Environment
Small organisation fights pollution in Cape Town rivers
New app for short-term cleaning contracts to be released in April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 25 February 2020
Province raps City’s knuckles over state of rivers
Water quality results “disturbing” says MEC
News | 20 February 2020
Court blocks development on Cape Flats Aquifer
City of Cape Town and provincial government told to consider new evidence
News | 19 February 2020
Wind farm says massive new rival could cost it “hundreds of millions” in lost energy
Existing West Coast One wind farm wants recent approval for upwind Boulders project to be reviewed, because it will “reduce its access to the wind”
By John Yeld
News | 18 February 2020
Raw sewage flows into Sundays River, possibly for years already
Municipality says mechanical and electrical failure causing spillage
News | 17 February 2020
Schools threaten legal action over “dump”
“The Pietermaritzburg landfill could be an economic opportunity instead of an environmental nightmare”
By Fatima Khan and Matthew Hattingh
News | 10 February 2020
Sick Durban river spoils popular recreational lagoon
Civil action could address pollution in Mdloti river
By Janis Theron and Matthew Hattingh
News | 3 February 2020
Activists call for government to declare climate emergency
Protesters inspired by Greta Thunberg
By Zoë Postman
News | 31 January 2020
We don’t need coal, say protesters at coal conference
Extinction Rebellion calls for the use of solar, wind and tidal power
Brief | 30 January 2020