The water and sanitation minister said the metro needed to build resilience into its water supply system given the flood risks
The forests are found nowhere else in the world and stretch along about 1 000km of the coastline from the Cape into Namibia
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A total of 160 Cape and African white-backed vultures have a new home at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, where they can heal and breed
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Diesel is used to run the open cycle gas turbines which have been used to reduce the higher stages of power cuts
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Crispian Olver, the climate commission’s head, has said that fossil fuel jobs will shrink but citizens will benefit from the green market
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High tariffs have turned the power utility away
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The South African Weather Service has issued a level 5 warning for KwaZulu-Natal as flooding leaves the province at a standstill, and schools close early
Researchers have found that the continent’s population of raptors have declined, even in protected areas
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The numbers are difficult to quantify because most carcasses are scavenged quickly and disappear
Nanoplastics are the ‘spawn of microplastics that have broken down even further’, researchers said
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A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe
However, the utility says has put measures in place to deal with the problem
The government says it is committed to the 2050 net zero target but announced last summer it will issue ‘hundreds’ of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea
Gigantopithecus blacki stood three metres tall and weighed up to 300 kilogrammes
Nearly half the year exceeded the 1.5C limit, beyond which climate impacts are more likely to become self-reinforcing and catastrophic, according to scientists
Edith Santiyian started a foundation dedicated to reforestation using fruit trees
This is a crucial step towards the protection of the tower, which ensures water security for millions of people in the region
Greening events provided vegetated corridors which influenced species’ distribution and evolution, including the out-of-Africa migrations of ancient humans
The energy giant is pushing ahead with its Tilenga drilling project in Uganda and 1,443-kilometre East African Crude Oil Pipeline to the coast in Tanzania
Illegal connections to the power and water supply has further threatened the availability of resources needed to care for the raptors
At state-of-the-art labs in Pretoria, a team of scientists is developing compostable products to replace single-use ones that are not recycled
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FreeMe saw the first Marabou Stork admitted to the centre’s care, as well as a lesser flamingo, lesser honeyguide, Narina Trogon and the endangered secretary bird
But its political clout is limited with regard to mining, and oil and gas exploration with resistance from the Mantashe camp around environmental authorisations
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The search for De Winton’s mole involved sniffer dog Jessie and collecting the mole’s DNA from the sand
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But the environment department says it has interventions in place
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They say the prospecting will harm the environment, animals and marine life
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From a promising start to a timid end, this year’s Conference of the Parties hasn’t delivered enough
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They say say the nuclear determination did not follow correct processes and would prove more costly than other forms of energy
Despite the progress made at COP28, many gaps and loopholes must still be plugged
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The Global Goal on Adaptation is a playbook for how the world will respond to the climate emergency
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Nuclear energy is thought to be a solution to the baseload concerns facing the country
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The updated long-term blueprint for the country’s power infrastructure looks at supply-and-demand needs