SA produces first foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in 21 years

Without urgent remedial action, ‘further deterioration is likely to continue’

From Melville to Midrand, Johannesburg residents are bearing the social and economic costs of prolonged water outages, with WaterCAN calling for transparent daily briefings and direct public communication from authorities

The intensity of heavy downpours has increased by 40% since pre-industrial times, with some areas receiving more than a year’s rain in just days

About 140 waste pickers, who had spent years recovering recyclables from a landfill site, say they were given just a day’s notice that it would close

A new climate-smart horticulture centre at Eskom’s Grootvlei power station, backed by the Netherlands, is testing how South Africa’s energy transition can deliver jobs, food security and skills

Some Randburg suburbs have gone more than two weeks without refuse collection as Pikitup and striking casual workers trade blame over service disruptions at the Randburg depot

As jobs disappear from the coal belt, Middelburg’s economy is buckling. Unpaid rates, collapsing businesses and stalled transition support are deepening the crisis

New data shows habitat loss and degradation are pushing mammals closer to extinction — with endemic species facing the greatest risk

Traditional talk of a water crisis and water stress no longer reflects the current reality

Floods, wildfires and water shortages: This is a warning of the real costs of climate change, experts say

Downstream communities ‘must immediately evacuate’

The department has issued a public health warning after reports that transformer oil is being used for medicinal purposes in some communities