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      19 Nov 2021

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      18 Nov 2021

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    ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

      9 Nov 2021

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      27 Oct 2021

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    Environmental duty of care: realities for the real estate sector

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    Carbon Offset Regulations amendments gazetted

    20 Jul 2021

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    Illegally treated timber confiscated from distributors in KZN

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    Have your say on new energy vehicles green paper

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    General view of the coal-based Kriel Power Station owned by state power utility Eskom in Mpumalanga, near Kriel, South Africa, February 17, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
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      18 May 2021

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      12 May 2021

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      3 May 2021

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    Thomson Reuters and Juta announce strategic partnership to connect African lawyers to the world

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      7 Apr 2021

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    Have your say on draft climate change NDC

    30 Mar 2021

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    Public comment sought on ERP in the waste sector

    29 Mar 2021

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      26 Mar 2021

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      9 Mar 2021

    Minister approaches court on small-scale fishing rights
    Minister approaches court on small-scale fishing rights

    22 Feb 2021

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     19 Nov 2021

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    SA government taken to court over plan for new coal-fired plant

     18 Nov 2021

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     9 Nov 2021

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    SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals
    SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals

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    Source: ©Mikko Lemola
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    20 Jul 2021

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    7 Jul 2021

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    23 years' prison time for rhino poacher

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    General view of the coal-based Kriel Power Station owned by state power utility Eskom in Mpumalanga, near Kriel, South Africa, February 17, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
    Activists and South African govt lock horns over coal pollution

     18 May 2021

    The separation of powers is critical for good governance. Yellow Dog Productions/The Image Bank
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     13 May 2021

    The move towards an open process for appointing judges is unprecedented in Lesotho. shutterstock
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     12 May 2021

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    South Africa to clamp down on captive lion breeding, minister says

     3 May 2021

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    The Pretoria High Court has stopped Uthaka Energy from starting to mine coal this week in the critical water source area of Mabola, Mpumalanga. Archive photo: supplied
    Court stops Mpumalanga coal mine

     26 Mar 2021

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