Environment
In photos: Artist brings Joburg nature reserve back to life
The Wilds, once forgotten and crime-ridden, has been transformed
Photo Essay | 8 December 2025
In photos: Meet the tiny hoppers saving Hartbeespoort Dam
The Centre for Biological Control releases about 20,000 water hyacinth hoppers as part of their biological control strategy
Photo Essay | 4 December 2025
Eskom starts environmental assessment for a third nuclear power station
Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites
By John Yeld
News | 2 December 2025
Pollution stops Khayelitsha’s canoe club classes
Hyacinth and sewage are destroying the Blowy wetlands
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 2 December 2025
In photos: The turtle trackers of Sodwana Bay
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s turtle monitoring programme runs from October to April, monitoring the nesting season of these reptiles
Photo Essay | 29 November 2025
Maseru dump site to be closed after community goes to court
Ha Tšosane residents have lived next to mountains of waste for years
Brief | 28 November 2025
How a group of landowners brought the Agulhas Plain back to life
The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008
By John Yeld
News | 19 November 2025
Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources
Feature | 7 November 2025
Child drowned at construction site abandoned by City of Ekurhuleni
Department of Environmental Affairs says it may refer the matter for criminal prosecution
Brief | 31 October 2025