Environment
SA’s national bird threatened as numbers crash
Blue Crane conservation status moved to “vulnerable” after steep population decline since 2010, with Western Cape’s Overberg region worst affected
By John Yeld
News | 1 July 2025
Open Secrets report: How big consulting firms are cashing in on the climate crisis
Multinational firms are benefitting from “just transition” funding while serving the world’s largest fossil fuel companies
News | 26 June 2025
Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned
The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago
By John Yeld
News | 23 June 2025
In 10 years, there may be no more of these penguins
But protecting African Penguins’ food supply could reverse their decline, scientists say
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 6 June 2025
Lesotho fishing company’s strange “error” on donations
Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth R2.9-million, but actually gave less than R450,000
News | 4 June 2025
Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
News | 1 June 2025
City of eThekwini says refuse is collected in this settlement every Monday, but we saw no sign of a rubbish truck
Mounds of refuse line the road in Cato Crest
News | 29 May 2025
Villagers throw rubbish in rivers as municipality battles waste crisis
With no refuse removal services, illegal dumping is commonplace
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 22 May 2025