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Strict bail conditions: Businessman Rafik Mohamed has been charged with fraud, theft and contravention of the Companies Act. Photo: Screenshot

Rafik Mohamed out on bail

Ongoing investigations linked to SA Steel Mills

Toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park neighbourhood

Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution

After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes. Photo: Supplied

Big oil’s generational curse: Pollutant-related epigenetic changes keep South Africans in poverty

After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes.

West Rand: ‘These mine dumps are destroying us’

Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation

Engen refuses to engage with Durban’s blast affected community

Years of poor maintenance at Engen’s Durban plant caused pollution and December explosion

KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.

Rights group wins court bid against Engen

The Right2Know Campaign has been allowed to join a court case against Engen, which used the Regulation of Gatherings Act to ban protests outside its Durban refinery

With bushfires burning around Australia, will the first grand slam of the decade be affected? (Daniel Pockett/Getty)

Will bushfires affect Australian Open tennis?

Here are the implications the Australian fires might have on tennis players as they gear up for the first grand slam of the new decade

Air pollution is often referred to as Africa’s “silent killer”; it kills more people on the continent each year than HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria combined

Big business shrugs off health concerns

Boipatong struggles to breathe and residents say the steel mill is to blame. But ArcelorMittal says it is not responsible for their health problems.

Cancer valley pays a high price for South Africa’s oil needs

Respiratory illnesses are taking their toll on South Durban residents, but petrochemical firms deny culpability and won’t cough up for health costs.

Asthma will become one of the biggest health problems, say experts. (Reuters)

Temperature increases drive asthma suffering

Climate change and increased temperatures will make asthma one of the biggest medical challenges of this century, say experts.

Fast food linked to child asthma

Extensive research on children is ringing alarm bells about allergies.

Get asthma off your chest

‘You can control your asthma" — that was the upbeat message on World Asthma Day 2011, celebrated on May 3.