June 24
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 »
June 21
South Africa: We've Turned Wild Landscapes Into Islands - Corridors Can Reconnect Them
Not all islands are surrounded by water. Some are ringed by wheat fields, highways, fences, suburbs and municipal boundaries. For the creatures trapped inside them, survival… Read more »
South Africa: As the Waste Piles Up in Gqeberha, Residents Ask - Where Are the Trucks?
Residents demand immediate action to address persistent waste management failures, voicing growing concerns over health risks and municipal neglect as illegal dumping escalates in… Read more »
June 17
South Africa: School Water and Sanitation Crisis Drags On As Dbe Balks At National Deadline
As many as 3,661 public schools nationwide still lack reliable water and decent sanitation, yet the national Department of Basic Education refuses to set a definitive eradication… Read more »
June 18
South Africa: 'Fiddling With Nature' Plan Revives Fears Over Lake St Lucia's Future
Four estuarine researchers have set the lions among the wildebeest by calling for a resumption of artificial river breaching, dredging and other actions that they believe are… Read more »
June 11
South Africa: Unsafe Manganese Dust Levels Trigger Health and Legal Warnings in Nelson Mandela Bay
Manganese dust has so thoroughly contaminated the air over Nelson Mandela Bay's harbour and Markman Industrial area that residents are being exposed to levels far beyond legal… Read more »
June 09
Zimbabwe: The Science of Sharing Land - How Cattle and Wildlife Thrive Side-By-Side in Zimbabwe
Inside Zimbabwe's Shangani Holistic, a 65,000-hectare 'living laboratory', scientists and farmers are exploring how cattle, wildlife and people can coexist on the same land. Read more »
South Africa: Attorneys Warn of Corruption Risks and Weaker Checks in New Environmental Impact Assessment Plan
Environmental law watchdogs are pushing back against government plans to introduce a more 'flexible' environmental impact assessment (EIA) process, warning that the proposed… 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: Kirstenbosch - Drowning in Neglected Poached Plants
The plants were stolen from the wild, rescued by the state, then delivered into another kind of danger. Inside Kirstenbosch's greenhouses, South Africa's plant-poaching crisis has… Read more »
June 08
South Africa: Community Rallies Together At Kalk Bay Harbour to Tackle Pollution On World Oceans Day
More than 150 volunteers took part in the annual World Oceans Day cleanup at Kalk Bay Harbour this weekend, making it the largest turnout in the event's nine-year history. Divers… Read more »
South Africa: Kirstenbosch - - a South African National Treasure Is Going to Seed, Warn Experts
Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens still look magnificent, but plant experts warn that they are being hollowed out by bureaucracy, lost expertise, failing systems… Read more »
June 04
South Africa: After Dodging Extinction, Will the Black Wildebeest Now Fade Away to Blue?
Having narrowly escaped extinction in the 19th century, the black wildebeest now faces a different threat: being genetically absorbed by the far more numerous blue wildebeest.… Read more »
Africa: Dozens of New Species Found in One of Africa's Last Biodiversity Blank Spots
A major survey of Angola's remote Lisima plateau has uncovered species unknown to science, including new dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies, confirming the highlands… Read more »
Zimbabwe: They're Back! Rhino Orphans Return to the Shores of Lake Kariba
Three decades after their parents were evacuated to save them from the bullets of poachers, a group of black rhinos has returned home to Zimbabwe's Matusadona National Park. Read more »
June 03
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 »
June 02
Africa: Hidden Economies of the Wild - From Worms to Frankincense
Can conservation pay for itself and create meaningful livelihoods beyond fenced protected areas? Researchers and entrepreneurs across southern and east Africa are exploring ways… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Weak Enforcement Drives Mercury Use Among Zimbabwe's Artisanal Miners
Zimbabwe's formal commitment to reduce mercury use under the Minamata Convention stands in sharp contrast to the reality on the ground. In mining areas, mercury is openly sold and… Read more »
June 01
South Africa: Franschhoek's Floods Are Not Only About an Abnormal Rainfall Event, They Are Compound Disasters
Flood disasters in South Africa are not only natural events. Pollution and poor river management are causing far worse damage, as was shown during the recent extreme weather in the… Read more »
May 31
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 »
May 28
South Africa: South Africa Draws 66% of Its Irrigation Water From the Ground and It Is Running Out
Water levels in nearly one-third of the boreholes investigated in a recent global study are dropping steadily, mainly due to unsustainable pumping rates to irrigate crops or to… Read more »
May 19
South Africa: Day One of Gauteng Water Crisis Hearings 'Arms' SAHRC for a Grilling of Government
Gauteng residents and civil society organisations filled a conference room in the women's jail at Constitution Hill, setting the tone for the South African Human Rights… Read more »
May 18
South Africa: The Last Zoo Elephants - Why Johannesburg Can No Longer Justify Their Captivity
The continued confinement of Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane rests on an assumption that their needs can be met within the Johannesburg Zoo. The available evidence suggests that this… Read more »
May 17
South Africa: Ignored Warnings Led to Fuel Crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay Amid Flooding Chaos
Nelson Mandela Bay officials ignored two warnings about an expiring fuel contract, resulting in a crisis as the city faced severe flooding and emergency response delays. Read more »
May 14
South Africa: Gqeberha Bids Farewell to the Animal Activist, Performer and Teacher Linda-Louise Swain
Tributes came pouring in for Gqeberha performer, teacher and animal lover Linda-Louise Swain, who has sadly died at the age of 67. Read more »
