South Africa’s unwillingness to move from nuclear and coal power will lead to catastrophic climate change for the profit of a few, writes Sipho Kings.
Gauteng splurged on an IT system under former health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s watch in a process fraught with tender irregularities and alleged bribes.
The city’s landmark Top Star Drive-in site is a shadow of its former self, after the mine dump it perched atop was levelled and re-mined for gold.
With nowhere else to live, many seek refuge in the radiation wastelands in Gauteng, unaware of the deadly dangers the abandoned mining areas present.
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More than 600 people could perish every year from illnesses related to air pollution when all Eskom’s power plants come on stream.
Global institutions face losing their point if they continue to ignore people’s issues, warns civil society alliance Civicus.
Insurance claims and payouts are soaring as havoc wreaked by climate change in the form of violent storms, rain and hail continues to increase.
A day after the polls, ANC and IEC offices were forced shut after disgruntled IFP supporters allegedly held ANC members hostage there.
This is the stark warning of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, and our leaders must take heed.
The SA firm is dismantling a US community to make way for its $21-billion shale gas plant.
Suspended Cosatu boss Zwelinzima Vavi doesn’t need a judgment to be vindicated, say backers.
The United Nations says that 13 of the 14 warmest years on record have occured since the turn of the new millennium.
The local clan members living around Zuma’s Nkandla homestead say he is their leader and entitled to everything he has.
At a climate training conference in Johannesburg, former US vice-president Al Gore has given an overview of how humans are driving climate change.
Emissions obligations weigh as heavily on the state-owned power firm’s bottom line as its customers’ health and safety.
This year 146 rhino have been killed so far, after 1 004 were killed in a record-breaking 2013.
The 2014 Budget has delayed the carbon tax, punted shale gas, budgeted for more independent energy, and asked that mines help fix acid mine drainage.
The state claims 95% of people have access to water, but the water affairs department admits that only 65% have flowing water.
A landmark court ruling has ensured that directors can be held liable for the environmental damage done by their companies.
The EFF’s Julius Malema and IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi have decided to let go of past grievances and protect each other’s members while campaigning.
After being blamed for booing Jacob Zuma, the Gauteng ANC has redeemed itself at the ruling party’s provincial manifesto launch in Atteridgeville.
Humanity is barrelling towards an unrecognisable world. Natural systems will collapse and our civilisation will fail. But do we even care?
25 000 elephants have been killed last year across Africa, and the numbers will grow, a continental conference on poaching has heard.
The relentless poaching of rhino has been continuing with 1 000 set to be killed by the end of 2013.
Research shows that communities take the law into their own hands when they feel let down.
Khutsong residents are celebrating in the wake of the brutal killings of alleged gang members.
The Claw animal shelter has been struggling to survive after a week without water and service delivery protests that threaten its offices.
The environment show 50/50 has ignited a legal feud in rhino conservation circles, writes Sipho Kings.
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the removal of adverts in OR Tambo International was censorship.
Despite its challenges, the mainstream media still believe in the future of the industry.