Environment
“The air we breathe is killing us”: “Deadly Air” case finally goes to High Court
Environmental organisations want the government to compel coal mining companies to stop polluting communities on the Highveld
By Liezl Human and Julia Evans
Law | 17 May 2021
“Go and ask the trees for votes,” frustrated shack dwellers tell politicians
Residents of informal settlements in Gqeberha told the land cannot be developed because of indigenous vegetation
News | 13 May 2021
We want to move back to the dump site, say former landfill residents
About 100 people who used to live at the Makhanda dump were moved after it was upgraded
News | 12 May 2021
South Africa’s carbon emission targets not nearly ambitious enough
South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance
By Robyn Hugo
Opinion | 10 May 2021
Waste pickers’ livelihoods at risk in Johannesburg
Informal reclaimers say the expansion of Pikitup into recycling will leave them without an income
News | 7 May 2021
UCT fire: students tell how they grabbed textbooks and laptops and fled
“Some people didn’t have shoes on, others ran out in pyjamas”
By Liezl Human and Marecia Damons
News | 21 April 2021
Report shows dangerous levels of pollution in Cape Town’s rivers, vleis and estuaries
Quality of water bodies has declined over 40 years
Science | 9 April 2021
Environment group goes to court to block wetland road project
Endangered Cape toad at centre of dispute as government approves ‘crucial’ new Noordhoek road link
By John Yeld
News | 7 April 2021
Court stops Mpumalanga coal mine
No mining will be permitted in critical water source area until legal challenges are settled
By John Yeld
Law | 25 March 2021