Families in areas of Mpumalanga have to choose between work and health, but new WHO air quality guidelines say the time to act is now
Warrenton’s residents live in sewage mess and battle with chronic water delivery problems
Urine is liquid gold and a valuable waste stream, say researchers
The deep oceans are a fragile final frontier, largely unknown and untouched but mining companies and governments — other than those in Africa — are eying its mineral riches
The country’s climate is becoming ‘more extreme’ as temperature records are broken
Scientists are digging for De Winton’s golden moles, working on the mystery of the riverine rabbit and using mesh mattresses to save the unique Knysna seahorse
But Sasol shouldn’t rely on natural gas a transition fuel, say civil society organisations
The durable bricks are made from 30% recycled plastic, some of which they collect from a network of 50 waste pickers
Yet plans are underway to import more plastic waste into the country and it has not signed global plastics treaty
Cathy Dreyer, the first female head ranger of the Kruger National Park, speaks to Sheree Bega about earning the trust of black rhinos by reading to them and why the park’s hard-working rangers deserve the admiration of all South Africans