Environment
Meticulous Eastern Cape effort to keep vultures from extinction
Vultures disabled by powerline collisions are taken care of and given a place to breed
By John Yeld
News | 25 January 2024
In photos: Beautiful bioluminescence at Muizenberg
Red tide lights up False Bay coast
Brief | 16 January 2024
Get rid of leaf blowers: they pollute and their purpose is dubious
Many use two-stroke engines which are an environmental hazard
Science | 14 December 2023
Picket against fossil fuels at Muizenberg beach
Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai
By Liezl Human
Brief | 11 December 2023
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
News | 7 December 2023
South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet climate goals
Climate investments need to jump from R131-million a year, Presidential Climate Commission says
By Liezl Human
News | 6 December 2023
African dinosaurs and the sixth mass extinction
Palaeobiologist Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan speaks at GroundUp’s Science for the People seminar
By Liezl Human
Science | 4 December 2023
Gold mining in the Overberg: fears relieved for now
Mining company has not met the first deadline for an Environmental Impact Assessment
News | 24 November 2023
Aussie mining company “SLAPP suit” partly settled out of court
Six South African defendants have reached an agreement with Mineral Commodities Ltd
By John Yeld
News | 22 November 2023