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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But the environment department says it has interventions in place
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Three people were killed and dozens injured a year ago when the tailings dam at the Jagersfontein diamond mine collapsed
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The Petrus Steyn breeder on the farm Steilfontein was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment or a fine of R4 000
The country needs more than “paper parks”, says conservation NGO
Umsobomvu municipality pleads guilty, admits to receiving complaints from as far back as 2017
There is no control programme for common mynas and popular rose-ringed parakeets because of ‘budget constraints’
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Karpowership says it is ‘bringing on additional specialists and resources’ in revised process
Collaboration between the various state agencies and specialist prosecutors are needed to break the illicit value chain of wildlife trafficking
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Preliminary results show significantly elevated levels of hydrogen sulphide around the Irene monitoring station in Centurion on 7 June
Sasol has said the levels of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide were below the limits prescribed by its atmospheric emissions licences
It will be a test case in South Africa for river pollution, rehabilitation and holding polluters accountable
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Department says drone angling is illegal, is a threat to imperilled fish and sharks and small scale fisher livelihoods
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Last year, leaked documents showed that the country was rejecting the proposed treaty
KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s lives and livelihoods.
South Africa has ‘no real gumption’ when it comes to making tough decisions to protect the environment, says UCT academic
Yet plans are underway to import more plastic waste into the country and it has not signed global plastics treaty
Judge finds that public participation in democratic processes is not the exclusive preserve of the privileged few who have access to the internet and can read English
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Some species have fewer than 50 individuals left in the wild and in South Africa, 6% of its species are threatened
A new study shows how 45% of the available food supply is wasted in the country
The country risks ‘pariah status’ for approach to global plastic waste crisis
Refusal of project shows there is ‘no space for tick-box exercises’ by environmental consultants
Critics say the environment department’s argument that the treaty would be a duplication of existing agreements is flawed
The departments of environment and agriculture legislation are at odds over modifying the genes of wild animals
Two environmental organisations have challenged the environment department’s rejection of the appeal against the project