Climate

Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition

South Africa, bathed in intense sunlight, grapples with an epidemic of hyperpigmentation and melasma. These skin conditions, marked by darkened patches, affect all skin tones,…

Severe drought brought a farming village to its knees, but unresolved conflict is its biggest threat

South Africa is also playing a leading role during negotiations for climate policies, and is using its position to advance conversations for the whole of Africa

Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns

To avert complete climate catastrophe, African countries need at least $277 billion per year in additional climate finance

The people of that country paid the price of climate changed fuelled by, among others, the petro-chemical industry that has declared record profits

Africa must capitalise on the shift to renewable energy, and process its minerals instead of just exporting them

Coal still dominates the domestic energy mix, providing 81.4% of the total system load, according to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Award-winning Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey talks to Steve Taylor about the history of Africa’s exploitation, the international community’s failure to recognise the…

In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North

When crises strike then selfishness prevails, as Britain has done with its vaccine ‘red’ travel list

Africa causes just 4% of global emissions, but pays the price of them. With what money?

The quantity of rubbish in the sea is driving a growing alarm among countries whose economies rely on tourism

In South Africa, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase and police detective Leroy Bruwer were killed