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
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Joburg water crisis — experts urge collective action to restore Johannesburg’s water system 6 min 8 By Julia Evans
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT EXCLUSIVE — Toll from botched elephant translocation rises after 10th person killed by the pachyderms 4 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
LIVE SMARTER Solar geysers: everything you need to know to make the switch and save electricity 5 min 22 By Malibongwe Tyilo
THE CONVERSATION How the state of our oceans is intrinsically linked to human health 4 min 0 By Edward H. Allison
TOUGH TALK Jail time mooted for CEOs and municipal managers who commit environmental crimes 4 min 11 By Tony Carnie
OPEN SECRETS Unaccountable 00043 – Shell, prioritising profits over people and the planet 8 min 6 By Zen Mathe for Open Secrets
