United Nations’ support for a Limpopo coal and steel plant must be withdrawn as it contravenes green and human rights, say petition signatories
Shutting down Eskom’s coal plants and shifting to cleaner technologies will bring ‘cleaner air’ to the polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, says the utility’s environmental manager
But the apex predators also face threats from human activity in South African waters and their numbers are fast dwindling as a result
A researcher says Africa’s huge renewable energy potential could save lives from air pollution
Rising electricity prices, power outages, increasing awareness of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing solar technology costs are driving the rooftop solar market in South Africa
The plant’s closure means that a tide of toxic mine water is rising significantly underground, which could decant into the environment within months
Protracted effort by authorities to evict the pastoralists in Loliondo for safari tourism has led to violent confrontation
For the first time, conservation team have now successfully propagated critically endangered species
Birds living in hot, humid climates have evolved to handle larger spikes in body temperature
The province at the polluting heart of energy production has good wind and solar resources and can use the grid as coal-fired power stations are decommissioned