Environment
Gamtoos Irrigation Board office shut down by angry contractors
Workers want the municipality to take over the project
News | 11 March 2020
New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy
Independence of environmental consultants questioned in appeals against recent approval of the project
By John Yeld
News | 3 March 2020
Tragic landfill conflict fouls Cape Town’s air
Security guard murdered, dumpsite set on fire
News | 27 February 2020
Small organisation fights pollution in Cape Town rivers
New app for short-term cleaning contracts to be released in April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 25 February 2020
Province raps City’s knuckles over state of rivers
Water quality results “disturbing” says MEC
News | 20 February 2020
Court blocks development on Cape Flats Aquifer
City of Cape Town and provincial government told to consider new evidence
News | 19 February 2020
Wind farm says massive new rival could cost it “hundreds of millions” in lost energy
Existing West Coast One wind farm wants recent approval for upwind Boulders project to be reviewed, because it will “reduce its access to the wind”
By John Yeld
News | 18 February 2020
Raw sewage flows into Sundays River, possibly for years already
Municipality says mechanical and electrical failure causing spillage
News | 17 February 2020
Schools threaten legal action over “dump”
“The Pietermaritzburg landfill could be an economic opportunity instead of an environmental nightmare”
By Fatima Khan and Matthew Hattingh
News | 10 February 2020