The tourism sector adds unique value to the economy and overall development of the country and this should be further built upon

Lilizela especially gives recognition to emerging black-owned businesses

The environment department can now stop initiatives that contribute to climate change.

There is "merit" in carrying out some fracking for shale gas in the Karoo, environmental affairs director-general Nosipho Ngcaba says.

Four months before South Africa hosts COP17, concerns are mounting that the country is lagging behind in its preparations.

Wine tourism was one of the fastest growing and most lucrative sectors of the global tourism market, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on

<b>Joanne Yawitch</b> questions Richard Calland’s thoughts on SA’s preparations for hosting COP17.

South Africa’s environment department says all rhinos and rhino horns in the country must now be microchipped to deter poachers.

While activists try to ban gin traps, the government says there are ‘humane’ ways to use them.

Cabinet is backing a radical new tax policy to combat climate change, writes Kevin Davie.

The appointment of a new DG of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism last month coincided with Cabinet’s approval of the NFSD.

The Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism’s new dedicated research vessel, the Ellen Khuzwayo, was launched by Environment Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk in…