Evidence that greenhouse gas emissions last year were the highest in history has put pressure on South African negotiators.
Report highlights path to efficient structures.
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, once one of South Africa’s most respected conservation organisations, is broke.
Two of SA’s most dangerous pesticides will be removed from store shelves this year, but they are likely to remain accessible for some time.
Local authorities have a long way to go in coming to grips with the causes and effects of climate change, experts in the field have warned.
Creation of a dump to process radioactive gold-mining waste near the Vaal River may set a pattern for the rehabilitation of hundreds of toxic dumps.
Wind power project makes its play.
Only two major wind farms are near completion, but many are in the pipeline, according to the Southern African Alternative Energy Association.
Using the sun for hot water makes economic sense.
New awards show a renewed commitment to rewarding champions of social change, writes <b>Fiona Macleod</b>.
Making a profit on your social investment spending has become entirely acceptable.
Residents of scenic fishing village Paternoster on the Cape West Coast are in high dudgeon over plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines.
Stage set for showdown over ‘misleading, biased, unprocedural and unconstitutional’ application.
Raid on smugglers highlights an illicit trade that could drive the birds to extinction.
South Africa is under pressure from the EU to deliver a second term of the Kyoto Protocol at the global climate change negotiations in Durban.
Soaring demand means syndicates are stockpiling rhino horn against future scarcity, writes <b>Fiona Macleod</b>.
Green paper describes the implication for cities as possibly catastrophic.
Environmentalists call on government to reconsider SA’s nuclear energy plans.
The chairperson of the South African National Parks board, has been caught up in the row over plans for luxury hotels in the Kruger National Park.
Dangerous levels of radioactivity in Gauteng’s mine dumps will take decades and billions of rands to clear, say the scientists.
The mass roll-out of solar water heaters in low income communities needs to be accompanied by consultation.
Carbon taxes have been shelved for a year, but the levy on electricity generated from non-renewable and nuclear energy will rise.
Industry experts warn that lobsters will soon disappear from the nation’s menus.
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/ 11 February 2011
Wraypex ordered to pay punitive costs of its ‘vexatious litigation’ against four enviromental activists.
Conservationists suspect political interference after muti man’s trial is thrown out of court.
Residents of Lephalale in Limpopo have gone to court to stop the destruction of an ancient river-bed for the building of Medupi power station.
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/ 23 December 2010
The giving culture is thriving in South Africa, despite the economic melt-down.
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/ 23 December 2010
Wealthy South Africans are second only to North Americans when it comes to generosity, according to a recent report on global giving.
Winner — Best Corporate Employee Community Involvement Programme: <b>FirstRand Volunteers Programme, including FNB and RMB volunteer initiatives</b>.
Organisations are tapping traditional financial markets in an effort to make giving sustainable.
Social investment is most needed in the far-flung, underdeveloped regions of the country.
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/ 30 October 2009
The Mitchells Plain football project was voted winner of the sports development category in the Investing in the Future awards this year.