Source: https://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/durban-residents-up-in-arms-over-cell-mast-49365790 By Siboniso Mngadi, Jun 14, 2020 Durban – Merewent residents have accused telecommunications company Atlas Towers Group of targeting “impoverished” communities by choosing to place a cell mast in their neighbourhood. The company erects radio masts to improve wireless connectivity for mobile network operators. However, some Merewent residents say they believe the masts...Read More

Thursday, October 10, 2019 By Lillian Amos Heathfield residents have notched up a victory in their ongoing fight to stop the rapid increase of cell masts in the southern suburbs. After three years of petitioning and advocating against the erection of a mast in Fourth Road in Heathfield, residents were relieved when the Supreme Court...Read More

Our September 2019 Newsletter can be viewed at: https://mailchi.mp/7fbfa35f0406/emfnewsRead More

In a Supreme Court judgement of the 25th of September 2019 Telkom lost its Appeal. For activists it brings to close a long and hard battle. This case is about a community – all of us – standing together to fight injustice: Image: Heathfield,  4th Avenue, where families reported that their children regularly become ill....Read More

A community awareness event held in Kogarah for the Stop 5G Georges River Action Group, aimed at informing local communities about the urgent health and safety concerns around the current rollout of 5G and associated wireless technologies. All slides and content contained in this video are the intellectual property of each of the three expert...Read More

Source: https://www.rcrwireless.com/20190826/5g/opposition-to-5g-small-cell-deployment-spreads-across-us Many consider 5G small cell installations to be at best an eye sore and at worst a serious health risk By Catherine Sbeglia on AUGUST 26, 2019 5G, the fifth generation of wireless technology, will give consumers access to more information faster and make businesses more efficient, and will create an unprecedented level connectivity around the world. However,...Read More

Source: https://www.bbklaw.com/news-events/news-room/2019/in-the-news/07/partner-gerry-lederer-discusses-cities-5g-challen?utm_source=Social_Media&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ITN_Gerry_5G_WSJ&utm_content=In_the_News JUL 08, 2019 Communities Are Having a Hard Time Keeping Up with Wiring Permits For the Wall Street Journal article “The Downside of 5G: Overwhelmed Cities, Torn-Up Streets, a Decade Until Completion,” Best Best & Krieger LLP Partner Gerry Lederer discussed the impact of 5G  on communities. In an interview with the newspaper, the telecommunications law attorney...Read More

Source: Excerpt: Overview: 5th generation (5G) wireless technology, as the name indicates, is the next generation wireless communication network from 4G and 4G LTE. Once fully implemented it will predominantly operate in the millimetre (mm) radiofrequency band which will allow much higher data transfer necessary for driverless vehicles, the Internet of Things (IoT), faster video downloads...Read More

Credit for this post: Chatsworth Rising Sun, Journalist Yoshini Perumal https://risingsunchatsworth.co.za/131228/protest-leads-removal-cell-mast-school/ The mast was taken down following the protest. Residents of Arena Park mobilised and marched to Crestview Primary School on Human Rights Day after receiving messages that the cell mast, which was initially objected to, was reinstalled. According to Chatsworth Community Policing Forum chairman, Jakes Singh,...Read More

Cell Tower at AGS Church, Number 5 Breda Street, Vergesig, Durbanville: Image credit: D. Rowland, EMFSA The Vergesig case is only one of many examples illustrating the “Illusion of Inclusion” farce. This is in regards to public participation, communities and cell tower placements. Communities are simply ignored and/or overruled. Backgound: The council received a substantial...Read More