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Three species of the aloe quiver trees have been listed as threatened. (Christian VAISSE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Poachers, climate change push South Africa’s succulents to the brink

With a 250% increase in plants confiscated from traffickers since 2019, the declines are unprecedented, says South African National Biodiversity Institute

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Gavin Craythorne, a long-term contractor to Alexkor testifies at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry Into State Capture on January 11, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to media reports, the Commission heard mining-related evidence as well as evidence related to Eskom. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ABCD

Zondo report: Diamond mine Alexcor chief executive, directors, executives must be investigated for Gupta-linked dealings

Scarlet Sky Investments had no cutting or polishing factory, no licence to buy rough diamonds, no licence to sell rough diamonds, no licence to cut and polish rough diamonds, no…

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
Nama queen: When the Covid pandemic started Dina Christiaans used her car as a recording studio when she translated the news into Nama. (Image: David Harrison/M&G)
DINA CHRISTIAANS

Meet the queen working to keep South Africa’s Nama language alive

Even in hardship Nama blooms.

  • Eunice Masson
5 min read
BIODIVERSITY

Race to save the Richtersveld from mass extinction

Climate change, mine dust, drought and succulent poaching are causing centuries-old iconic plants to die

  • Sheree Bega
14 min read