Environment
New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards “at risk”
Experts alarmed by government move to drop statutory requirements for some developments in the park
By John Yeld
News | 31 May 2024
Strandfontein development could make critically endangered butterfly extinct
The only colony of one of the world’s most endangered butterflies is within sight of a large, multi-storey development
News | 24 May 2024
Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons
None of the 19 sewage treatment plants managed by the Ugu District Municipality are properly treating sewage released into rivers and lagoons
News | 15 May 2024
Remote Namaqualand diamond town battles dust and neglect
Mine told to fix the pollution problem
By Liezl Human
News | 9 May 2024
Coal mine accused of making “manifestly scurrilous” allegations against opponents
A coalition against mining in the Mabola Protected Environment want “scandalous” and “irrelevant” claims struck from court record
By John Yeld
News | 8 May 2024
Families to leave ancestral lands as coal mine expands
Land Claims Court orders Mpumalanga mine to build them permanent houses
News | 3 May 2024
Village activists take Marikana mining company to court
Tharisa Mines is trying to gag us, say Oridile Kgatea and Rodney Kotsedi
Law | 1 May 2024
Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court
Uthaka Energy persists with plans for a colliery in Mabola Protected Environment despite six court judgments
By John Yeld
News | 30 April 2024
Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about renewable energy
We asked the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
News | 26 April 2024