About 80% of the country’s dams are so enriched with nutrients they could produce toxic algal blooms
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
The environment harm caused by transferring fuel from one vessel to another at sea – spills and noise – present enormous risks to biodiversity
A groundbreaking report reveals the shocking state of wildlife with global extinction risk increasing
By Wednesday this week, load-shedding is projected to ease to lower stages
Army clampdown has led to assaults and the property of legal miners being confiscated
Study finds fathers’ exposure to toxins might have health consequences for their children
The last time the country experienced load-shedding at stage six was at the end of November 2023
Red-listed species are on restaurant menus in Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
Residential consumers pay more than those in most African, Southeast Asian and Brics countries
Desperate residents have removed the alien plant by hand, but a scientist says this is like treating a brain tumour with Panado
The Fishing Rights Allocation Process was ‘rushed and haphazardly allocated’ says lawyer
The reintroduction of the Aldabra giant is the first time giant tortoises have been released in Madagascar since the 1500s
Green energy is not without its negative impacts but it is still better than that generated by fossil fuels
Sanedi chief executive Titus Mathe says the draft Integrated Resources Plan does not explain how Eskom will extend its transmission lines
Standard Bank Insurance and the Mail & Guardian invite you to a thought-leadership dialogue at 10am on Thursday, 01 February, facilitated by SAfm’s Cathy Mohlahlana, where we will unpack the impact of severe weather patterns on the insurance industry
Both are dry countries but Australia has adopted a flexible approach to accommodate local conditions while South Africa has adopted a cookie-cutter model applied nationwide
Keeping elephants in ‘fortress’ conservation parks may lead to spikes in numbers, but this does not mean the numbers will be stable
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
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
Diesel is used to run the open cycle gas turbines which have been used to reduce the higher stages of power cuts
Crispian Olver, the climate commission’s head, has said that fossil fuel jobs will shrink but citizens will benefit from the green market
High tariffs have turned the power utility away
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
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
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