Most sewerage plants in South Africa malfunction, but officials have been told to back off ahead of local elections in 2016.
A Russian nuclear activist has labelled South Africa’s pursuit of new nuclear capacity – with Russian support – as "naive" and advised against it.
A breakdown in Vaal Dam sewage management is polluting the water for 10-million people in Gauteng while locals live next to streams of human waste.
The price of progress may be a reversal of the gains made unless we stop degrading ecosystems.
When New Horizon left, Pluto was still classified as a planet. Now the dwarf planet will divulge its secrets as the probe whizzes past at 50 000km/h.
The OECD has warned that coal-fired power stations will release half of all the carbon that humanity can safely emit and alternatives must be found.
The impacts of climate change will reverse decades of progress on improving world health and will be keenly felt by children, writes Sipho Kings.
For too long, industries have been able to operate unchecked, a situation that costs people’s lives.
The short-term profits from commercial exploitation of offshore mineral resources may imperil fishing communities.
M&G health editor Mia Malan last week won the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalist of the Year award.