans are currently paying. The organisation said that these taxes have contributed a total of R103. 61 billion, but have not been clearly linked to real changes in behaviour. “It would be disastrous if an issue as critical as climate change was … [Read more...]
