Sipho Kings's Profile

Sipho Kings is the person the Mail & Guardian sends to places when people’s environment is collapsing. This leads him from mine dumps to sewage flowing down streets – a hazardous task for his trusty pair of work shoes.  

Having followed his development-minded parents around Southern Africa his first port of call for reporting on the environment is people on the ground. When things go wrong – when harvests collapse and water dries up – they have limited resources to adapt, which people can never let politicians forget.  

For the rest of the time he tries to avoid the boggling extremes of corporations and environmental organisations, and rather looks for that fabled 'truth' thing.  

For Christmas he wants a global agreement where humanity accepts that sustainable development is the way forward. And maybe for all the vested interest to stop being so extreme. And world peace. And a sturdier pair of shoes. 

Riverlea to sue state depts, DRD Gold over poisonous dust

Three rights groups are taking two state departments and DRD Gold to court to reveal information about the firm's re-mining operation in Riverlea.

Happy Earth Day - from a not so happy earth

On this 43rd Earth Day, it is worthwhile to go back to the never-ending argument about how much humans impact the planet, writes Sipho Kings.

YouTube video draws focus to trophy hunting in SA

A new video of a canned lion hunt has been making waves on the internet, bringing renewed attention to trophy hunting in South Africa.

Rockville: The people who 'live in shit'

In this village there are no children. They were sent away so the sewage wouldn't make them sick.

South Africa shaped by Thatcherism

Margaret Thatcher's neoliberal economic policies had a profound impact on this country long after her term ended.

'Ancestor' fossils show evolving early humans

Research into two-million year old fossils has found a genus of early humans that were right in the middle of evolving.
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