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
CONSERVATION How a fire undid decades of conservation and led to the likely extinction of the Brenton blue butterfly 6 min 0 By Kristin Engel
WATER CLAMPDOWN Durban’s eThekwini Municipality to chop home water supplies with new ‘restrictor’ gadgets 3 min 4 By Tony Carnie
POWER WRANGLES Watt Now? Nuclear power sparks fierce debate over SA’s future energy mix 6 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
READY TO ROLL World Pangolin Day — the value of becoming a ball 3 min 0 By Rosalind Molteno and Gabriel Harmer
DOWNPOUR ALERT Severe weather warning — heavy rain, flooding risk across Gauteng, North West, Free State 6 min 7 By Julia Evans
BOOK REVIEW A sweeping history of Africa’s rhinos calls for a rethink of wildlife trade policy 7 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
