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02
Nov

City of Cape Town By-Law Amendments approves minor freestanding cell masts without prior land use approval from the City or adjacent land owners

November 2, 2019
EMFSA’s interpretation of the City’s decision: What are “minor freestanding cell masts” ? Read as: 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi small cells ‘minor freestanding masts and minor rooftop masts can be installed at or on these sites WITHOUT prior land use APPROVAL from the City or adjacent LAND OWNERS’ Provisions to allow for the installation of...
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24
Oct

Louisiana First State To Conduct Independent Study On 5G

October 24, 2019
Source: https://wrch.radio.com/blogs/chuck-taylor/louisiana-first-state-conduct-independent-study-5g?fbclid=IwAR1v1VNVpMVYw5AcNujTgEukf8EGxeB7CHPO6fhaBXXeEfQWGWk66xjozgs OCTOBER 23, 2019 CHUCK TAYLOR The Louisiana House unanimously voted to have the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health study the effects of 5G technology on the environment and public health. While this new technology is being put in place in cities all across the country designed to make life more convenient with cell phones, driverless...
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23
Oct

Update: Heathfield mast, Cape Town, South Africa – Telkom appeals to the Constitutional Court

October 23, 2019
Image: Heathfield mast Image credit: EMFSA 23 October 2019 Telkom has launched an appeal to the Constitutional Court and as such the City of Cape Town is not able to act on the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment until the Constitutional Court has finally pronounced on the matter. Background:
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18
Oct

Bangladesh – HC orders removal of mobile towers from sensitive areas

October 18, 2019
Source: http://www.newagebd.net/article/87920/hc-orders-removal-of-mobile-towers-from-sensitive-areas Staff Correspondent | Published: 01:30, Oct 17,2019 The High Court Division in a full verdict in the case of mobile tower radiation effect has issued 12-point directives including imposition of a ban on installation of mobile or telecommunication towers on the rooftops of residential area, educational institutions, hospitals, jail premises, heritage sites, playgrounds and...
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10
Oct

Victory in fight against cell mast

October 10, 2019
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...
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09
Oct

Cities are facing ‘an absolute land grab’ from telecoms in wake of 5G

October 9, 2019
Source: https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/cities-are-facing-an-absolute-land-grab-from-telecoms-in-wake-of-5g/564650/ AUTHOR Chris Teale, PUBLISHED Oct. 9, 2019 NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — There is perhaps no technology as appealing yet daunting to city leaders as 5G, which continues to roll out across the United States in a process largely led by the four major telecom companies. Anxiety around the deployment has only been heightened in...
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02
Oct

CITY OF CAPE TOWN 1 OCTOBER 2019 MEDIA RELEASE City victorious in cellphone mast case against Telkom

October 2, 2019
The Supreme Court of Appeal has, in a unanimous judgment, affirmed the City of Cape Town’s constitutional mandate to regulate and control the use of land within its municipal borders. The judgment sets an important precedent that all telecommunications service providers, inclusive of state-owned Telkom, must obtain the City’s approval prior to installing cellphone masts...
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30
Sep

EMFSA September 2019 Newsletter

September 30, 2019
Our September 2019 Newsletter can be viewed at: https://mailchi.mp/7fbfa35f0406/emfnews
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29
Sep

Cape Town, South Africa: Illegal Heathfield Mast – Activists Fought Injustice

September 29, 2019
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....
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27
Sep

Telkom loses court appeal over location of cellphone masts in Western Cape

September 27, 2019
27 SEPTEMBER 2019, 07:48AM / LISA ISAACS Cape Town – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed communications service provider Telkom’s appeal against a Western Cape High Court judgment that it is obliged when erecting a cellphone mast – whether free-standing or rooftop-based – to do so in accordance with the City’s Municipal Planning by-law. In...
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