Welcome To South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA)
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) is an environmental justice organization based in South Durban, South Africa. It is made up of 19 affiliate organizations and has been active since its formation in 1995. It is a non-government organization existing solely on finances sourced from funders and sponsors in order to remain totally independent. It makes no profit and exists solely for the benefit of the people it represents.
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We are a non-government organization existing solely on finances sourced from funders and sponsors in order to remain totally independent. We make no profit and exist solely for the benefit of the people we represent. Our campaign for justice is reliant on your donations. You could help make a difference by donating to our cause!
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Pollution & Health
Pollution is a major environment-related health threat to our community.
Infrastructure & Development
Issues regarding the impacts of infrastructure on economic development In South Durban.
Community Empowerment
Enabling our community to increase control over their lives and environment.
Energy & Climate Change
Scientific consensus and real-life impacts tell us that climate change is real.
Latest News
How polluting industries affect people’s health within the South Durban community
Environmental Pollution: Industries pollute in several ways during the production process and in turn produce a large amount of waste products. Chemicals are burnt in order to produce the final products, and chemicals are then [...]
Environmental Injustice in South Durban: Community caught between toxic polluters and climate shocks
By Shanice Firmin• 28 June 2019 The South Durban community share their neighbourhood with two of the country’s biggest oil refineries practically on residents’ doorsteps. With air pollution killing an estimated 20,000 South Africans every [...]
Environmental Injustice in South Durban: Community caught between toxic polluters and climate shocks
by Shanice Firmin Section 24 of the South African Constitution enshrines that “everyone has the right to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being and to have the environment protected for [...]
Independent Online: Joy as R4bn contract to deepen Durban port scrapped | Daily News.
Image: supplied to Daily News https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/kwazulu-natal/joy-as-r4bn-contract-to-deepen-durban-port-scrapped-24182508
Transnet foiled yet again on port expansion: Shauwn Mpisani & Italian ‘CMI Emtateni’ partners drop out of BRICS NDB loan scam
(This is the $200 million loan in which last May the BRICS Bank financed 40% of yet another wicked Transnet deal - with no community consultation. Hence no one told the Sandton branch banksters who [...]