Yesterday, UHA as an IAP acting on behalf of the UHA community, responded to submissions from EnviroServ in their request to the Minister to have the varied suspension order completely lifted to allow them to trade fully again at Shongweni. This suspension was first varied by the Minister’s appeal decision
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Objections to eThekwini issuing EnviroServ with a 5 year STP due NOW
Everyone who wishes to object to eThekwini municipality issuing another 5 year STP to EnviroServ, even if you objected to the previous one, are entitled to do so, by email, before this Friday 10th May 2019. Details to their application can be found here. You only need to submit to
eThekwini sides with EnviroServ over Community, again…
We have been informed, after much badgering of eThekwini to answer our questions, that they have reissued EnviroServ with another STP for a further 3 months, to expire on the 30th June 2019. No public participation process was needed, according to eThekwini, because EnviroServ had allegedly met the criteria for
eThekwini deliberately causing delays, again, and the Minister allows more waste
EnviroServ v DEA, Ethekwini and UHA Constitutional Challenge, set for the 25th of March 2019 in Pmb, will be adjourned. This is due to eThekwini deliberately delaying the filing of their answering affidavit in the Constitutional Challenge until 5 March 2019, only a few days before the scheduled hearing, knowing
Green Scorpions vs EnviroServ & UHA Consititutional Court Challenge
On March 25th, EnviroServ’s application to the Pietermaritzburg High Court to declare certain provisions of NEMAQA and NEMA unconstitutional will be heard. The Department of Environmental Affairs and Upper Highway Air are opposing this application. EnviroServ are trying this because they are allegedly unclear on what nuisance means as an
Polluter’s Political Backscratching
On 12 October 2017, UHA offered to utilise community raised funds to pay for independent experts to calibrate Ethekwini owned monitoring equipment so as to make them available for air quality monitoring purposes by Ethekwini, and enquired from the Municipality, whether if it did not take up the offer, the
ON THIS 11TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, ENVIROSERV WANTS MORE
ENVIROSERV SEEKS PERMISSION TO ACCEPT MORE WASTE, THE MOLE CONFIRMED & MORE MONITORING COMMITTEE MANIPULATION MORE WASTE On 16 November 2018 EnviroServ requested the Minister to amend the conditions applicable to the suspension of its waste management license, to allow it to receive both organic and inorganic waste, and thus
Green Scorpions Criminal Case against EnviroServ – update 30th November 2018
The Green Scorpions Criminal Case against EnviroServ and senior staff and directors (Esme Gombault, Clive Kidd, Johan Schoonraad and Dean Thompson) has been adjourned until the 13th May 2019. EnviroServs application to the High Court challenging the constitutionality of the provisions on NEMA have been filed, the State and Upper