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The South African lung – can it breathe through the surge?

Ferial Haffajee
08 JUN

Amid the devastation wrought by Covid-19 lies a glimmer of hope for the planet

George Swingler
14 APR

Sick Durban river spoils popular recreational lagoon

Janis Theron and Matthew Hattingh
04 FEB

Silver lining to Dusi pollution calamity?

Tony Carnie
14 NOV

The painstaking task of keeping NMB’s Swartkops River clean

Estelle Ellis
12 NOV

Citizen campaigns to clean up Hennops River gain momentum

Anthony Duigan
08 OCT

Pope’s Message: We have created a climate emergency that gravely threatens life itself

Pope Francis
02 SEP

Cape Flats groundwater too dirty to drink without treatment

Steve Kretzmann for GroundUp
27 MAR 2019

Environmental management needs to be democratised

Lesley Green, Nikiwe Solomon, Jo Barnes and Leslie Petrik
06 MAR 2019

Cape Town’s approach to sewage disposal causing ‘apocalyptic’ problems, researchers warn

Rebecca Davis
06 DEC 2018

Sewage flowing into Kuils River creates a health hazard for all of Cape Town

L Green L Petrik N Solomon C Ojemaye and S Romero
05 DEC 2018

Drinking water contaminated with micro plastic pollution in Gauteng

News24
25 JUL 2018

Last straw for McDonald’s, Burger King in Mumbai plastic ban

AFP
26 JUN 2018

An Ocean of Change

Beatnik
07 JUN 2018

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

News24
05 JUN 2018

Nine out of 10 people breathing polluted air: WHO

AFP
02 MAY 2018

Rivers worldwide threatened by pharma waste: studies

AFP
10 APR 2018

GroundUp: Clean air vs industrial development – Durban court case explained

GroundUp
09 FEB 2018

Eskom’s other disaster: How 50 years of bad decisions led to the Mpumalanga Highveld’s bad air

Victor Munnik
06 FEB 2018

High pollution shuts schools in Tehran

AFP
05 FEB 2018

Delhi schools shut as toxic smog hits India and Pakistan

AFP
08 NOV 2017