COP30 SA technical team negotiates without a political head as Brazil climate summit moves along 5 min 0 By Kristin Engel
ANALYSIS Can SA maintain its climate influence without its environment minister at COP30? 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES COP30 kicks off with donor nations served with ‘invoice’ for climate finance 14 min 1 By Kristin Engel
COP30 SUMMIT Developing deadlock – Will the promised Loss and Damage climate finance funds materialise? 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
CLIMATE SUMMIT SA’s chief climate negotiator on Belém — South Africa demands action, not debt, at decisive COP30 8 min 0 By Kristin Engel
CONSERVATION DILEMMA Rhino horn harvested from captive breeding operations can be exported, high court rules 3 min 10 By Ed Stoddard
WORLD OF TROUBLE CO2 emissions pushed to record high, raising alarm about extreme weather events — report 6 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila
ROVING REPORTERS The real forces behind biodiversity loss — and what we can do about them 8 min 1 By Kemunto Ogutu
UPDATE La Niña prospects grow, heralding wet weather along with increased risk of flooding 1 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
VEIL OF SECRECY OP-ED MPs’ pension fund must come clean about investments in fossil fuel companies 5 min 2 By David Le Page and Luthando Vilakazi
ANIMAL WELFARE National Council of SPCAs demands urgent reforms to protect racehorses 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
SEABIRD ‘BETRAYAL’ Minister Dion George’s African penguin ‘lifeline’ a slap in the face for conservation experts 9 min 0 By Kristin Engel
Piles of sh*t (Part 4) A community's fight against water contamination in Matatiele 13 min 0 By Leonie Joubert
POLLUTED WATERS Hout Bay mussels contaminated with hidden toxins and sewage – study 6 min 3 By Kristin Engel
POLLUTED WATERWAYS Neglect turns Cape Town’s Diep River Canal into a stinking sewage trap 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel
NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS It’s time to comment on South Africa’s latest climate commitments 5 min 2 By Kristin Engel
GOLDEN THREADS Piles of sh*t — solutions to Africa’s nappy pollution crisis 8 min 4 By Leonie Joubert
WASTE CRISIS Nature reserve and communities collide in Cape Town’s landfill controversy as Coastal Park nears capacity 10 min 4 By Kristin Engel