Class is the great divide when it comes to neighbourhoods dictating who can be in the streets and which "vagrants" must be removed by security guards.
SA’s major polluters are going ahead with plans to offset their emissions, lowering pollution in one place to save money and continue polluting.
The recent rains might ameliorate a bleak picture but there appears to be no silver lining to the problems ahead, including food supply.
Water authorities are setting up schemes to supply water to the three million residents who are faced with shortages, thanks to the ongoing drought.
Research out this week shows that the recent temperature record-breaking years are caused by human endeavours that drive global warming.
Paris talks failed the most vulnerable, but that failure could be fixed as the world’s governments have at least agreed to head in the same direction.
South Africa’s heatwave will continue until next year and water restrictions will only get more severe. Here are seven tips to help save water.
The public protector is investigating claims that the opulent home of Minerals Minister Mosebenzi Zwane was built on municipal land meant for a park.
Elites still choose the line SA takes politically and citizens are expected to fall in. We need an enthusiastic alternative like UK’s Jeremy Corbyn.
A due diligence report for their own company reveals illegal activity as recently as last year.
There are no environmental checks on Gauteng’s emergency response to the mine drainage crisis, as polluted water seeps into rivers and land.
Sewage flows because of misplaced trust in local government and co-operative governance.
This year is set to be 0.1°C warmer on average than 2014, thanks to an unusually strong El Niño warming the Pacific Ocean and the world’s climate.
A Russian nuclear activist has labelled South Africa’s pursuit of new nuclear capacity – with Russian support – as "naive" and advised against it.
For too long, industries have been able to operate unchecked, a situation that costs people’s lives.
M&G health editor Mia Malan last week won the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalist of the Year award.
Boipatong struggles to breathe and residents say the steel mill is to blame. But ArcelorMittal says it is not responsible for their health problems.
The Pope has called for a transformation of how the world is run in order to confront climate change and environmental degradation.
The failure to curb carbon emissions could see a catastrophic 6°C rise in temperature by the end of the century.
Surviving climate change and its effects on small-scale and self-sufficient farmers depends on political will at national and international levels.
Private projects are being rushed to bolster energy supplies, skipping checks and jeopardising lives.
Scorching heat has put the town on the map as a provider of concentrated solar power, but a pricing error may dampen its potential.
Despite hundreds of millions of rands being spent over a decade, the people of this Limpopo town do not have a regular supply of water.
2014 will be remembered as the year politicians defeated climate scientists and solidified weak climate change targets, writes Sipho Kings.
At least two people were killed by police in the Eastern Cape last night, after an altercation when the cops stopped them stealing goods from a truck.
Zambia’s high court is to decide on issuing a licence for a copper mine in a game reserve bordering Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools world heritage site.
The third window is waiting to be signed off but the energy department is preoccupied elsewhere.
The official plan is to diversify power sources in South Africa by harnessing renewable energy, but the ‘hows’ still need to be pinned down.
It took the sheer presence of police Nyalas to smash apart groups of furious protesters who took over the streets of Newclare yesterday.
A series of disconnected events that officials termed a ‘Fukushima moment’ was behind the water chaos that plagued Gauteng in September.
The world’s wildlife population has decreased by 52% in the 43 years since 1971 because of human industry, according to the Living Planet Index.
Devastating climate change is too close to wait for others to act.