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Natural environment

US 'green growth' duo win Nobel Economics Prize

World

US 'green growth' duo win Nobel Economics Prize

By AFP

Drought and Business: Less rhetoric, more action

OP-ED

Drought and Business: Less rhetoric, more action

By Jo Burgess

Water sector in South Africa needs to transform to a circular economy

Op-Ed

Water sector in South Africa needs to transform to a circular economy

By John Ngoni Zvimba

New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags

World

New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags

By AFP

End of the road for a Brave New Cape Town

Foreshore Freeways Project

End of the road for a Brave New Cape Town

By Robert Silke

Another year of bloodshed for Africa’s game rangers

RANGER DEATHS

Another year of bloodshed for Africa’s game rangers

By Tony Carnie

Drinking water contaminated with micro plastic pollution in Gauteng

South Africa

Drinking water contaminated with micro plastic pollution in Gauteng

By News24

Finger-pointing aplenty, here is the answer to what led to the Cape water shortage

GroundUp Analysis

Finger-pointing aplenty, here is the answer to what led to the Cape water shortage

By GroundUp

Planning for future water security in a water-scarce environment

Op-Ed

Planning for future water security in a water-scarce environment

By Dhesigen Naidoo

Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

GROUNDUP

Western Cape opposes national government’s mining rights approval

By John Yeld for GroundUp

Clearing thirsty alien trees will yield water returns for Cape Town

OP-ED

Clearing thirsty alien trees will yield water returns for Cape Town

By Jane Turpie

Day Zero is called off for now, but restrictions retained

Cape Town drought

Day Zero is called off for now, but restrictions retained

By Unknown Author

Grahamstown’s dirty water blamed on municipality’s inefficiency

GroundUp

Grahamstown’s dirty water blamed on municipality’s inefficiency

By GroundUp

Agroecology points the way towards resilience against climate change

OP-ED

Agroecology points the way towards resilience against climate change

By Katie Whiddon

Recycling – sourcing waste in the home reduces operating costs in the long run

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Recycling – sourcing waste in the home reduces operating costs in the long run

By Gina Schroeder

Woolworths says goodbye to plastic, but it will take time

South Africa

Woolworths says goodbye to plastic, but it will take time

By News24

By 2050 there may be more plastic in oceans than fish – UN

World

By 2050 there may be more plastic in oceans than fish – UN

By News24

The Kildare Road Spring: A place buried under concrete

OP-ED

The Kildare Road Spring: A place buried under concrete

By Steven Robins

EU proposes ban on straws, other single-use plastics

World

EU proposes ban on straws, other single-use plastics

By AFP

The President is Dry, But You Can Drink There

Sponsored Content

The President is Dry, But You Can Drink There

By The President Hotel

By Unknown Author