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Hippopotami bathing at Lake St Lucia, in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Comprising of 280 km of coastline, iSimangaliso is South Africa’s third-largest protected area.  Watching hippopotamus bath in the evening is a popular tourist attraction. (Photo by Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Scientific panel yet to be appointed over artificial breach of Lake St Lucia

Scientists and environmental groups are shocked by the move to artificially open the estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Throwaway culture: Plastic, microplastic and other waste is littering the world’s oceans, harming life. (Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images)

New plan to tackle marine pollution

The environment department’s Source-to-Sea initiative will create 1 600 work opportunities

Environment department says no to controversial Watson family wind farm

Controversial Eastern Cape project poses high risks to threatened birds of prey

In 2024, global coal consumption reached a record high, with commercial banks investing more than $130 billion across Asia, the US and Europe.. (Paul Botes)

Coal industry under increasing pressure to focus on a just transition

As investors ditch fossil fuels, environmental lobby groups are using advocacy and litigation to force SA’s biggest polluters to change their ways

El Niño is expected to cause a loss of rainfall

South Africa to get another commission, this one to tackle the climate crisis

A higher carbon tax will be introduced in 2023 for companies with dangerous levels of greenhouse gas emissions

Sasol plant to be investigated for the air pollution blanketing Gauteng

Environment department confirms it is inspecting Secunda, with the petrochemical plant operating under ‘stressed conditions’

Member sof the Xolobeni Community walk home following a community meeting where they discussed their opposition to the mine in the area. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Biodiversity loss threatens us all

South Africa has not signed the Leader’s Pledge for Nature, despite the Earth’s interdependent crisis of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate change