Janse Rabie

Are South Africa’s proposed water use licence reforms racist and unconstitutional?

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has picked up on the introduction of racial quotas for black shareholding in water use licences, sparking fierce debate

Sheree Bega

9 min read

Sub-Saharan Africa is on the front line of the climate crisis, facing rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, extreme weather events and mounting threats to food security and infrastructure.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

21 SEP 2023

Prepare for El Niño, agriculture and climate experts warn

The phenomenon has historically been associated with drier, warmer conditions over the summer rainfall regions of South Africa

Sheree Bega

7 min read

The role of smallholder farmers, who make up the majority of farmers, is crucial. (Gallo)

AGRI SA

8 JUN 2023

Race-based water licence allocations draw ire of farmers

Government says the draft rules are to address the disparities in access to water use left over from apartheid

Sheree Bega

13 min read

Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action

AGRICULTURE

22 MAY 2023

Southern Africa ‘rapidly tracking towards climate disaster’

Global temperatures set to break records during next five years, warns World Meteorological Organisation

Sheree Bega

8 min read

A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY

7 SEP 2021

A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour

About half of South Africa’s maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes…

Sheree Bega

6 min read