The use of the toxic products that contain mercury symbolise societies grappling with colourism
South Africa has ‘no real gumption’ when it comes to making tough decisions to protect the environment, says UCT academic
‘If plastic were a country, it would already be the fifth-largest emitter in the world’
Climate action will help avert ‘the biggest threat to humanity’, say global health organisations
The Healthy NDCs Scorecard has recognised South Africa’s efforts in revising its nationally determined contributions to mitigate climate change
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…
The country risks ‘pariah status’ for approach to global plastic waste crisis
NGOs warn that letting a lobbyist for pesticide firms regulate the scientists who conduct safety tests is putting a ‘fox in charge of the henhouse’
