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Vital resource: Water from Angola’s highlands, which is the source of the Okavango Delta, moves hundreds of kilometres downstream, supporting people, farms and nature. Photos: Kostadin Luchansky/National Geographic Wilderness Project/Angola Image Bank
ANGOLAN HIGHLANDS WATER

First-of-its-kind study defines boundaries of Angola’s water tower

This is a crucial step towards the protection of the tower, which ensures water security for millions of people in the region

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Australian crayfish, carp from Europe and Asia, silver carp from China, Nile tilapia, the North American largemouth bass and mosquitofish, suckermouth catfish from South America and alien snails have invaded the park
FISH

Invasive fish, snails found in Kruger National Park

Australian crayfish, carp from Europe and Asia, silver carp from China, Nile tilapia, the North American largemouth bass and mosquitofish, suckermouth catfish from South America…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
People walk with their belongings in a flooded area after the Nile river overflowed after continuous heavy rain which caused thousands of people to be displaced in Bor, central South Sudan, on August 8, 2020. (Photo by Akuot Chol / AFP)
BOB SCHOLES

The dummy’s guide to climate change for southern Africa

Though there is no going back and fixing what we have done, we can certainly all take responsibility for our corner of the world to ensure we have a fighting chance

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Dirty work: A bucket wheel excavator at the Garzweiler coal mine in Germany. Fossil fuels are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, which drives climate change. Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

‘Fingerprints of climate change are everywhere’

There’s still there hope that COP26 will deliver a powerful pact for action

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
A Basotho horseman rides a horse along the road leading to the Maluti Mountains. (Photo by Marco Longari/AFP)
AFROMONTANE RESEARCH UNIT

Southern Africa’s ‘water tower’ slipping towards ecosystem collapse

Communal rangeland degradation, invasive species, environmental destruction and climate change all threaten the Maloti-Drakensberg mountain range

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
ANTHONY TURTON

South Africa will miss UN’s clean water targets

Mismanagement, pollution and a water deficit exacerbated by climate change are to blame

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Listen to the cool sounds of Shabaka and the Ancestors
A WRITTEN TESTIMONY
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I Don’t Go Outside

Seeing that all gatherings of a 100 or more people have been prohibited, below is a list of things you could do with your time while you self isolate

  • Arts Desk
1 min read