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
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
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
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
The state is facing a court battle about big industry’s emissions and their link to poor health. This is a public health concern and the government must take action to save lives
Everyone is affected by pollution, but it is the poorest — black people — who paid and still pay the price
Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it
“Now that fossil fuels don’t give long-term security, or an absurd return on investment, there is a real chance to look at the world differently.”
The new documentary on the future of our planet, executive produced by Michael Moore, fails on a number of fronts. But believers in green growth could still learn from it.
While individuals are doing all sorts of things that would dramatically reduce their carbon footprints, it has little effect.
Human greed has brought us to the brink of societal collapse. It is time for a student-led revolution to promote a transition to a new economic system
More droughts and floods, driven by climate change, will expose competing political pressures.
Instead of reacting to disasters, we must build economies that will mitigate climate change and pandemics
With the introduction of electric — or hydrogen — vehicles like the electric BMW i3, a massive chunk of pollution can be removed from the earth’s atmosphere
On a provincial level, programmes such as Gauteng’s The Innovation Hub are helping to create green economic growth
Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival
Wood from mango and orange trees is charred for smoking shisha, while the charcoal from casuarina, camphor and olive trees is used for barbecues
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children