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Polluting power plant faces closure

Article Sipho Kings - 10 Jan 2020

The environment department has lost patience with Eskom’s defiance of air pollution regulations

The decade that decides our fate

Article Sipho Kings - 20 Dec 2019

If we don’t do enough, in a decade’s time there’ll be droughts, floods, wildfires and crop failure on an apocalyptic scale

Slice of life: Dumped: Popcorn, sex and gold

Article Sipho Kings - 29 Nov 2019

A look at what was once a landmark on Johannesburg’s horizon and central part of the Egoli story

Opel Astra is an interesting enigma of a sports car

Article Sipho Kings - 5 Nov 2019

It took a bicycle ride in the heat to finally work out what the vehicle is all about

Glug, glug, glug – Sasol will sink us

Article Sipho Kings - 1 Nov 2019

The company cannot exist in the future. But this is a country where difficult decisions are rarely taken — especially when it comes to climate crisis

The horror: Tales of climate change

Article Sipho Kings - 25 Oct 2019

A year after the UN sounded the klaxon, warning of ‘some countries becoming dysfunctional’ thanks to the climate crisis, governments aren’t responding

Our future is here: Empty taps, dry lands, thirsty power plants

Article Sipho Kings - 25 Oct 2019

Johannesburg uses 530-million more litres of water than it is allowed to – every single day

Inaccessible Island tells the plastic truth

Article Sipho Kings - 4 Oct 2019

The researchers say that an estimated 12.7-million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans every year

We’re killing off life, but there is hope

Article Sipho Kings - 3 Oct 2019

Sipho Kings reports on the findings of a mega government report on the state of our plants and animals, and what’s being done to secure their future

A good drive but far from stealthy

Article Sipho Kings - 2 Oct 2019

The Nissan Stealth does what it promises to do – and well. But it's hard to justify its diesel emissions if you're just a weekend warrior

Stories from around the world will bring home the reality of the emergency

Article Sipho Kings - 27 Sep 2019

Afrobarometer research shows that 59% of people in South Africa do not know what climate change is

Responding to the climate crisis

Article Sipho Kings - 27 Sep 2019

Carbon emmissions continue to soar, but the urgency of the moment is driving change around the world

M&G joins global climate reporting network

Article Sipho Kings - 17 Sep 2019

The Mail & Guardian has joined one of the most ambitious reporting collaborations in history, joining 250 other newsrooms reporting the climate crisis

Nissan NP300 twin cab review

Article Sipho Kings - 14 Aug 2019

A brilliant, functional bakkie with an awful cabin. Buy it but don’t buy it new

Live in JHB, lose three years of life

Article Sipho Kings - 26 Jul 2019

The air in South Africa’s biggest city is the country’s most polluted, playing havoc with health, so move to Cape Town

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Traditional healers need new spaces

john molebatsi & christina breed & gary ivan stafford - 24 Nov 2020

Proper facilities supported by well-researched cultural principles will go a long way to improving the image and perception of the practice of traditional medicine

National

Limpopo big-game farmer accused of constant harassment

Lucas Ledwaba - 23 Nov 2020

A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face

National

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

Sarah Smit - 23 Nov 2020

The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons

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Special Reports

Western Cape SMBs look to technology to get them through pandemic

special reports - 25 Nov 2020

Many companies have over-capitalised on IT infrastructure in the past, and are looking for ways to access simpler, cheaper technology that cuts their costs

Special Reports

Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

Special Reports

Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

Special Reports

Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

Special Reports

Covid-19 accelerates adoption of technology by the African property sector

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

Special Reports

BE 1 OF 8 LUCKY PEOPLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH R80 000

special reports - 19 Nov 2020

From 23 to 30 November 2020, simply purchase any BMW bearing the number “8” and you could be one of eight lucky people to drive off with R80 000

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Introducing Sabinet Judgments

special reports - 18 Nov 2020

A well-rounded view of reported and unreported judgments supplemented by an advanced system to enable users to rapidly find the information they require