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/ 8 August 2024

The good, the bad and the baffling of South Africa’s draft biodiversity bill

There is a weakened mechanism for public consultation in the draft legislation

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 16 April 2024

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife resorts to dehorning rhinos to limit poaching

Most of the 325 rhinos that died in KwaZulu-Natal were a result of poaching the animals for their horns

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The Green Guardian

/ 28 December 2023

Environment department has made positive strides over the past 30 years

But its political clout is limited with regard to mining, and oil and gas exploration with resistance from the Mantashe camp around environmental authorisations

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 20 December 2023

SA will soon ‘drown in its own waste’, warns landfill expert

But the environment department says it has interventions in place

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 1 October 2023

Jagersfontein class action lawsuit imminent

Three people were killed and dozens injured a year ago when the tailings dam at the Jagersfontein diamond mine collapsed

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By Sheree Bega

National

/ 16 June 2023

SA needs ‘Kruger Park and a bit’ annually to meet global conservation target

The country needs more than “paper parks”, says conservation NGO

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 13 February 2023

Northern Cape municipality slapped with R10m fine for sewage pollution

Umsobomvu municipality pleads guilty, admits to receiving complaints from as far back as 2017

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 8 February 2023

Rhino poaching declines in Kruger, but poachers are on the rampage in KZN

Statistics confirm decline in rhino poaching losses in national parks from 451 in 2021 to 448 last year, the toll for private owners was 86

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 26 December 2022

More than 45 vultures poisoned in KwaZulu-Natal

So far 151 vultures have been poisoned in the Zululand region in 2022

By Eunice Masson

The Green Guardian

/ 20 December 2022

These are SA’s four worst invasive bird species

There is no control programme for common mynas and popular rose-ringed parakeets because of ‘budget constraints’

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 7 October 2022

Environmental ruling on Karpowership to be made in early 2023

Karpowership says it is ‘bringing on additional specialists and resources’ in revised process

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 24 September 2022

Shut-down of fishing around African penguin breeding colonies is ‘too little, too late’

Halting fishing will be of little to no benefit to the penguins and fishers believe it will be a sad Christmas

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 30 August 2022

Direct jail sentences a win in fight against South Africa’s illegal wildlife trade

Collaboration between the various state agencies and specialist prosecutors are needed to break the illicit value chain of wildlife trafficking

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 2 August 2022

South Africa sees 59 fewer rhinos killed in the first half of 2022

Figures show South Africa’s efforts to combat rhino poaching pays off

By Eunice Masson

The Green Guardian

/ 10 June 2022

Big stink: Task team to investigate sulphur smell that choked parts of Gauteng, North West

Preliminary results show significantly elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide around the Irene monitoring station in Centurion on 7 June

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 10 June 2022

Joburg’s big stink can lead to headaches and nausea

Sasol has said the levels of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide were below the limits prescribed by its atmospheric emissions licences

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 23 May 2022

Criminal probe into Thungela Resources for ‘catastrophic’ acid mine water spill

It will be a test case in South Africa for river pollution, rehabilitation and holding polluters accountable

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 20 April 2022

Manufacturers lose court battle over ban on drone fishing

Department says drone angling is illegal, is a threat to imperilled fish and sharks and small scale fisher livelihoods

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