Environment
Cattle are drinking sewage on this Free State veld
Sewage treatment has broken down in Maluti-a-Phofung municipality
By Steve Kretzmann and Tladi Moloi
News | 27 January 2025
Massive SLAPP suit against environmentalists withdrawn
Gauteng property developers were suing environmentalists for alleged costs from delays to their projects caused by objections
By John Yeld
News | 24 January 2025
Cape Town not immune to Los Angeles type fire disaster
The city has better preventative measures but is far less resourced than Los Angeles
Analysis | 20 January 2025
Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon
Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted
News | 13 December 2024
Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups
Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation
By John Yeld
News | 11 December 2024
Turning Cape Town’s vacant land into indigenous gardens
German-South African collaboration is “greening” urban spaces
Brief | 11 December 2024
Plant poaching fraud case to be heard in March
Two police officers and a botanical horticulturist face charges
By Liezl Human
Brief | 4 December 2024
The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation is bringing the sea to the classroom
New Ocean Campus is on track to reach 100,000 children this year
News | 3 December 2024
In photos: turning rubbish dumps into gardens in Upington
“It is the love of nature that keeps us going”
By Liezl Human
Photo Essay | 27 November 2024