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Publications

All of the below publications are available in printed format free of charge. Contact the groundWork office should you require printed versions.

groundWork's Quarterly Newsletters

The groundWork Report

Annual Reports

Press Releases

Special Reports and publications

Fact Sheets


Quarterly Newsletters
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June 2001



September 2001



December 2001



March 2002

June 2002

September 2002

December 2002



March 2003

 

June 2003

March 2004

 

Quarterly newsletters published prior to June 2001 are currently only available in print format.  Please contact us for backdated copies of our newsletters, or if you would like to be on our mailing list to receive the newsletters in future.

The groundWork Report

Every year groundWork intends to publish a report reflecting on the state of environmental justice in South Africa.  This report, which is entitled The groundWork Report, will each year focus on a different theme. 

The theme selected for our first groundWork Report was airpollution in South Africa, with particular reference to the petrochemical industries.  

The groundWork Report 2002
Corporate Accountability in South Africa: The petrochemical industry and air pollution

 

 

 

 

The groundWork Report 2003
Forging the Future: Industrial strategy & the making of environmental injustice in South Africa


Annual Reports
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Please contact us to order copies of groundWork's 2000, 2001 or 2002 Annual reports.  

 

 

 


Press Releases
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LAST STOP FOR USA ACTIVISTS: CALTEX REFINERY FLARES! - 31 March 2004

USA ACTIVISTS TAKEN ON A TOXIC TOUR OF RICHARDS BAY - 29 March 2004

“USA activists continue tour of pollution hotspots” - 28 March 2004

Sasolburg Air Quality Monitoring Committee getting serious about cleaning up the air we breathe. - 24 March 2004

South Durban Communities Get Support from Allies in 38 Countries to Stop Mondi Incinerator - 27 February 2004

“Listening to the people” – A community environmental health gathering - Thursday, 19 February 2004

Bill Does Not Guarantee Corporate Accountability - 4 February 2004

Community Workshop, Protest and Submissions to Parliament on National Environmental Management: Air Quality Bill-
1-2 February 2004

International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal - 16 January 2004

Civil society will be heard on health care waste - 24 August 2003

Community Conference on Air Pollution for the Vaal Triangle - 23 August 2003

groundWork opens USA office - 11 August 2003

National Civil society organisations to deliberate National Environmental Management: Air Quality Bill 25 May 2003

Communities reject pollution bill because it will stifle economic growth and perpetuate high pollution - 26th May 2003

South Africa Pollution Scandal Exposed at Anglo American’s London AGM - 25 Apr 2003

Communities attend Shell’s AGMs in London/The Hague and raise their concerns - 24 April 2003

Shell Challenged at AGM by Activist Shareholders 23 April 2002

South African and African American Communities Warn Investors of Sasol’s Liabilities for Environmental Destruction & Health Threats - 8 April 2003

Communities and Parliamentarians discuss air pollution - 3 April 2003 

Thor Chemicals to be held accountable for mercury poisoning - 12 March 2003

Communities and Parliamentarians discuss air pollution - 3 April 2003 

BUSINESS BREAKS PROMISE TO CLEAN-UP ACT - 22 January 2003

Public on Eye on Davos - Can Shell build trust?- 24 Jan 2003

Minister Manto, please protect us! - 11th December 2002

groundWork meets government officials to address Pietermaritzburg pollution - 29 November 2002

KZN Dept of Health decides to halt incineration of medical waste - 22 November 2002

Royal Dutch Shell exposed in new book being launched today - 12 November 2002

Edendale Hospital worker to attend international health care waste conference in USA - 21 October 2002

Release of new critical report on the need for corporate accountability in South Africa -15th October 2002 

Proposal for a hazardous waste incinerator in Sasolburg defeated - 9th October 2002

Beware: hidden poisons in the home - embargoed for 8th October 2002

The Jolly Rubino - Questions that need answers - 30 September 2002 

Global Alliance asks Mondi paper to abandon incinerator plan - 27 September 2002

Sasolburg community raises concerns around Sasol's pollution with Scotland's First Minister - 4th September 2002

Leading international environmental organisations unite to take action for corporate accountability - 25 August 2002

"We laughed! We cried! And the winner is....!" - Green Oscars awarded at glittering ceremony held today in Sandton - 23 August 2002

SA communities step up a gear to tackle industrial air pollution - 16th July 2002

Community members and NGO’s appeal to members of Parliament to act on concerns raised   - 24th June 2002

Global Alliance calls on President Mbeki to dump proposed hazardous waste incinerator in Sasolburg - 9 May 2002

Call for a ban on incineration in the Southern Africa region - 8 April 2002  

Dramatic Improvements at Edendale Hospital - 13 March 2002

South Durban Communities Establish New Air Monitoring Program Aimed at Massive Industrial Pollution - 21 January 2002

groundWork and the international Global Community Monitor to work with Southern African communities to develop community based air pollution monitoring systems - 14th January 2002

Community groups from Southern Africa join forces in South Durban for the launch of the Bucket Brigade campaign -  23 November 2001

Opposition growing to proposed Sasolburg incinerator - 28 August 2001

NGO assists KZN Department of Health to clean up hospitals - 28th August 2001

More workers killed at chemical plants in the country -  1 August 2001

Civil society victory in protecting community health - 6th July 2001

groundWork calls for a Commission of Enquiry into Oil Refineries - 8th June 2001

World Environment Day - 5th June 2001

Will SA violate new POPs treaty? - 22 May 2001


Special Reports
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International Environmental Justice Forum: Speak Out!

held on Saturday 25th August 2001 
Durban, South Africa

 

 

South African People and Environments in the Global Economy
A series of five booklets published by groundWork, August 2002

Published to coincide with the World Summit on Sustainable Development which opened in South Africa in August this year, this series of five booklets gives an environmental justice perspective on challenges for sustainable development in South Africa.  

National Report on Community-based Air Pollution Monitoring Air pollution in Selected Industrial Areas 2000 - 2002 in pdf format
Appendix 1
Appendix 2

 


Fact Sheets
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Shell

What you need to know about Pesticides

The household toxic tour

Mercury - What it can do to you and how to avoid exposure to it

Flaring

Oil Refineries

EMCAs

Why you should say no to incinerators

Fuel Pipelines - Community Action to make pipelines safer

Dow Chemical Company