Environment
Western Cape government confronts City of Cape Town over “appalling unhygienic” conditions in Dunoon
City says it has “a service delivery obligation but is not itself the cause of the pollution”
News | 14 November 2019
Silver lining to Dusi pollution calamity?
Durban-Pietermaritzburg river pollution is a microcosm of nationwide water pollution control failures
By Tony Carnie
Feature | 14 November 2019
Extinction Rebellion pickets Gwede Mantashe’s department
Global movement against human-caused climate change steps up its South African presence
Brief | 11 October 2019
One in seven plants and animals in SA threatened with extinction, new report shows
Alien vegetation has a “severe impact” on biodiversity says SANBI
News | 8 October 2019
Rats still live in Kanana’s filthy ditches
30-year-old settlement is still a mess
News | 4 October 2019
Cape Town’s rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the City is not spending its budget
Water in the Black River is as dirty as untreated sewage
Feature | 26 September 2019
South African teenager wins international photographic award
Powerful image sheds light on desperate measures to save rhinos
By Fred Kockott and Mlu Mdletshe
News | 25 September 2019
South Africans come out in support of #ClimateStrike
“You’ll die of old age. I’ll die of climate change”
By Sandisiwe Shoba, Zoë Postman, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Masixole Feni
News | 20 September 2019
Coal mine next to game reserve faces legal challenge
Pietermaritzburg judge grants leave to appeal to environmental groups
By Fred Kockott
News | 19 September 2019