MOUNTAINS & MINES Mining, succulent poaching and drought push species to the brink in the Richtersveld 8 min 3 By Kristin Engel
MOUNTAINS & MINES Diamonds the Richtersveld’s worst friend as infighting and illegal mining tears community apart 10 min 4 By Kristin Engel
MOUNTAINS AND MINES Photo essay: Among the forgotten mountains and deserted mines of the Northern Cape 6 min 1 By Kristin Engel
BIODIVERSITY WIN Environment one, mining nil — partial settlement victory on contentious West Coast’s Olifants River plan 7 min 3 By Julia Evans
GROUNDUP West Coast diamond mining — environmentalists hail 11th-hour out-of-court settlement protecting biodiversity 4 min 0 By John Yeld
'HOPELESSLY OUTDATED' Environmental activists challenge 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights in court 6 min 2 By John Yeld
COURT BATTLE Trans Hex seeks legal costs from environmental non-profit that took it to court to stop West Coast mining 8 min 0 By Julia Evans
DIGGING OUT Diamond-mining operation moves out of Western Cape fishing village – but the fight is far from over 7 min 2 By Julia Evans
DIGGING IN Activists haul diamond-mining company to court to avert ‘moonscape’ fate for sensitive West Coast 8 min 3 By Julia Evans
COASTAL CONSERVATION New documentary highlights mining destruction on South Africa’s West Coast 8 min 7 By Julia Evans
