Who were those individuals and entities who put profits and pollution before people in 2025? Nominate them as the OBP Dirtbag of the Year below.
Grahamstown/ Makanda Municipla managment. Years of negelts , poluuted rivers , burning tips, burst pipes , water shortage , intimidation and murder of those who voice disproval. Collpase of infrastructure , stolen and broken equipment and the lis goes no and on and on.
Local Authorities at large - perhaps the relevant minister responsible for local government. The fact that I don’t know the person’s name says it all.
SASOL
OBP Dirtbag supremo of every year for more than a decade, with no abatement in sight.
Concerns about its Secunda and Sasolburg operations. The company is the world’s largest single-point emitter of carbon dioxide due to its coal-based feedstock and is accused of exceeding pollution limits, manipulating data, illegally disposing of waste, and failing to meet its own greenhouse gas reduction targets.
This year, in collusion with the SA government, appeals and leniencies have been requested A G A I N. It does seem that the courts are tired of the appeals avalanche, as the court dismissed the environment minister’s appeal against the original High Court ruling that found the poor air quality a breach of residents’ constitutional rights.
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