Air pollution cost South Africa more than R960bn and42,000 lives in 2023, a new report finds, but thegovernment keeps extending emissions exemptions.

Richards Bay Clean Air Association data
vital to pollution- and health-watch.

Complaints – and there were some serious ones relating to respiratory issues – poured in, 171 of which were reported to the Richards Bay Clean Air Association (RBCAA).

Residents fume over mine dust.

WHEELCHAIR-BOUND uMhlathuze
residents have shared their frustrations
with the lack of accessibility on public
transport systems

Government gives permission for yet more mass coal stockpiling on Alton harbour route.

Richards Bay flights grounded as city’s emergency services fall short

Falling coal price means empty roads and cleaner air.

The importance of keeping accurate measurements to resolve complex problems has been
stressed by thinkers and innovators for centuries. Advocates of this principle have included the British physicist Lord Kelvin and the American management theorist Peter Drucker, who remarked that: “What gets measured gets managed.”

THE Richards Bay Clean Air Association (RBCAA) had another string added to its bow last week thanks to a donation of specialised air quality monitoring equipment.