Environment organisations groundWork and Vukani Environmental Justice Movement argue that regulations are necessary to save lives on the polluted Highveld
The ban on drones and remote-controlled boats is viewed as a win for marine conservation efforts by the environment department
Life After Coal slams the environment minister’s decision to allow the company further leniency
One of the biggest difficulties the sector faces is securing permits and licences crucial for project commencement
State diamond mining company Alexkor is challenging a compliance notice issued by the environment department over its Namaqualand beach mining operations
The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds
A functioning biodiversity sector can help lower unemployment, the president said at a conference
Invasive trees suck up 3% to 5% of surface water runoff each year while invasive plants reduce the value of livestock production from natural rangelands by R340 million per year
Minister Barbara Creecy said electric fences, bees and other methods were tried before the elephants were killed
KwaZulu-Natal remains the epicentre for poaching and the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park appears to be fighting a losing battle against the crime
The president announced the fund last week as a joint effort between the government and the private sector to mitigate the damage caused by extreme weather
The Fishing Rights Allocation Process was ‘rushed and haphazardly allocated’ says lawyer
The numbers are difficult to quantify because most carcasses are scavenged quickly and disappear
But its political clout is limited with regard to mining, and oil and gas exploration with resistance from the Mantashe camp around environmental authorisations
South Africa has had a mixed bag of environmental ministers over the past 30 years and, bar a few, most have taken the environmental agenda forward
Climate finance is expected to be a big talking point at COP28, as developing countries ask developed nations to pay up
This comes as Karpowership secures authorisation for Saldanha Bay project
Developing countries, including South Africa, will argue for a financial mechanism to help them curb plastic pollution
Developed nations need to deliver on the funds they pledged in the past
Legislation will compel the government to act on climate change but there are still several concerns
The forestry, fisheries and the environment minister said more than 7 000 snares were removed last year alone
The Petrus Steyn breeder on the farm Steilfontein was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment or a fine of R4 000
Minister Barbara Creecy says African countries need ‘a new suite of financing instruments, with a set of favourable terms and conditions that are not debt generators’
Environmental groups argue that Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa is emitting the toxic gas at levels in excess of those prohibited
A fishing association has said it is concerned about the endangered penguins, but that the limits on fishing must not threaten the industry
But it is no ‘miracle intervention’ to save the imperilled seabirds, minister stresses
But measures such as law enforcement authorities working together have resulted in a decline in the number of animals killed
Barbara Creecy gives the Turkish company another opportunity to proceed with its application to provide power to South Africa from Richards Bay
South Africa’s environment minister and her Danish counterpart will review achievements of the Paris Agreement’s goals for COP28 in Dubai
Senzo Mchunu must provide an affidavit in 45 court days stating what has been done to deal with the problem
Jobs are already in short supply in Dipaleseng, near the Mpumalanga plant
Activists say the deaths of vulnerable people is too high a price to pay for electricity when alternatives are available