The Environmental Investigation Agency, an international NGO, says growing demand is a prescription for disaster for some endangered animals such as leopards, pangolins and rhinos
Solar-generated pumps are pumping larger volumes of water for wildlife than diesel used to, and spekboom is helping offset carbon emissions
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
The declaration of hemp as an agricultural crop now allows importation, exportation, cultivation, sale and research of hemp in South Africa
The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects
Residents must have permits to have the endangered plants but they are victim to criminal demand for the ‘living fossils’
As Tharisa plc’s share price rockets the residents of the informal settlement say its SA subsidiary is yet to pay them dividends
Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording
Monitoring has focused on health risks, but palynologists are now using it to study climatic changes in various landscapes