Court rules against former environment minister over toxic air crisis – The Mail & Guardian

Court rules against former environment minister over toxic air crisis – The Mail & Guardian

The supreme court of appeal (SCA) has rebuked the former minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment, Barbara Creecy, for her delay in publishing regulations to address dangerously high levels of air pollution on the Mpumalanga Highveld.  Earlier this month, the country’s highest appellate court handed down judgment dismissing, with costs, Creecy’s appeal of a portion of the March 2022 landmark Deadly Air high court judgment. The court c…

(Dan Tri) - Mr. Nguyen Linh Ngoc, former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, was brought to trial for violating regulations on management and use of state assets, causing loss and waste.