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Toxic residues endanger coral reefs in SA’s marine protected areas
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION

Toxic residues endanger coral reefs in SA’s marine protected areas

Transported hundreds of kilometres by rain, rivers and ocean currents, toxic chemicals are finding their way into the Indian Ocean and building up in the fragile coral reefs between Lake St Lucia and Kosi Bay.

By Tony Carnie
OPINIONISTA

The truth about the false narrative of South Africa’s ‘wildlife miracle’

By Adam Cruise
The truth about the false narrative of South Africa’s ‘wildlife miracle’
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Rough sleepers: The mountain keeps us

By Don Pinnock
Rough sleepers: The mountain keeps us
TOXIC WATERS

Strand residents demand action over persistent sewage leaks that threaten health and endanger beaches

By Lerato Mutsila
Strand residents demand action over persistent sewage leaks that threaten health and endanger beaches
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

What it takes to keep Table Mountain wild

By Don Pinnock
What it takes to keep Table Mountain wild
Wet winter forecast for southeast SA, southwest looks worryingly dry
WEATHER WATCH

Wet winter forecast for southeast SA, southwest looks worryingly dry

By Ed Stoddard
South Africa’s carbon tax survives Budget but debates on its future continue
BULLET DODGED

South Africa’s carbon tax survives Budget but debates on its future continue

By Craig Bentley-McKune
Harnessing Africa’s rare earth potential: Standard Bank’s blueprint for industrial transformation
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Harnessing Africa’s rare earth potential: Standard Bank’s blueprint for industrial transformation

By Standard Bank
The fluid intelligence of Table Mountain’s rivers
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

The fluid intelligence of Table Mountain’s rivers

By Don Pinnock
Hawks stop alleged Vietnamese wildlife trafficker from fleeing SA justice
AIRPORT SWOOP

Hawks stop alleged Vietnamese wildlife trafficker from fleeing SA justice

By Simon Bloch
Mpumalanga moves to shut down captive lion breeding
ANALYSIS

Mpumalanga moves to shut down captive lion breeding

By Don Pinnock
Hotter, drier, wilder: How Table Mountain National Park is reinventing conservation for a changing climate
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Hotter, drier, wilder: How Table Mountain National Park is reinventing conservation for a changing climate

By Don Pinnock
Sponsored Content

When international law becomes optional: What critical minerals geopolitics means for mining

By ENS
When international law becomes optional: What critical minerals geopolitics means for mining
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Table Mountain’s green cloak that took 60 million years to weave

By Don Pinnock
Table Mountain’s green cloak that took 60 million years to weave
BIG BOOTS TO FILL

One minister, ‘R650m’ in damage: Aucamp on saving flood-hit Kruger

By Tiara Walters
One minister, ‘R650m’ in damage: Aucamp on saving flood-hit Kruger
Sponsored Content

Proven Impact: How Anthem is Delivering Clean Power and Driving Growth and Socio-Economic Impact

By Anthem
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

What is Table Mountain? A story of Deep Time

By Don Pinnock
INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY

SA’s water crisis is institutional before it is environmental

By Anthony Kaziboni
FAMILY REUNION

Killer whales sighted in Algoa Bay — Experts track returning pod

By Kyran Blaauw
‘High heat’ blamed for massive KZN fish kill, but investigations continue
MASS DIE-OFF

‘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.

By Tony Carnie
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Table Mountain — The flat mountain that wouldn’t behave

By Don Pinnock
POWER CHAT

Watch – Kruger after the flood: Willie Aucamp's promise to rebuild SA’s crown jewel

By Tiara Walters
VIDEO

Watch – Hero community health worker delivers baby during flood disaster

By Lerato Mutsila
REALITY CHECK

Climate activism is dead, long live climate activism

By Leonie Joubert
Provincial backing to phase out captive lion industry tests hand of new environment minister
ANALYSIS

Provincial backing to phase out captive lion industry tests hand of new environment minister

By Don Pinnock
Anatomy of a disaster: How SA’s warning systems stalled during the floods
WEATHER WOES

Anatomy of a disaster: How SA’s warning systems stalled during the floods

By Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp
Leonie Joubert – An ‘accidental writer ’ taking the long way around
Notes from a Small Planet

Leonie Joubert – An ‘accidental writer ’ taking the long way around

By Don Pinnock
Walking back the carbon tax is a step backwards for South Africa’s climate gains
OPINIONISTA

Walking back the carbon tax is a step backwards for South Africa’s climate gains

By Shelton Mollentze
South Africa’s wildlife model works, and it’s even better with the charismatic megafauna quota
OPINIONISTA

South Africa’s wildlife model works, and it’s even better with the charismatic megafauna quota

By Robert Kröger

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