Environment

Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

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Photo Essay | 20 March 2025

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5-million

Tessa Joubert, blamed for delaying the development, says the lawsuit is designed to silence her and others

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News | 19 March 2025

Court limits fishing to protect African Penguins

By agreement between all parties pelagic fishing permits must be amended within 14 days to protect six key penguin breeding areas

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News | 18 March 2025

Arts festival transforms the streets of Mpumalanga town

The My Body My Space festival celebrates ten years of free access to the arts

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Photo Essay | 17 March 2025

South Africa’s penguins are worth billions, experts say

Island closures are painted as an economic cost to the fishing industry, but losing African Penguins will cost us dearly

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Analysis | 17 March 2025

The “biggest trout farm in Africa” and the failed R5,000 community fund

Lesotho Highlands aquaculture project offers little in return for its licence

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News | 14 March 2025

Raw sewage is running into the Kruger park from Limpopo town

Phalaborwa residents lay criminal charges against local municipalities to try to end their sewerage problems

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News | 13 March 2025

Settlement reached in African Penguin case

Government, environmental groups and fishing industry agree to new no-fishing zones around penguin breeding grounds

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News | 12 March 2025

New plant discovered in Stellenbosch

“Miracle” iris emerges after decades under a pine plantation

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News | 4 March 2025

Parties hold their breath in battle over R300-million Stellenbosch mountain estate

Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes

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News | 24 February 2025

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health

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Feature | 21 February 2025

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

Conservation groups challenge minister’s decision on no-fishing zones around penguin colonies

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News | 17 February 2025

Wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy confirmed as source of West Coast oil spill

Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response

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News | 7 February 2025

West Coast beaches polluted by oil spill

Source of the oil not yet confirmed, but locals suspect the wreck of the MV Ultra Galaxy

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News | 3 February 2025

New Cape Town crèche is being built from tyres

Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2025