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    How will Shell’s plans affect the Wild Coast, explained

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    Shell has announced that it will carry out a seismic survey from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. The survey...

    The Kendal Power Station Is Poisoning The Air We Breathe

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    A plume of thick grey smoke hangs over the Kendal power station, situated 40 km west of Witbank in Mpumalanga. (And about 110 km...

    What South Africa’s Love For Cattle Means For Climate Change

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    With a foreword by President Cyril Ramaphosa, this engaging book brings history, science, economics and popular culture together in a timely discussion about South...

    Durban Floods: Devastation Lingers For Victims

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    Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Durban this week, claiming lives and leaving hundreds of families devastated and destitute after homes were swept away...

    Climate change will hit SA’s poor the hardest

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    South Africa has been facing some really strange weather patterns over the past few years with alternating periods of severe drought and heavy rains...

    Affordable housing solutions can prevent flooding disasters

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    Each winter, areas in Cape Town flood uncontrollably. Formal and informal housing across Cape Town are subject to flooding. The worst affected areas are...

    The only vegan at a summer braai: a guide to self...

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    Big gatherings in the summertime can be something to look forward to - but when you're the only vegetarian/vegan among carnivores it can fill...

    In conversation with Raeesah Noor-Mahomed, climate and intersectional activist

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    Raeesah Noor-Mahomed is a South African climate and intersectional activist who has been invited to attend the COP26 summit as an observer.The 2021 United...

    Joburg’s space-saving rooftop gardens offer relief from the drought

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    For much of 2016, South Africa has been hard hit by drought, with food prices rising and water restrictions being put into place throughout...

    Wits Project Aims To Create Sustainable And Healthy Eating On Campus

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    Tucked into an inconspicuous corner of West campus at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) is the Wits Food Garden - a beautiful area filled...

    How Climate Change Drives Conflict In Africa

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    Climate change is fast becoming a reality that no person or government can ignore. Yet it is being ignored despite the myriad of ways...

    In Conversation with Kpop4Planet on Kpop and Climate Change

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    Cop26, one of the world’s largest climate change conferences is taking place in Glasgow. Thousands of politicians, business people and activists gather to...

    Solar plant outside Cape Town is one step towards carbon reduction...

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    The city of Cape Town (COCT) plans to go off-grid by no longer being on Eskom’s electrical grid. One solar plant at a time,...

    ‘We want a future’ 1976-2022: Error 404: System Failure

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    Senzeni na? What have we done? Indeed, what have black children done to be forgotten like this? Our ancestors fought against a despicable regime,...

    How South Africa Can Prepare For Climate Change

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    BOOK REVIEW  South Africa’s Survival Guide to Climate Change by Sarah Wild and Sipho Kings is a new book aiming to make the scary impending...

    Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Damage: How Climate Change Affects Children The...

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    Cyclone Kenneth and Idai both hit the Mozambican coast less than a month apart. The damage from both the cyclones wreaked havoc on the...

    A new wave of activism is rising – a political awakening...

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    A moment of hope was born some seven years ago as students across South Africa joined together in their call for a free decolonised...

    Greed And Politics Have Set Fire To The Amazon Rainforest

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    EXPLAINER For days images of the burning Amazon Rainforest in Brazil swept social media. Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest. Every year parts of...

    Is Flying Worth The Environmental Cost? Greta Thunberg Says No

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    Greta Thunberg is currently sailing around the world. The 16-year-old climate change activist is heading from Sweden to the United Nations headquarters in New...

    In 600 words: South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan

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    At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC/COP27) happening in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, president Cyril Ramaphosa presented South...