FOSSIL FUELS OP-ED SA has a chance to drive a global just transition – if we can get it right at home 5 min 0 By Robyn Hugo
ANTARCTIC TREATY Antarctica Day 2024: Why Cape Town is a test case for the permanent mining ban that can be lifted 7 min 1 By Tiara Walters
THE CROSSING Paddling into the unknown: Gerhard Moolman's 45-day solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean 6 min 3 By Julia Evans
GREEN HIGHWAYS Chomp ‘n charge — Company plugs gaps in electric vehicle network with off-grid top-up 6 min 4 By Tony Carnie
POWER POTENTIAL OP-ED We didn’t waste the load shedding crisis, but did we need to wait for it to happen? 12 min 3 By Mark Swilling
TAPS RUN DRY ‘Humanitarian crisis’ — Residents protest at water cuts as Joburg Water says it’s ‘stepped up our game’ 7 min 13 By Julia Evans
WASTE LAND South African municipal dumps are a mess, despite threats of court action 5 min 7 By Tony Carnie
POLITICALLY AWEH South Africa’s fossil fuel industry is using sport to clean up its image 4 min 0 By Politically Aweh
POWER PLAN Ramokgopa makes the case for small modular reactors and the resuscitation of SA’s nuclear industry 6 min 33 By Ethan van Diemen
POLAR POLITICS Russia’s Antarctic flagship, the Akademik Fedorov, sails into Cape Town as part of BRICS jamboree 7 min 12 By Tiara Walters
POLAR POLITICS ‘Krill, baby, krill’ – what president-elect Donald Trump means for imperilled Antarctica 6 min 2 By Tiara Walters
POWER MOVES SA’s grid transformation — Eskom’s R112bn plan for electricity ‘freeways’ as future generation heads to Cape provinces 6 min 7 By Ethan van Diemen
OPEN LETTER Calling on governments to deliver Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty 3 min 0 By Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty
BAKU DEAL LETDOWN Developing nations slam Cop29 agreement, call $300bn pledge insufficient 3 min 3 By Ethan van Diemen
CONSERVANCIES RAVAGED Controversial tin mine in Namibia imperils conservation of endangered black rhino 6 min 0 By Don Pinnock
BHEKISISA COP29’s final day — developing nations demand climate financing as wealthy countries remain hesitant 7 min 1 By Linda Pretorius and Mia Malan
ISS TODAY OP-ED COP29 — loss and damage funding for climate-vulnerable countries is still stuck in the mud 4 min 0 By Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo, Kgaugelo Mkumbeni and Dhesigen Naidoo
PHOTO ESSAY Lone shedding — southern elephant seal picks Camps Bay Beach for her long moult 4 min 1 By Gunnar Oberhosel
ELECTRICITY GENERATION ‘Exponential renewables increase’ expected in SA’s revised energy blueprint 4 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
OPEN SECRETS Unaccountable 00045: Lawrence Mulaudzi — potential partner or perpetual pick-me? 8 min 1 By Luvano Ntuli and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
FACING THE MUSIC Vaal sewage torrent sees record R120m fine for Mpumalanga municipality 4 min 10 By Tony Carnie
