Environment Voters for Parliament Campaign

The role of political parties is to represent the dreams and aspirations of citizens in the Parliament and government. There is however no party that sees “the environment” as a major electoral issue: except The Greens. Section 24 of the Constitution guarantees “an environment that is not harmful to the health and wellbeing of South Africans”, but the current government does not appreciate this constitutional imperative. An unpolluted environment is of course the foundation on which a good quality of life, “a better life” is built: The greens will ensure that this constitutional guaranteed right is protected and enforced! We are however facing the negative consequences of environmental degradation on a daily basis;

• climate change: floods in KZN, fires in W-Cape, drought in N-Cape),

• air pollution: high death rate due to the mining and burning of coal in Mpumalanga, and

• water pollution: sewage spills into the rivers and oceans in W-Cape, KZN and Gauteng.