SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Sharing South Africa with elephants: new strategy calls for a major rethink 8 min 0 By Don Pinnock
MOREL UNIVERSE Unearthing SA’s fungal secrets — meet the mycologists marking a new era for mushroom exploration 8 min 1 By Jo Munnik
RATES BOYCOTT THREAT Residents issue ‘No water – No rates’ ultimatum to eThekwini Municipality 5 min 3 By Tony Carnie
SHADY GREEN FINANCE JP Morgan’s green funds back Glencore mine accused of contaminating water supply 17 min 3 By Stefano Valentino Giorgio Michalapoulos Josephine Moulds, Julia Evans and Ed Stoddard
THE CONVERSATION Climate talks — Global South must seize the moment and take the lead to speed up transition 4 min 0 By David King and Imraan Valodia
OCEAN EXPLORATION Scientists arrive in Cape Town after deep-sea discoveries on ‘Around Africa Expedition’ 9 min 3 By Kristin Engel
POWER PLAN Parliament told Eskom needs two things before ‘ultimate certainty’ load shedding is over 3 min 8 By Ethan van Diemen
POLAR POLITICS ANALYSIS How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time 14 min 3 By Tiara Walters
MINING Uprooted — rare plant helps to sow seeds for demise of Sibanye’s US lithium project 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
HORNS OF A DILEMMA Exotic Sambar deer on Table Mountain: Do the research first, shoot later 6 min 11 By Nicoli Nattrass
POWER CRISIS Data vs spin — did Eskom mislead South Africans about the load shedding risk? 5 min 9 By Ethan van Diemen
WATER CRISIS Proposed Desalination Plant: Cape Town's future water fix or a high-stakes gamble? 4 min 2 By Kristin Engel
LEST WE FORGET ‘DAY ZERO’ Balancing cost and quality: Cape Town's ambitious desalination project under fire from residents and experts. 7 min 4 By Kristin Engel
FIRE SEASON Table Mountain inferno ‘largely contained’ on day 3 after surging towards City Bowl 5 min 2 By Kristin Engel
TRUMP 2.0 Ramokgopa warns of risk of US pulling its Just Energy Transition funding 4 min 13 By Julia Evans and Victoria O’Regan
STORM DISRUPTION ANALYSIS The struggle of South African schools against extreme weather 4 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
VANISHING TREASURES Zululand’s green jewels in jeopardy — indigenous forests under threat from poaching, grazing, budget cuts 10 min 7 By Tony Carnie
THE BLOBS Introducing the enigmatic superplumes beneath our feet that are shaping Earth's future 4 min 4 By Don Pinnock
ANIMAL & HUMAN CONFLICT OP-ED Baboons and human fear - a deep history behind the cruel attacks in South Africa 6 min 0 By Sandra Swart
