The crisis has exposed governance and infrastructure gaps as residents face ‘Day Zero’ conditions in multiple high-demand areas
The focus is on manufacturing green products for global markets and modernising the country’s power system, the president says
The president announced a mass vaccination drive of the country’s entire cattle herd as the government moves to limit economic damage, export bans and further losses to farmers
The government is moving to establish a national water crisis committee, intervene in failing municipalities and hold municipal managers criminally accountable for persistent water outages
Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi issued a late-night apology after remarks about bathing at a hotel during water outages sparked public backlash, as large parts of Johannesburg remain without water for days and in some cases, weeks. Speaking at a media briefing on Gauteng’s deepening water crisis on Wednesday, Lesufi said his comments may have been […]
The matter stems from a project intended to prevent the Richards Bay area from running out of water. The contract value was inflated from an initial R407m
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal reported a dramatic decline, with losses falling from 198 rhinos in 2024 to 63 in 2025
Biodiversity loss has become a systemic risk to the global economy, as businesses continue to profit from nature while failing to pay for the damage
Agriculture department rejects calls of a ‘vaccine free-for-all’ and says there must be state-led control of vaccination process while farmers battle ongoing outbreaks
The minister framed coal, not as a relic of the past, but as a critical driver of energy security, industrial activity and employment