Environment
Umgeni: A river of sewage flowing through Durban
The municipal sewage works is one of the main pollution sources
Feature | 18 July 2024
Scientists told us our winters would get drier. So what happened last week?
Climate change means extreme events are likely to happen more often
Science | 16 July 2024
Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population
New model forms the basis for an urgent recommendation to change African Penguin’s conservation status from endangered to critically endangered
By John Yeld
Science | 15 July 2024
Crucial penguin conservation plan heads to court
Minister accused of placing fishing industry interests above the survival of penguins
By John Yeld
News | 4 July 2024
Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all
Wild Coast communities and environmental organisations have now approached the Constitutional Court
Law | 2 July 2024
Meet the beekeepers of the mangrove forests
Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast
News | 18 June 2024
Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round
Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children
News | 12 June 2024
Mining is destroying crucial Eswatini nature reserve
The mine has the king’s blessing but no environmental authorisation
By Cebelihle Mbuyisa and Dane Armstrong
Feature | 11 June 2024
Environmental activists win against Shell in appeal court
Shell still has one more shot at seismic exploration authorisation
Law | 3 June 2024