Rand Water, South Africa’s biggest water utility, has implemented water restrictions as the country’s drought continues to intensify.
Average temperature and humidity rises in the Gulf will be too extreme for humans to continue living in the area by 2070, according to researchers.
Data from NASA shows that last month was the second-hottest September ever recorded, with the last 12 months being the hottest on record.
Farmers are leaving in droves and land is lying fallow in the face of the worst drought in 23 years.
Research by Credit Suisse shows that the world’s poor and middle classes have been squeezed to create more wealth for 1% of the population.
A hundred thousand marine mammals and a million seabirds have died as a result of marine waste, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency.
South Africa’s plans to lower carbon emissions will still see these increase by 80% over 1990 levels, according to research by Climate Action Tracker.
The public protector is investigating claims that the opulent home of Minerals Minister Mosebenzi Zwane was built on municipal land meant for a park.
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has been linked to the Guptas and will now oversee a sector in which the family has strong interests.
South Africa could create a million jobs and cut emissions, but the government is ignoring a societal proposal that tells them how to do so.