Environment
Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock
But environment minister and bird conservation groups both say an out-of-court settlement is yet possible
By John Yeld
News | 21 October 2024
Using radiation to stop the traffic of rhino horns
The Wits Rhisotope project hopes to help conservation efforts
Science | 16 October 2024
Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle
State vet warns that livestock wandering into the park pose significant disease threat
By Thembi Siaga
News | 14 October 2024
The health and economic costs of emissions at Kusile power plant
Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March
Science | 14 October 2024
Africa Oil Week: Mantashe slams “foreign-funded” activists
Protests held against fossil-fuel industry in Cape Town and Johannesburg
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Matthew Hirsch
News | 8 October 2024
New blasting limits set for mines - at last
Chief Inspector of Mines publishes South Africa’s first mine blasting standards
Opinion | 8 October 2024
Phola residents say mining has brought misery not benefits
Community members protested at coal mining offices of Seriti over damage to homes from blasting
Photo Essay | 7 October 2024
Rooigevaar in Saldanha: residents say red dust from Transnet’s ore terminal is staining their homes and even their dogs
But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 4 October 2024
Former environment minister Creecy under fire from penguin conservation groups
And new environment minister George has also been criticised
By John Yeld
News | 30 September 2024