Environment
Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams
Sea is so dark with sediment “we can’t even dive with lights”
By John Yeld
News | 9 December 2020
High levels of E. coli in water from Milnerton waste plant, say activists
But City of Cape Town says the tests used by activists are not an accurate reflection
By Liezl Human
News | 8 December 2020
Court challenge to West Coast beach mining
Environmentalists concerned over massive expansion into critical biodiversity areas
By John Yeld
News | 12 November 2020
Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon
Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 November 2020
Makhanda community take City to court over poor waste management
“Our homes smell like sewage and rubbish” says resident
News | 30 October 2020
Slain mining activist to be buried on Friday
Community divided over challenge to expansion of mine adjacent to the popular Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
By Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh
News | 29 October 2020
Fikile Ntshangase opposed a mine extension. Last night she was murdered
Violence on border of iMfolozi-Hluhluwe Game Park linked to fears of mass retrenchments
By Fred Kockott and Matthew Hattingh
News | 23 October 2020
“Massive” oil spill in Umbilo River
Environmental group says pipeline was meant to have been shut down in 2008
News | 21 October 2020
Environmentalists raise concern over polluted Durban river
High levels of E. coli detected, but that might not be the worst of it
News | 12 October 2020