#SONA2021: A fatigued Ramaphosa urges South Africa to march forward together
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 11. It was markedly different from previous SONAs. The parliamentary...
Difficult Conditions Ahead For SA Farmers
Farmers across South Africa are warning the government they might not survive the current drought gripping South Africa.
What is a drought?
Defining the particular circumstances...
Ugandan Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate Is Fighting For The Congo
Young people all over the world have been raising their voices around the growing climate crisis facing the world. Inspired by Swedish teenager Greta...
Global Climate Strike: Where In SA You Can Take Action
An intergenerational global climate strike is happening. From September 20-27, thousands of people around the world will be taking to the streets to demand...
10 Historical Figures Who Were Vegan Before It Was Mainstream
Haters aside, the vegan movement has exploded so much over the past few years it’s almost mainstream. Interest in the plant-based lifestyle is as...
What South Africa’s Love For Cattle Means For Climate Change
With a foreword by President Cyril Ramaphosa, this engaging book brings history, science, economics and popular culture together in a timely discussion about South...
Greed And Politics Have Set Fire To The Amazon Rainforest
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
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...
How South Africa Can Prepare For Climate Change
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...
How We Could Have Stopped Climate Change, But Did Not.
In Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth he accounts for the past failures of politicians and others to stop climate change. Looking back at 1979, Rich...
8 South African Organisations Combating Climate Change
By now, we’ve all (hopefully) accepted the scientifically established fact that human-caused climate change is real. In September last year, the world’s leading climate...
How Climate Change Drives Conflict In Africa
Climate change is fast becoming a reality that no person or government can ignore. Yet it is being ignored despite the myriad of ways...
Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Damage: How Climate Change Affects Children The...
Cyclone Kenneth and Idai both hit the Mozambican coast less than a month apart. The damage from both the cyclones wreaked havoc on the...
Durban Floods: Devastation Lingers For Victims
Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Durban this week, claiming lives and leaving hundreds of families devastated and destitute after homes were swept away...
Mozambique Battles Cholera In The Aftermath Of Cyclone Idai
The damage from Cyclone Idai is still growing. The cyclone is labeled the deadliest storm to hit Mozambique in the last 30 years, according...
Cyclone Idai: Tough Press Laws Hinder Reporting From Mozambique
Cyclone Idai has devastated Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The cyclone hit Mozambique's second-largest port city of Beira on March 14 before it had...
Understanding Load Shedding
UDPATE (16 October 2019): On Monday, Eskom announced that it would implement Stage 2 load shedding due to a "shortage of capacity."
https://twitter.com/Eskom_SA/status/1184349226765041664
In an interview...
The Kendal Power Station Is Poisoning The Air We Breathe
A plume of thick grey smoke hangs over the Kendal power station, situated 40 km west of Witbank in Mpumalanga. (And about 110 km...
Wits Project Aims To Create Sustainable And Healthy Eating On Campus
Tucked into an inconspicuous corner of West campus at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) is the Wits Food Garden - a beautiful area filled...
When The People Of Kerala Refused To Let The City Drown
They were the heaviest rains the city had seen in nearly a century. More than 5.4 million people from the Indian state of Kerala...
