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Telkom loses ConCourt battle on cellphone masts

By Samuel Mungadze June 25 2020 The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) delivered a blow to Telkom yesterday, dismissing the company’s bid to be allowed to install telecommunications stations – cellphone masts – at locations of its choice without prior approval from local authorities. Telkom approached the ConCourt seeking the interpretation of Section 22 of the Electronic […]

South Africa : MTN faces court challenge to illegal roll-out of cell masts

The filing of the papers follows almost two years of public outrage against these illegal cell towers.  August 9, 2018 THE Durban Anti-Cell Mast Alliance (DACMA), a residents lobby group created in 2017 to protest the illegal roll-out of MTN cell masts across Durban, lodged papers on Friday in the Durban High Court, asking for […]

South Africa – 4 cell towers metres from where children live and play

May 29 2017 http://www.emfsa.co.za/news/four-cell-towers-metres-children-live-play-south-africa/    The following cell towers have to be dismantled without any further delay : Copies of these letters and documents were sent to all  relevant officials within the City.   1. Forest Glade Eerste River : Perm Gardens Baptist Church  2. Heathfield,  4th Avenue, where families living right under the cell mast report that […]

Scientists and Doctors Warn of Potential Serious Health Impacts of Fifth Generation 5G Wireless Technology

By Rainer Nyberg and Lennart Hardell Global Research, September 18, 2017 We the undersigned, more than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries, recommend a moratorium on the roll-out of the fifth generation, 5G, for telecommunication until potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent from industry. 5G will substantially increase […]

South Africa : ‘Take your smart meters and shove ’em’

Residents petitioning City Power, looking at civil law suit over smart meters.  October 5, 2015 Passionate community man Caleb Finn says the issue is prevalent in Florida as well. Photo: Mathilde Myburgh. City Power might face a civil law suit as residents are sick and tired of so-called ‘smart’ meters, their defects and resulting billing […]

South Africa cell tower – New twist in iBurst tower battle

By EDITOR   14 January 2010   Wireless broadband provider iBurst believes it has definitive proof that a base station it operates in Fourways, north of Johannesburg, is not to blame for health problems afflicting some of the residents there. Residents of the Fourways community of Craigavon have threatened to take iBurst to court to have the base […]

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