Environmental Pollution
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Ermelo braces for another Day Zero
Ermelo is bracing for an acute drinking water shortage within months as severe mining and sewage pollution, aging infrastructure, and looming El Niño conditions push the…
Mathjabeng in financial freefall
The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke
Parliament intensifies scrutiny of Sasol
Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
South Africa proposes ban on polluting plastic microbeads
The ‘invisible ocean killers’ accumulate in food chains and threaten public health, says the environment department
New study finds brightly coloured plastics may contribute more to microplastic pollution
Red, blue and green plastics degrade to form microplastics quicker than those that aren’t as bright
A stench of failure: The sewage overflow crisis in South Africa’s municipalities
As cities grow, so does the volume of wastewater produced, placing immense strain on infrastructure ill-equipped to handle the load