‘Deadly Air’: A case about real lives and real people
by Andiswa Matikinca, Daily Maverick
June 2, 2021
‘Deadly Air’: A case about real lives and real people
by Andiswa Matikinca, Daily Maverick June 2, 2021 Promise Mabilo has been living at the epicentre of the world’s largest coal-fired power plant emissions hotspot for the past 22 years. Her son was diagnosed with asthma in 2008, which has affected his studies and his childhood.
Mabilo is one of the applicants in the landmark “Deadly Air” case heard in the Pretoria High Court on 17 and 18 May. She gave an emotional account following the conclusion of the hearing about how the air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area in the northeast of South Africa has affected her.
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A ruling is expected in a case against the government over its alleged failure to crack down on air pollution by Eskom and Sasol.
The area in question is the so-called Highveld Priority Area, which includes much of Mpumalanga and part of Gauteng
A Greenpeace study for the third quarter of 2018 showed that Mpumalanga had the worst nitrogen dioxide emissions from power plants of any area in the world.
A judge is set to rule after the first ever case filed against the SA government over its alleged failure to crack down on air pollution emitted by power plants operated by Eskom and refineries owned by Sasol.
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