Legal documents and media resources
Resources
Here you can find the court papers, faith statements, reports, presentations, videos and nuclear-related articles
Legal Documents
SAFCEI and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg have taken the government to court over the legality of the nuclear procurement process.
- Court Judgement 26 April 2017 Earthlife Africa Jhb & SAFCEI v Minister of Energy
- Earthlife & SAFCEI Oral Note for Argument 22 Feb final
- ELA & SAFCEI – DoE Resp Supplementary Heads of Argument 7 Feb 17
- Earthlife supplementary heads 30 Jan 2017 final
- ELA & SAFCEI – DoE Resp Heads of Argument 2 Dec 2016
- Order-Granted-13-December-2016
- 18-11-2016-ELA-SAFCEI-MoE-applicants-heads
- DoE-in-re-ELA-SAFCEI-resp-HoA
- ELA-et-al-v-MoE-et-al-pleadings
- ELA-SAFCEI-final-replying-affidavit
- Earthlife & SAFCEI-v-Dept-Energy_answering-affidavit
- 4-august-2016-letter-to-snr-state-attorney-earthlife-africa-jhb-v-minister-of-energy
- Letter-from-state-lawyers-refusing-request
- ELA-JHB SAFCEI Supplementary Founding Affidavit
- ELA-JHB SAFCEI Annexures to Supplementary Founding Affidavit
- ELA-SAFCEI Amended Notice of Motion
- Nuclear draft notice of motion
- Nuclear founding affidavit
- Read the Rule 16A notice here
Faith Statements
- The Inter-religious Conference on Nuclear Issues held in Aizu-Wakamatsu and Iwaki, Fukushima, in December 2012, statement
- Appeal for a Lifestyle without Dependence on Nuclear Power, released by the Japan Buddhist Federation in December 2011
- Central Committee of the World Council of Churches calls on churches to work towards a “nuclear free world”
- Justice and Peace Commission calls for a nuclear referendum
Presentations
- Why nuclear energy is not the solution for African energy security June 2nd 2015
- Questioning South Africa’s Nuclear Path, by Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar
Videos
The nuclear deal in the press
- Fin24 – SA postpones nuclear deal as court case looms
- Times Live – Court papers detail alleged illegal action by Joemat-Pettersson in Russian nuke deal
- Fin24 – Environmentalists: SA did sign nuclear deal with Russia
- Fin24 – Nuclear corruption, affordability concerns gain traction
- Moneyweb – “Earthlife Africa asks court to set aside nuclear determination”
- eNCA – “Yellowcake”
- Hot Copper/eNCA – “Uranium mining in the Karoo – South Africa’s new gold?”
- eNCA (youtube video) – “Kommer oor uraanmyn in Karoo/Concerns over uranium mine in the Karoo”
- Die Hoorn –“Groot geveg kom oor uraanontginning”
- Fin24 – “Russia upbeat on SA nuclear plan after Egypt deal”
- Herald Live – “Letter: Uranium mining threat to Karoo”
- Echo – “Noordhoek nun fights nuclear reactors”
- IT! – “Peninsula Energy : ‘Uranium mining will cause long-term harm’”
- Fin24 –“Environmentalists: SA did sign nuclear deal with Russia”
- BDLive –“SA planned binding nuclear deal with Russia”
- Rand Daily Mail –“Secret nuclear deal with Russia heads to court”
- Times Live – “Spanner in nuclear works”
- Green Times –“Court case exposes web of secrecy in government nuclear dealings”
- Fin24 – “’Mischievous’ anti-nuclear group tackles Mantashe”
- Daily Maverick – “Op-Ed: Gwede Mantashe’s nuclear mischievousness”
- Financial Mail – “Uranium mining: stirring up worries”
- BDLive – “Nuclear energy just not natural for SA”
- Landbou – “Mynmaatskappy jaag uraan-plan deur”
- Fin24 – “Nuclear energy, PetroSA storm brewing over Parliament”
- BizNews – “Minister’s ducks and dives raises fear Nuclear Plan plunder is resurfacing”
- The Green Times – “Nuclear energy just not natural for SA”
- BDLive – Morality shut out of energy debate
- Press statement by Bishop G. Davies – Nuclear power will worsen wealth gap
- Die Burger – SA moet oop kaarte speel oor kernplanne
- Cape Argus – Interfaith group says no to nuclear energy deals
