DEADLY AIR: Much to be done to improve air quality in parts of South Africa

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‘Part of the population is exposed to air quality that is potentially detrimental to their health and wellbeing, especially within the three declared priority areas and our cities.’

October 5, 2022

Much to be done to improve air quality in parts of South Africa by Julia Evans, Daily Maverick October 5, 2022 ‘Despite strides in legislative developments, air quality continues to be a national challenge,” said Makhotos Sotyu, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment , in her keynote address at the 16th Air Quality Governance Lekgotla on 4 October in Kempton Park, Gauteng.

This article first appeared on Daily Maverick and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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