Environmental justice group groundWork and community organisation Vukani Environment Justice Movement in Action have launched “landmark litigation”, demanding that government clean up the air in the Mpumalanga Highveld. GroundWork and Vukani on June 7 served papers to the High Court, asking that President Cyril Ramaphosa, the National Air Quality Officer and Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy, declare the levels of air pollution on the Highveld a violation of people’s Constitutional rights.
