Municipal Courts and Environmental Justice in South African Local Government

Environmental injustice is part and parcel of the fundamentals international domestic environmental law. In South Africa, section 2(4)(c) National Management Act 107 1998 (NEMA) establishes justice (EJ) as management principles to direct decision-making. This particularly relevant because country’s legacy continuing injustices inequalities, especially concerning natural-resource dependent services benefits. The Constitution Republic 1996 further a developmental local government (DLG) which objects are ensure safe healthy environment, sustainable delivery services, promotion social economic development well public participation in These complemented by 24 right Bill Rights. 
 Municipal service water sanitation, electricity, land matters municipal health, should supplement, not compromise state communities' environment access be equal. absence latter may result form has been described authors such Bullard, McDonald Schlosberg. event delivery-related injustices, it expected that communities must have remedial options available. One accessible judicial system. Therefore, this paper focuses on explains role Courts specifically play fortifying relationship between improved grass-root level Africa. underlying question whether courts can agents (environmental) change where exposed harm consequence failure or environmentally harmful actions other community members industries.