EDITORIAL: Pollution karma is coming
SA’s environmental regulators have failed and the consequences are around the corner
09 April 2024 - 05:00
Fairly far down the list of ideas hitherto considered to be self-evident is that if regulators fail to regulate then there are no regulations.
The decision of the forestry, fisheries & environment minister to uphold Sasol’s appeal lodged in 2023 against the government’s decision to reject its proposed approach to pollution measurement at its Secunda plant is ostensibly practical. Without such an agreement Sasol will suffer enormous damage, which itself will create havoc in markets, for the fiscus and for shareholders...
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