Environment
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
Controversial Watsons’ wind farm approval overturned on review
The company has been given until 1 April to appeal against the decision by the Department of Environment
By John Yeld
News | 24 March 2021
In photos: Controlled burn of Kenilworth race track
The track is home to pristine critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
By John Yeld
Photo Essay | 17 March 2021
MEC opens up the way for mining in protected Mpumalanga grasslands
Provincial government revokes status of part of Mabola Protected Environment
News | 10 March 2021