Environment
Community gardens bloom from vacant lots in Salt River
Embarrassed by the rubbish amidst Salt River’s striking street art, a tour guide decided to do something about it
News | 15 June 2023
Climate activists disrupt Standard Bank AGM
About 200 people picketed at the bank’s head office to demand it stop investing in fossil fuels
News | 12 June 2023
Hands off Antarctic, demand protesters
Door to the global fridge should be locked, say activists
Brief | 5 June 2023
Petroleum bill is blind to the climate crisis
Petroleum resources development bill is “fatally flawed” and should be rejected, says the writer
Opinion | 5 June 2023
Standoff between shack dwellers and sand mining company in Khayelitsha
Mining operations halted after families living in shacks near the site complain about sand filling their homes
By Vincent Lali
News | 30 May 2023
Limpopo learners keep tabs on river water quality
Project links academics, citizen scientists and learners to monitor borehole and river water
Feature | 25 May 2023
Report raises alarm over state of provincial nature reserves
Protected areas critical to the country’s biodiversity and conservation efforts are being badly mismanaged, says the Endangered Wildlife Trust
By Paul Giess
Opinion | 23 May 2023
Bulldozers clear way for mine in Lower Zambezi National Park
Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy
By Charles Mafa
Feature | 22 May 2023
Women beaten with knobkieries in battle over Wild Coast land, court hears
Amadiba Crisis Committee secures interim interdict against development
News | 15 May 2023