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Property developers slap Jo’burg environmentalist and conservancy with R197m lawsuit

Environment Sheree Bega - 1 Mar 2021

Century Property Developments and Riversands Developments are suing for income they have allegedly lost because of objections raised

Turn off your Zoom video and help the planet

Environment Boitumelo Kgobotlo - 28 Feb 2021

The pandemic has forced us indoors and using more data than ever before, putting more strain on the environment

Pangolins pushed to the brink of extinction

Environment Sheree Bega - 26 Feb 2021

The trafficking of scales is no longer a ‘niche’ criminal activity, but a serious and organised crime that threatens to make all eight species extinct within 20 years

Durban residents want answers after refinery emission

Environment Chris Gilili - 26 Feb 2021

People living near the refinery were subjected to two hours of dirty smoke from the refinery, the South Durban Environmental Alliance said on Saturday.

Keep fracking out of the Kalahari Desert’s Kavango Basin – activists

Environment Sheree Bega - 24 Feb 2021

Civil society groups have called on Namibia’s agriculture, water and forestry minister to immediately stop a Canadian company from prospecting

Rush for Africa’s marine species to feed demand in Asia

Environment Sheree Bega - 20 Feb 2021

The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities

Gauteng’s most vital resource irreparably damaged – SAHRC

Environment Sheree Bega - 19 Feb 2021

Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government

Government passed the buck on Vaal pollution for too long —panel

Environment Sheree Bega - 19 Feb 2021

The Human Rights Commission’s report on the river’s sewage crisis reveals the lawlessness of the state

Water reserve loses ground to coal mine

Environment Sheree Bega - 18 Feb 2021

Despite the state’s commitments to protecting water sources, an MEC is exploiting a loophole to allow a mine linked to the Zuma family to proceed

Sasol plant to be investigated for the air pollution blanketing Gauteng

Environment Chris Gilili - 18 Feb 2021

Environment department confirms it is inspecting Secunda, with the petrochemical plant operating under ‘stressed conditions’

Outdoor workers wilt in rising heat

Environment Sheree Bega - 17 Feb 2021

Climate change means hats are crucial personal protective equipment now – and work hours must become flexible

Why we need the Blue and Green Drop reports: ‘Everyone in SA lives downstream from a sewage discharge point’

Environment Sheree Bega - 17 Feb 2021

The last reports were in 2014 but were stopped probably because the results were too shocking to be publicised, water experts say

State pushes ahead with its toxic zone

Environment Hazel Shirinda & Lisa Thompson - 14 Feb 2021

The controversial Musina-Makhando initiative will pollute air and water, push climate change and produce dangerous quantities of hazardous waste

‘We’re fighting to breathe clean air’

Environment Sheree Bega - 13 Feb 2021

The state has filed its opposition to the Deadly Air case, with the environment minister claiming no causal link can be found between air pollution and ill health

Okavango Delta under threat from oil, gas exploration

Environment Sheree Bega - 12 Feb 2021

San leaders decry Canadian “climate-wrecking” oil and gas project in Namibia, Botswana

Sona 2021: Ramaphosa accords the climate crisis only a cursory nod

Environment Sheree Bega - 12 Feb 2021

Country can’t lose sight of the threat climate change poses, President Ramaphosa says.

High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)

Environment Sheree Bega - 10 Feb 2021

The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists

One in five deaths are due to fossil fuel air pollution

Environment Chris Gilili - 10 Feb 2021

Researchers of a new study hope policymakers will consider the health benefits of alternative energy solutions

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