A New Deals purpose is to focus attention on the Summit and to engage a wider global community around the summit in 2002 in an effort to advance the sustainable development agenda. The government is appointing experts to review South Africa's capability to deal with major marine oil pollution disasters in the light of outdated legislation on pollution and inadequate plans for oil spills. Campaigners see court's decision as a victory for nature reserves threatened by property developers. Ratepayers and conservationists in Rooi Els have won a seven-year battle to save a pristine stretch of land near their village from property developers. Johannesburg - New legislation to be tabled before Parliament early next year would seek to remove mineral rights from private sector companies and entrench the State as the ultimate custodian of those rights, Phumzile MlamboNgcuka, the minister of minerals and energy, said yesterday.
Sand dunes are a vital part of our fragile ecosystem.
The Silvermine Valley Coalition were tenacious, and the whole thing is a victory for the green lobby. Itsoseng is a dusty informal settlement at the back of beyond. It is nondescript, weatherbeaten and hastily built. The ANC's election promise of free water for everyone might prove more easily made than done. The constitution may have to be amended in line with government's promise of a limited amount of free water for all.