Climate change almost doubles the risk of wildfires in Cape Town,...
The ferocity of the fire on Devil’s Peak that gutted UCT’s Jagger Library in April 2021, causing an estimated R1-billion in damages to UCT...
Roads and power lines put primates in danger: South African data...
About 25 million kilometres of new roads are expected to be built around the world by 2050. Along with power lines and railways, roads...
City of Cape Town celebrates World Wildlife Day with jumping cockroach
The City of Cape Town has discovered a small jumping cockroach – called a Leaproach – at the Steenbras Nature Reserve, the first of...
Coffee Bay Flood: Man tells how he survived by grabbing tree
A distraught uncle from Zithulele Village near Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape says it was the smell of a decomposing corpse and flies...
More heavy rains warns SA Weather Service as relief teams prepare...
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of the possibility of heavy rainfall, which may result in widespread significant flooding in Limpopo and...
South African activists urge French parliament to stop TotalEnergies’ “ocean grab”
Environmental group Green Connection is lobbying French MPs and members of the European Parliament to hold French corporation TotalEnergies to account for its “ocean...
Cyclones in southern Africa: five essential reads
Tropical cyclone Freddy was, on 21 February 2023, bearing down on Mauritius and Madagascar. Mauritius grounded flights and, news agency Reuters reported, emergency teams...
City of Cape Town plans to stop raw sewage being pumped...
The City of Cape Town is considering treating up to 39-million litres of essentially raw sewage pumped out to sea daily via three marine...
Air pollution exposure during pregnancy puts unborn babies at risk in...
Pregnant mothers living in air pollution hotspots in South Africa risk bearing a child with a congenital birth anomaly; specifically orofacial cleft lip and...
Heavy rains continue in the NW, community urged to be vigilant
North West Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) MEC, Nono Maloyi, has urged communities throughout the province, especially those in low-lying areas, to exercise...