South African floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live...
Rapid urbanisation and government failure to deliver adequate housing are among the driving forces behind the proliferation of informal settlements across South African cities...
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...
Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry
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The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led City council turns a blind eye. The...
How Cape universities are planning for water restrictions and #DayZero
Universities in Cape Town have a predicament on their hands. They have to somehow facilitate thousands of students on their premises in a time...
Climate change is not what South Africans see as their main...
Climate change is a major threat to food production, and is displacing people and increasing the risks to health globally. Addressing climate change requires...
The other water crisis: Eastern Cape is in serious danger
The Cape water crisis has shaken South Africa. The reality that easy access to clean running water will soon be stripped from one of...
Nuclear, security, fees and the ties that bind
In 2017 South Africa has faced rising electricity costs, near drought conditions in the Western Cape, a corruption crisis with the state social grant...
Gwede Mantashe Invades Xolobeni
"It felt like it was the first or second world war. We asked ourselves what the need for so many police was," Nonhle Mbuthuma...
Here’s How Plastic Is Destroying Our Ocean
On June 5th, World Environment Day was celebrated. It marks the day on which the United Nations (UN) uses to encourage awareness and action...
Xolobeni Continues To Fight Against A Mine It Doesn’t Want
"In Xolobeni we live in a very traditional way that one can never be compensated for if one is ever removed from the land...
“Don’t send water to Cape Town, send money”
Social media has been flooded with images of water bottles stacked around, waiting to be sent down to help the residents of Cape Town...
The streets are meaner in Joburg but greener in Durban
A recent tweet threw out some data shattering commonly held beliefs about which cities have the most trees. And it turns out, Joburg isn’t...
Understanding listeriosis: South Africa’s latest disease outbreak
South Africa is in the midst of a large listeriosis outbreak, announced health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi on Tuesday, 5 December. The bacterial disease...
After The Police Teargas Came The Stillborn Baby
"He was going to be our first son. His father always talked about how he will take him to work with him and leave...
5 South African parks you should check out this National Parks...
Get ready to be a tourist in your own country. September 18-22 is South Africa National Parks Week because heritage. For this week, 19...
Why SA’s Renewable Energy Project Is Still On The Rocks
In early March, the new minister of energy Jeff Radebe announced that 27 independent renewable energy power projects would be signed by the state...
#DefeatDayZero Maimane presents plan to “save†Cape Town
On Wednesday, the Democratic Alliance party leader Mmusi Maimane held a press briefing in Cape Town regarding the approaching Day Zero for the city....
COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference
The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, is happening at a...
Numsa: Workers Are Sidelined In The Renewable Energy Debate
Over the weekend, the National Union of Mineworkers South Africa (Numsa) released a strongly worded statement expressing disappointment in an earlier statement released by...
UNICEF says 2.1 billion people still lack basic water and sanitation...
Globally 844 million people still lack even basic water services. That’s 844 million people who have to travel long distances to collect contaminated water...
