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Climate justice coalition files criminal complaint against South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a news conference after the G20 Compact with Africa conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 27, 2021 [File: Tobias Schwarz/Pool via Reuters]

Johannesburg, South Africa – A group of climate change organisations have filed criminal complaints against the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and a number of prominent cabinet ministers, accusing the government officials of “unlawful negligence” by failing to take “practical action to address the climate crisis.”

The move comes as nearly 400 people have been reported dead in KwaZulu Natal province, where a subtropical storm, Issa, also destroyed buildings, highways and infrastructure.

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