Berg River Textiles in Paarl, one of the largest cotton mills in South Africa, has shown how environmental improvement can go hand in hand with increased profits.

The Institute for Water Research offers postgraduate courses in the fields of zoology, entomology, environmental science and geography a chance to get hands-on experience in the field of water research and conservation.

If the call of the open seas and crystalline ice landscapes appeals, Rhodes University offers postgraduate students of zoology and entomology a unique chance to sail the Southern Ocean and travel sub-Antarctic islands.

The lack of suitable penalties for possession, illicit trade and the absence of legislation regulating firearm brokering are contributing to the proliferation of illegal guns in Southern Africa.

Nelson Mandela represents the yin and yang of the political world. His personal iconography has come to represent the fusing of power with compassion; austerity with playfulness; childlike joy with the grief and weariness of years of suffering.

Environmental and community groups are vehemently opposing plans for a toll road running through the wetland areas of False Bay and the south-eastern Cape Flats. The proposed road affects fragile ecosystems with a rich bird, insect, reptile and plant life including a number of endangered species.