The animals, formerly owned by rhino breeder John Hume, are expected to significantly boost biodiversity in their new home
Still reeling from environmental and public health problems caused by lead mining 30 years ago, the country now faces growing manganese demand for electric batteries
The Presidential Climate Commission has warned that South Africa risks missing emission target deadlines amid postponed coal phaseout
Greener drug design, rather than wastewater treatment, is crucial to combating the pharmaceutical pollution crisis
Severe storms have left 11 people dead in the province
In many locations, especially in the tropics, La Nina produces the opposite climate impacts to El Nino, which heats up the surface of the oceans
The dust, produced by a Cape Town steel firm, poses severe health risks as well as potential long-term environmental damage
Climate justice groups are leading the fight against those causing harm to our environment and climate
National and local governments should adopt and implement heat action plans to guide heatwave preparation and emergency response
The organisers say they were ‘kaput’ at the end of the show, but walked away with a gold medal and the Best Exhibit in the Pavilion and Best New Design awards
Donors have been accused of repackaging existing aid pledges as climate finance and making the money largely available as loans instead of unconditional grants
The Environmental Management Agency does not have enough power to curb rampant water pollution and land degradation
Limiting greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience can improve the everyday lives and experiences of South Africans
South Africa’s rangeland, vital for livelihoods and ecosystems, faces severe deterioration from climate change and overuse
There are early signs that fewer lesser kestrels and Amur falcons are visiting South Africa this year
There are only about 340 individual Botha’s Larks left in the wild
The electricity minister says it is the result of improved maintenance
Life After Coal slams the environment minister’s decision to allow the company further leniency
The rhinos, which are part of the 2 000 that belonged to controversial breeder John Hume, have now been relocated to a conservancy in KwaZulu-Natal
Our survival depends on the ocean and it is crucial to take steps to save it, conservationist Judy Mann said this week
The continent could emerge as a leader in decarbonising its transport sector
This is the first time that the power utility has achieved an energy availability factor of higher than 70% since 2021
Solving the energy and unemployment crises are central to both the 29 May elections and South Africa’s just energy transition strategy
The Hawks have arrested latest suspect in R9 million rhino horn theft from a stockpile facility in North West
The ANC takes climate change seriously and has done so for the past 30 years, the minister said
In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so
How climate change affects ant populations and the wider effects this will have on the ecosystem is not well understood
The 40 days free of energy outages is a result of maintenance of the electricity system, lower peak-time demand and the return to service of units at Koeberg, Medupi and Kusile power stations
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
She and Sinegugu Zukulu successfully took on Shell in landmark court victory to stop seismic testing on the Wild Coast
The Zambian class action was filed in South Africa as it would not have been possible in that country
The six-month period required to conduct maintenance is crucial to ‘avoid any catastrophic event’