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...
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...
The WC drought is battering the agricultural industry
The City of Cape Town has managed to delay Day Zero until mid-May, as a result of declining agricultural usage and a generous...
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...
Five ways to conserve SA’s marine life and boost our economy...
South Africa has a rich marine life and through informed eco-tourism, we could conserve it and foster economic growth. Marine and coastal researcher Dr...
This South African spent a year studying marine life on a...
Her guidance counsellor thought marine biology was a pipe dream. But Nasreen Khan (30) stuck to her guns. She recently returned from a year...
50 000 litres of sewage flow into SA’s rivers every second
South Africa’s municipal sewage system has largely collapsed. Of the 824 treatment plants, maybe only 60 release clean water.
Raw or partially treated sewage flows...
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...
Day Zero Preparations Could Have A Severe Ecological Impact
The City of Cape Town has managed to push back Day Zero, the moment when municipal water supply would be cut for most households...
You don’t have to go vegan, but here are 5 reasons...
It's a popular misconception that veganism is a diet. It's not. Veganism is a lifestyle which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible...
Can I Have A Straw With That?
We are currently facing a huge environmental crisis worldwide - the impacts of plastic on the environment are not only a problem in developing...
SA student catches the UN’s attention with ocean pollution poster
A South African student’s poster was selected as part of an international design project to raise global awareness about the dangers of extensive plastic...
Five African animals you may not know are endangered
Back in 2013, the UN declared 3 March to be World Wildlife Day. The day is about celebrating wildlife and raising awareness about endangered...
Solar plant outside Cape Town is one step towards carbon reduction...
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,...
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...
How South Africa can get communities involved in conserving coastal and...
Protected areas, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, are clearly defined geographical spaces set aside to conserve nature, ecosystem services and...
