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African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which exacerbates the problem of antibiotic resistance. Photo: Sustainable Seas Trust
BIODEGRADABLE

Beyond the bin: Rethinking bioplastic waste for a circular future

Stellenbosch University has developed a process involving enzymes that can break down bioplastics

  • Dominique Rocher & Wessel Myburgh
6 min read
Fig 3: Detail Still of Lilahloane by Imameleng Masitha. Courtesy o AVA Gallery Fig 4: Imameleng Masitha. Courtesy of artist
ART EXHIBITION

‘Lilahloane’: Death rites live beyond the grave

A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration

  • Voni Baloyi
5 min read
The soil will soon deplete, and deforestation means flash floods and mudslides will occur. (Cynthia R Matonhodze/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AGRICULTURE

Climate change sees Zimbabweans shift to hilltop farming

But the soil will soon deplete, and deforestation means flash floods and mudslides will occur

  • Jeffrey Moyo
3 min read
The Klipspruit river polluted by sewage and mine waste in Soweto. (File photo by Delwyn Verasamy)
AGRICULTURE

Water, air and soil pollution is spawning deadly superbugs

Environmental waste, especially pharmaceuticals and toxins, needs high-level action to stop its major contribution to antimicrobial resistance

  • Inger Andersen
5 min read
Gledhow Sugar Mill has become the latest sugar mill to enter into voluntary business rescue, piling pressure on the industry after a similar move by Tongaat Hulett in October. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

Regenerative farming is vital to ensure food security

World Environment Day encourages businesses, farmers and manufacturers to develop greener models — for people to consider how they consume

  • Unathi Mhlatyana
4 min read