Environment
People flock to live at Pietermaritzburg dump site
“This has become a home for many of us”
News | 25 July 2019
Supreme Court of Appeal sends coal company packing
No mining will take place in Mabola Protected Environment for now
By John Yeld
Law | 23 July 2019
Newcastle residents say coal mine puts them in danger
Informal mining is causing houses to crack
News | 22 July 2019
State approves Tormin’s massive West Coast mining expansion
Environmental and activist groups appeal decision
By John Yeld
News | 15 July 2019
Rubbish piles up outside expensive dump site
Motherwell residents say the hill is too steep to climb with a wheelie bin
Brief | 3 July 2019
Pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals found in fish caught off Cape Town’s coast
City’s waste is ending up in its fish
News | 25 June 2019
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