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River clean-ups alone won’t fix South Africa's water crisis, says Deputy Minister Jack Bloom

Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Jack Bloom states that community clean-up campaigns only address the symptoms of South Africa's river pollution. He emphasizes that lasting…

United for a cause: The global movement 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day. Photo: Marion Smith

Madiba’s ideal a dream deferred

Thirty years after democracy, this article asks if South Africa has built the country Nelson Mandela envisioned. It delves into the unfulfilled promise of a democratic and free…

Climate scenarios and models play a major role in shaping international policy.

Climate models failing to reflect inequality and Global South realities, study warns

Scientists say dominant climate and biodiversity models rely too heavily on existing economic systems and overlook inequality, Global South perspectives and Indigenous knowledge,…

Former environment minister Dion George. (Photo: Environmentza/X)

Wildlife ranchers slam Dion George over hunting quota standoff

A legal battle is being waged by Wildlife Ranching SA against the minister over the quota setting process

Greenpeace activists wave a flag saying “Governments, the world is watching, cut plastic production now” in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

World at crossroads as plastic pollution talks reach critical stage in Busan

A robust treaty addressing the lifecycle of plastics is crucial to averting disaster

Street cleaners collect plastic waste separately for local recycling and trash on the occasion of World Environment Day in Johannesburg. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Plastics industry ‘unduly influences SA’s global plastic treaty’

South Africa is a primary plastic producing country with significant imports of primary plastic for local manufacturing

Senzo Mchunu. (M&G)

From water to police: Senzo Mchunu’s legacy and Pemmy Majodina’s new job

Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts

TotalEnergies, the French petro giant company with a legacy of destruction on the continent, this year celebrates 100 years. (Ernest Ankomah/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

TotalEnergies African legacy: 100 years of environmental destruction

Climate justice groups are leading the fight against those causing harm to our environment and climate