Environment
Report raises alarm over state of provincial nature reserves
Protected areas critical to the country’s biodiversity and conservation efforts are being badly mismanaged, says the Endangered Wildlife Trust
By Paul Giess
Opinion | 23 May 2023
Bulldozers clear way for mine in Lower Zambezi National Park
Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy
By Charles Mafa
Feature | 22 May 2023
Women beaten with knobkieries in battle over Wild Coast land, court hears
Amadiba Crisis Committee secures interim interdict against development
News | 15 May 2023
Families in Joburg’s World Trade Centre win reprieve from eviction, only to lose everything in a fire
They are reclaimers, and some have been living and working in the building for 10 years
News | 4 May 2023
No work, so Limpopo mother turned to recycling
“For a month I could not stand the smell from the bins,” says Dorah Ramugoni
News | 18 April 2023
Mango tree saves top Malawian musician from death in floods
Giboh Pearson and his neighbours climbed into the trees to escape the devastating effects of Cyclone Freddy
News | 17 March 2023
Call for government to save Durban’s contaminated rivers
“Toxic” levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists
News | 27 February 2023
South African activists urge French parliament to stop TotalEnergies’ “ocean grab”
Company criticised for huge profits amidst climate crisis
By Liezl Human
News | 23 February 2023
Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town
The City is considering treating sewage before releasing it through marine outfalls. But even then, “forever” chemicals will not be broken down
News | 21 February 2023