Climate Change

Covid-19 has a silver lining

Article Jeff Rudin - 1 Apr 2020

The outbreak and the response to it is showing us that many things are possible, including the provision of water to waterless municipalities

Southern Africa’s dangerous information gap exacerbates natural disasters

Article Masego Madzwamuse - 27 Mar 2020

During Cyclone Idai, responses were hampered by a shortage of reliable information. This has worrying implications for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 comes at a big cost to limiting climate change

Article Sipho Kings - 19 Mar 2020

Covid-19 seems to have resulted in a drop in carbon emissions, but this is at a terrible cost to life and the economy. It is unlikely to last.

The collective psychology of Covid-19

Article Alex Evans - 19 Mar 2020

How we respond will determine how well we, and other people around us, survive the current crisis

Richard Calland: Covid-19 can have positive outcomes

Analysis Richard Calland - 18 Mar 2020

Democracy and social welfare may get a boost and blind capitalism may see that it’s unsustainable

Climate change is fuelling social tensions and conflict

Analysis Tanaka Manungo - 8 Mar 2020

Governments need to understand how environmental conditions affect migration and economy

Climate change — the only-catastrophically-bad good news

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Mar 2020

As dark as things are, with Eskom sputtering and another recession in full swing, this country is packed with ingenuity and hope.

Dear EFF, it’s time for radical renewable transformation

Article Alex Lenferna - 4 Mar 2020

The party’s vision for Eskom seems to be one designed to benefit vested interests rather than the greater good

The green economy – a win-win strategy for South Africa

Analysis Rethabile Melamu - 2 Mar 2020

On a provincial level, programmes such as Gauteng’s The Innovation Hub are helping to create green economic growth

Floods in Ireland: A postcard from the edge of the climate crisis

Analysis Sipho Kings - 28 Feb 2020

It seems that politicians aren’t paying attention to the floods, fires and droughts spinning our world out of control

The commons, not the market

Analysis Katie Kedward - 28 Feb 2020

Greening the financial system is essential, but the environment can’t be shoehorned into the logic of finance

The Year of the Locust

Africa Simon Allison - 21 Feb 2020

About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system

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Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

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2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

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SAB Zenzele special AGM rescheduled to March 25 2020

Staff Reporter - 18 Mar 2020

New voting arrangements are being made to safeguard the health of shareholders