Environment
Cape Town’s polluted vleis costing jobs
Sewage spills are damaging local businesses and international tourism
News | 29 October 2021
Fishers march against lobster quota
Minister Barbara Creecy agrees to some of their demands
By Liezl Human
News | 28 October 2021
Government funding delay causes vital insect research unit to close
“Our organisation was subsidising a lot of work in the hope that the tender would come through, and it just hasn’t”
By Liezl Human
Science | 22 October 2021
How mining erodes the rights of women
Women are also marginalised when it comes to the economic benefits that mining brings
Opinion | 7 October 2021
Zandvlei opens for boating after sewage scare
But Rietvlei and Zeekoevlei are still closed
By Liezl Human
Brief | 5 October 2021
Rietvlei pollution unlikely to improve soon, fears Milnerton Aquatic Club
“We’re not seeing any action” by City of Cape Town says club commodore
By Liezl Human
News | 30 September 2021
Tembisa mom turns illegal dump site into vegetable garden
Itumeleng Phiri started a recycling business on the site, then a food garden
News | 30 September 2021
Fishing communities fear their livelihoods are threatened by Karpowership plan
Gas energy generation licences approved despite environmental concerns
By Liezl Human
News | 23 September 2021
Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award
But the African Reclaimers Organisation says they have still not been integrated into the City of Johannesburg’s waste management plan
News | 8 September 2021