The World Bank is funding a plan to deal with air pollution in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Johannesburg
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The environmental group Earthday.org has been campaigning to improve climate literacy and wants to make the subject compulsory at schools
Scientists have been sent to handle the fallout from the warehouse fire, which stored about 1 600 hazardous materials that can contaminate the air, sea and rivers
Although it has joined 14 other countries with marked improvements, South Africa’s pandemic stimulus spending is still less than 50% green
The guidelines must be considered during the environmental impact assessment phase
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Communal rangeland degradation, invasive species, environmental destruction and climate change all threaten the Maloti-Drakensberg mountain range
The well-being of about 3.2-billion people, 40% of the world’s population, has been harmed
We must act now to secure the world’s oceans as a common good — and prevent catastrophic repercussions, argues Halemariam Desalegn
The commission has been meeting with interest groups to finalise the country’s climate change mitigation commitments, while adopting and developing models towards a zero carbon emission future
Changing the economy in a just and environmentally sound way is essential for South Africa’s economy
Information is not getting to the right people or places as voices of discontent are getting louder
Shareholder engagement on climate-crisis risks is an proving effective tactic to bring about change
Climate change not only affects the nutritional value of food crops, but also leaves the food supply system vulnerable to production shocks, study finds
Research suggests retiring old coal-fired power is more cost-effective and climate positive
The Rockwood Conservation reserve boasts zero poaching incidents in six years and its breeding project is successful, but costly
People living near the refinery were subjected to two hours of dirty smoke from the refinery, the South Durban Environmental Alliance said on Saturday.
The president focuses on the economy and Covid-19 in his 2021 Sona, but his pledge of SA’s rebirth is undermined by corruption and factionalism
There have long been sightings of hippos in the city’s leafy northern suburbs, says a specialist team
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
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We need a profound rethinking of the meaning of sustainability in sport — the global commercial model is neither environmentally nor socially sound
The government must not cave to Eskom’s demand that it be exempt from air pollution rules. Furthermore, the power utility needs to stay true to the principles of its own just transition strategy
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle
The award recognises the essential contribution to research made by a team studying the Western Indian Ocean which faces an ecosystems and livelihoods disaster
The minister of environment, forestry and fisheries, likes to watch the British medical drama series Casualty, she tells Sheree Bega
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Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day
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Researchers have found that, because ambient fine particulate air pollution aggravates comorbidities, it could play a factor in coronavirus fatalities
The public participation process on the environmental impact assessment for the area’s special economic zone has been shambolic
Think-tank institutes, politicians and Big Business conspired to discredit researchers and the science of the climate crisis
Desmond D’Sa, winner of the coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, tells Paddy Harper how being forcibly removed from his home at the age of 10 taught him to fight for his rights
This conversation between Mpho Matsipa and Mamadou Jean-Charles Tall, focusing on bio-climatic architecture in Senegal, is part of the larger African Mobilities project
As the globe moves towards greener energy practices, more women must be included in this new growth sector, for the benefit of all
We just have to ask ourselves if we are as willing to sacrifice to save our grandchildren as we have shown ourselves to be when it came to trying to save older people, the sick and the poor from Covid-19