Environment
The Cape’s plants are dying out – and local authorities need citizens’ help
Study shows 40 species have gone extinct since 1900
By Sarah Wild
News | 19 June 2019
South African youth take to the streets over climate change
Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town
By Zoë Postman and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 14 June 2019
Aussie company show big profits from South African West Coast mine
Shareholders ask MRC to finance reward for information about murder of activist
By John Yeld
News | 13 June 2019
Khayelitsha school plans to cut water bill by R50,000 a month
Design collective seeks to establish urban farms and sustainable infrastructure at township schools
News | 12 June 2019
Extinction Rebellion comes to South Africa
We interview the local leadership
Interview | 11 June 2019
Durban lifts ban on fishing in its harbour
Port authority says use the port at your own risk because the water has not been declared fully safe
Roving Reporters
Brief | 7 June 2019
Community clean up turns waste into arts and crafts
Clean My Space initiative in Khayelitsha has ballooned to 180 members
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 7 June 2019
Tensions between waste pickers and Johannesburg municipality escalate
City does not agree to demands
By Zoë Postman
News | 3 June 2019
Crucial Watson wind farm talks this week
Directors of controversial project to meet Department of Environmental Affairs
By John Yeld
News | 28 May 2019