Fiona Macleod

Fiona Macleod is an environmental writer for the Mail & Guardian newspaper and editor of the M&G Greening the Future and Investing in the Future supplements.

She is also editor of Lowveld Living magazine in Mpumalanga.

An award-winning journalist, she was previously environmental editor of the M&G for 10 years and was awarded the Nick Steele award for environmental conservation.

She is a former editor of Earthyear magazine, chief sub-editor and assistant editor of the M&G, editor-in-chief of HomeGrown magazines, managing editor of True Love and production editor of The Executive.

She served terms on the judging panels of the SANParks Kudu Awards and The Green Trust Awards. She also worked as a freelance writer, editor and producer of several books, including Your Guide to Green Living, A Social Contract: The Way Forward and Fighting for Justice.

Headless cats and government promises back in 2005

Article Fiona Macleod & Yolandi Groenewald - 22 Mar 2019

Government interest in the pollution claims appears to have been aroused by Constitutional Court action launched against President Thabo Mbeki

Business as a force for good

Article Fiona Macleod - 25 Nov 2016

The business sector takes the lead in the development of implementation of interventions

Moz set to seize pirate fishing ship

Article Fiona Macleod - 9 Jan 2015

The vessel has looted millions of rands' worth of fish in a decade-long onslaught on the ocean.

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South African breeders buck the system

Article Fiona Macleod - 11 Dec 2014

The sale of wildlife to Angolan parks has sparked a row over the spread of species to areas in which they do not occur naturally.

Kruger Park’s sugar road to rhino hell

Article Fiona Macleod - 6 Nov 2014

Poachers are using corporate canelands as an open "highway" from Mozambique into the Kruger National Park.

New wildlife commission targets rhino horn syndicates

Article Fiona Macleod - 9 Oct 2014

A new international justice commission based in The Hague is to deal with criminals who smuggle rhino horns through Mozambique.

From turtle butcher to saviour

Article Fiona Macleod - 27 Jun 2014

Sudley Adams Memorial Award - Winner: The Makotikoti Art Project

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Botswana minister in lion-trade scandal

Africa Fiona Macleod & Lawrence Seretse - 5 Dec 2013

In his latest lion deal, agriculture minister Christian de Graaff exported a huge shipment of lions to a canned hunting outfit in South Africa.

A woman of substance and beauty

Article Fiona Macleod - 19 Jul 2013

Adelaide Tambo's daughter, Tselane, is celebrating “Ma Tambo’s” appreciation of beautiful things.

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Illegal fishing on high seas leaves poor countries floundering

Article Fiona Macleod - 19 Jul 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa loses about $1.5-billion a year to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the high seas.

Saving energy matters now more than ever

Article Fiona Macleod - 31 May 2013

Research shows that the global concentration of CO2 emissions has risen to a level not seen in two million years.

‘We’ve hit the tipping point’

Article Fiona Macleod - 12 Apr 2013

Ecofriendly products and methods are now regarded as essential, not mere indulgences.

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Press Releases

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

Special Reports

JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'