The COP28 president-designate said governments must be brutally honest about gaps in tackling climate change
Over the past 20 years, up to 2016, various organisations had spent nearly R350 million on alien plant control operations in the park
Eight million smart meters in homes, coupled with solar geysers, will reduce electricity demand
Jobs are already in short supply in Dipaleseng, near the Mpumalanga plant
The SA-H2 fund is intended to fast track the development of large-scale green hydrogen projects in the country
Community members living close to the Grootvlei power plant say they will protest against Eskom’s plans to use external contractors
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Blue and Green Drop Reports show that microbiological and chemical compliance are lacking in our drinking water
Citizens are finding ways to survive during extended blackouts but this comes at a cost
The water and sanitation department says drinking water quality from the Temba water treatment works does not meet minimum drinking water quality
Most of this will happen within countries, with a second migration across borders taking place under extreme social or environmental conditions
Fragmented habitat and climate warming could put large animals at a disadvantage because of their slower travelling speeds
A new guide says cities should power down to reduce the harmful effects of light pollution on all life from insects and bats to birds and turtles
When one thinks of flies, it’s about how annoying they are and how they spread germs. The black soldier fly, also known as Hermetia illucens, is a little more useful than the regular house fly. But the black soldier fly can be beneficial both economically and environmentally because they are a good source of oil […]
The turtles, native to the US, are listed as one of the world’s ‘Top 100’ worst invasive species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Three cases in Gauteng were imported or import-related from Malawi but the increasing number of locally acquired cases is raising concerns
The Economic Freedom Fighters has accused Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana of encouraging corruption in Eskom
A new report by groundWork shines the spotlight on the closure of Komati power station in Mpumalanga
Vrededorp residents say they are being ‘sabotaged’ by Johannesburg authorities because they are poor
Two nonprofits are training African giant pouched rats to detect smuggled contraband in shipping containers
The mineral resources and energy minister has said that Eskom does not belong to his department, ‘so I have not lost anything’
Description of new species was a 37-year-long labour of love for Eastern Cape palaeontologist
Homes, roads and bridges destroyed as two more sluice gates opened
Cabinet sources argue the state of disaster will take away the powers of more ministers than just that of the forestry and fisheries minister
Statistics confirm decline in rhino poaching losses in national parks from 451 in 2021 to 448 last year, the toll for private owners was 86
Concerns remain that the translocation of African cheetahs to India is is ‘ecologically unsound’ and a ‘vanity project’
People with hearing, breathing and mobility disabilities and who depend on devices powered by electricity ‘have been immobilised’
Criminal charges have been filed against the municipal managers of a number of towns for polluting the Vaal and Orange rivers
There are a myriad causes – human and natural – for the crisis plaguing the country
There is no control programme for common mynas and popular rose-ringed parakeets because of ‘budget constraints’
Heavy rains have submerged vehicles, trapped homeowners on roofs, collapsed walls, and decimated shacks and houses
Threatened ecosystems make up 10% of the country’s remaining natural habitat
People who had them as pets, released them into the wild in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town