TARGET TRAJECTORY SA is on track to meet its climate promises — for now (Part 1) 7 min 0 By Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema
GROUNDWATER DECLINE Treasure chest of groundwater shrinking in many parts of the world 7 min 4 By Tony Carnie
CENTENARY REFLECTION Big birds, ‘bush eyes’, Jelly Tots and politics: How grand Kruger shaped my life 9 min 1 By Andrew de Blocq
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET Thomas Berry and the forgotten language of the living Earth 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
CONSERVATION ETHICS ConCourt in session to pass judgment on the inclusion of a single word: wellbeing 6 min 1 By Don Pinnock
SCRAMBLE FOR WHITE GOLD Nearly 1,000 people face relocation in KZN lithium mine expansion plan 8 min 3 By Tony Carnie
GROUNDUP The Australian crayfish invading our rivers and threatening the Okavango Delta 6 min 2 By Fred Kockott and Kemunto Ogutu
JUMBO PROBLEM Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned 8 min 1 By Don Pinnock
MUNICIPAL FAILURES SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster 5 min 3 By Lerato Mutsila
SWELTERING SHIFTS The ferrymen: SA’s taxi drivers face deadly heat on the job 10 min 0 By Leonie Joubert
By Bool Smuts Sustainable use of wildlife is a conditional promise — that SA has not reached 6 min 0 20 May 2026
INSTITUTIONAL NEGLECT Day one of water crisis hearings ‘arms’ SAHRC for a grilling of government 5 min 3 By Lerato Mutsila
REAM MACHINE Municipality’s paper-based admin processes expose gaps in sustainability and efficiency 4 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
CLIMATE COSTS African children bear the brunt of a crisis they did not create 5 min 0 By Mark Tomlinson and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
By Adam Cruise The last zoo elephants: Why Johannesburg can no longer justify their captivity 6 min 5 18 May 2026
RADIOACTIVE ROSATOM Russia's controversial uranium mining plan threatens southern Africa’s vital aquifer 10 min 10 By Tony Carnie
WEATHERING EXTREMES Scientists challenge ‘business as usual’, calling for Southern-led climate scenarios to tackle the crisis 5 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila
By Adam Cruise A crisis in search of a policy: How KZN’s elephant ‘overpopulation’ is used to justify culling 5 min 0 14 May 2026
By Imraan Valodia Renewable energy transition in SA needs the embrace of both public and private ownership 4 min 4 13 May 2026
POLAR POLITICS Japan repeats transparency fiction at global thermostat Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting 8 min 0 By Tiara Walters
