South Africa: Why Biodiversity Is Becoming a Core Economic and Investment Issue

Global markets are beginning to reward nature-positive business practices, and South African organisations have an opportunity to join the movement. Read more »

South Africa: Weather Service to Lead Ambitious R625m Plan to Monitor SA's Choking Air Quality

Air pollution claims roughly 42,000 South African lives every year -- yet more than half of our government-owned monitoring stations are completely offline. Now the Department of… Read more »

South Africa: Garden Route Braces for More Flooding As Second Major Storm Hits in a Month

A powerful storm system is sweeping across the Garden Route, bringing dangerous flooding, evacuations and road closures to multiple communities while striking a region still deep… Read more »

South Africa: Delayed Climate Adaptation Is a False Economy SA Cannot Afford

The imperative to adapt to climate change offers governments a historic opportunity to leapfrog development and financing deficits to upgrade marginalised communities using… Read more »

South Africa: Five Hearty Winter Warmers, With Plenty More to Come

TGIFood is going to be looking after you this winter. To kick off, here's a quintet of ideas for fireside suppers. Read more »

South Africa: Extreme Rainfall Is Here to Stay - - the Right to Education Must Not Be Swept Away

What is required, if the unqualified and immediately realisable right to basic education is to be safeguarded, is not simply better ad hoc responses to extreme weather events but a… Read more »

South Africa: Gift of the Givers Steps in As Cape Town Deluges Flood 26 Informal Settlements

The intense storms that struck the City of Cape Town and surrounds over the past 48 hours have caused flooding in at least 26 informal settlements, leaving homes damaged,… Read more »

South Africa: Overflowing Kouga Dam Leads to Evacuations Along Flooded River Valley

Heavy rains have pushed Kouga Dam to overflowing, forcing evacuations in the Gamtoos River valley and leaving a trail of devastation in agricultural areas. Read more »

South Africa: NMB Council Meeting Collapses As Leadership Vacuum Derails Flood Response Briefing

A Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting convened to brief councillors on flood damage and emergency response collapsed after disputes over the absence of an acting city manager,… Read more »

South Africa: Severe Weather Warnings Prompt School Closures Across Western and Eastern Cape

As an intense cut-off low-pressure system triggers Orange Level 8 warnings, education authorities have suspended classes in high-risk districts across these provinces. With severe… Read more »

South Africa: More Storms Expected in Waterlogged Nelson Mandela Bay

Inclement weather has strained municipal services, infrastructure, private businesses and most residents across Nelson Mandela Bay - and the clouds have not yet parted while… Read more »

Africa: Does Adding 'Please' and 'Thank You' to Your ChatGPT Prompts Really Waste Energy?

Cut the words "please" and "thank you" from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet. Read more »

South Africa: 'High Heat' Blamed for Massive KZN Fish Kill, but Investigations Continue

A combination of high temperature, low oxygen and high levels of ammonia and 'organic pollution' have been implicated in the massive fish kill in a river estuary north of Durban. Read more »

South Africa: Walking Back the Carbon Tax Is a Step Backwards for South Africa's Climate Gains

Abolishing or suspending the tax would surrender an established policy lever for energy reform, fiscal stability, competitiveness and decarbonisation. Read more »

Mozambique: Severe Weather Affects Sasol's Mozambique Operations but Gas Supplies Remain Uninterrupted

Heavy rains in Mozambique have disrupted Sasol's condensate transport and forced a temporary reduction in gas production, but the company says supplies to customers remain… Read more »

South Africa: Floods Derail Start of 2026 Classes in Limpopo and Mpumalanga - - Hundreds of Schools Shut

Relentless rains have submerged roads, collapsed bridges and damaged dozens of schools across Limpopo's Vhembe, Mopani, and Sekhukhune districts and Mpumalanga's Bushbuckridge,… Read more »

South Africa: After Kruger Park Storms, Love and Grief in the Time of Floods Spur the Spirit of Solidarity

As the waters recede, we gather the flotsam and jetsam of what we took for granted before the rains came. And amid chaos, locals unite to rebuild essential bridges, showcasing… Read more »

South Africa: Social Media Plea Sparks Nationwide Support for Fire-Hit Farmers

When one farmer called for help, the country banded together, and the fire-stricken regions of the Eastern Cape were overwhelmed by the help from across SA thanks to one farmer's… Read more »

South Africa: Inferno Madness - the Severe Impact of the Cape's Adverse Weather On Wildfires

Dry, hot weather, strong wind that often changed direction and flammable alien vegetation complicated fighting the multiple wildfires that marked a devastating start to the new… Read more »

Africa: Broken Promises, Shattered Hopes - - the Plight of African Climate Migrants Seeking Work in 'Wealthier' SA

Climate refugees who abandon drying agricultural lands in frontier countries and head to South Africa to seek new livelihoods are encountering crushing hardship in this country. Read more »

South Africa: When the Rivers Rose, They Stayed - How Hoedspruit's Volunteers Became the 'Safari Capital's' Flood Defence

As the mop-up starts, Lowveld communities pulled together during the worst floods to hit Kruger and surrounds since January 2012. Meanwhile, day visitors can return to southern… Read more »

South Africa: Antarctic Experience Transforms SA Teens' View of Climate and Innovation

A week on Antarctica's frozen frontier has reshaped how a Gqeberha school pupil thinks about engineering, climate change and his future. Seventeen-year-old Luke Boswell was one of… Read more »

South Africa: Climate Crisis Vs Job Security - How President's Fresh Pcc Picks Aim to Calm SA's Just Transition Jitters

President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of new commissioners to the Presidential Climate Commission marks the start of a new five-year term (2026-2030) for the multistakeholder… Read more »

South Africa: Wetter Skies to Ease Heat in 2026 but Raise Flood Risk Across SA's Interior Provinces

Much of South Africa could experience above-normal rainfall and days that are not as hot as usual in 2026. Read more »

South Africa: Brace Yourself for a Storm-Lashed December, With Extreme Weather Expected to Intensify

As thunderstorms rage across South Africa, December promises extreme weather -- hail, floods and relentless rain. Read more »