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Ocean scramble — inside the high-stakes battles for SA’s offshore hydrocarbons
COASTLINE UNDER SIEGE

Ocean scramble — inside the high-stakes battles for SA’s offshore hydrocarbons

South Africa’s coastline faces fierce competition as multinational energy firms pursue oil and gas reserves, challenging environmentalists and local communities in a high-stakes battle for maritime resources.

By Lerato Mutsila
PRIMATE SOLUTION OP-ED

Baboon-proof logic: Why a Simon’s Town fence is better than removing the Waterfall, Seaforth troops

By David Gaynor
Baboon-proof logic: Why a Simon’s Town fence is better than removing the Waterfall, Seaforth troops
MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Tree cover increasing in Kruger Park despite elephant pressure in some areas

By Don Pinnock
Tree cover increasing in Kruger Park despite elephant pressure in some areas
POLAR POLITICS

Antarctica’s ‘Ice Curtain’ actually cracks as secretive Treaty meeting minutes released in record time

By Tiara Walters
Antarctica’s ‘Ice Curtain’ actually cracks as secretive Treaty meeting minutes released in record time
EDUCATION OVERLOAD

Breaking point: Report shows nearly 60% of public school principals are ready to quit

By Takudzwa Pongweni
Breaking point: Report shows nearly 60% of public school principals are ready to quit
Why ‘flexible’ environmental assessments threaten the Northern Cape’s fragile ecosystems
OPINIONISTA

Why ‘flexible’ environmental assessments threaten the Northern Cape’s fragile ecosystems

By Katherine Forsythe
No males found as Homo naledi discovery deepens evolutionary puzzle
FOSSIL EVIDENCE

No males found as Homo naledi discovery deepens evolutionary puzzle

By Elsabé Brits
Approved but unconnected: South Africa’s renewable energy paradox
SPONSORED CONTENT

Approved but unconnected: South Africa’s renewable energy paradox

By ENS
Will SA’s new elephant strategy truly safeguard their future?
Wildlife Governance

Will SA’s new elephant strategy truly safeguard their future?

By Don Pinnock
We’ve turned wild landscapes into islands — corridors can reconnect them
SAFE PASSAGE

We’ve turned wild landscapes into islands — corridors can reconnect them

By Don Pinnock
‘Fiddling with nature’ plan revives fears over Lake St Lucia’s future
ESTUARY BREACH

‘Fiddling with nature’ plan revives fears over Lake St Lucia’s future

By Tony Carnie
Hiroshima to Hazyview diplomacy cracks — Antarctic scientist’s detention exposes DA’s Russia problem
POLAR POLITICS

Hiroshima to Hazyview diplomacy cracks — Antarctic scientist’s detention exposes DA’s Russia problem

By Tiara Walters
OPINIONISTA

Immigrants make an enormous contribution to the food security in South Africa

By Marc Wegerif
Immigrants make an enormous contribution to the food security in South Africa
GREEN GROWTH

Why biodiversity is becoming a core economic and investment issue

By Ntakadzeni Tshidada
Why biodiversity is becoming a core economic and investment issue
BHEKISISA

Could where you live shape the healthcare you get in a climate crisis?

By Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema
Could where you live shape the healthcare you get in a climate crisis?
EXTREME EXPOSURE

Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world

By Leonie Joubert
CLIMATE ADAPTATION

Africa’s coastlines have been changing for a century — critical interactive tool shows how

By Tiara Walters
WHAT NEXT

Here’s how to return Kirstenbosch to greatness

By Don Pinnock
BOTANICAL GARDENS

Kirstenbosch: Drowning in neglected poached plants

By Don Pinnock
Attorneys warn of corruption risks and weaker checks in new environmental impact assessment plan
‘FLEXIBLE’ SYSTEM

Attorneys warn of corruption risks and weaker checks in new environmental impact assessment plan

Environmental law watchdogs are pushing back against government plans to introduce a more ‘flexible’ environmental impact assessment (EIA) process, warning that the proposed changes could weaken public participation, undermine proper assessment and increase the incentives for corruption.

By Tony Carnie
ROVING REPORTERS

The science of sharing land: How cattle and wildlife thrive side-by-side in Zimbabwe

By Fred Kockott
Toxic Air

Weather service to lead ambitious R625m plan to monitor SA’s choking air quality

By Lerato Mutsila
BOTANICAL GARDENS

Kirstenbosch — a South African national treasure is going to seed, warn experts

By Don Pinnock
OPINIONISTA

Everything you need to know about offshore wind energy in SA

By Lindsay Taylah Moses
Community rallies together at Kalk Bay Harbour to tackle pollution on World Oceans Day
PHOTO ESSAY

Community rallies together at Kalk Bay Harbour to tackle pollution on World Oceans Day

By Gunnar Oberhosel
They’re back! Rhino orphans return to the shores of Lake Kariba
HOMECOMING

They’re back! Rhino orphans return to the shores of Lake Kariba

By Tony Carnie
Dozens of new species found in one of Africa’s last biodiversity blank spots
HIGHLANDS TREASURE

Dozens of new species found in one of Africa’s last biodiversity blank spots

By Don Pinnock
Why storms that used to happen every 50 years are hitting more often
Bhekisisa

Why storms that used to happen every 50 years are hitting more often

By Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema
Hold my vodka: Antarctica’s Russian ghost ship discovers warp drive
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

Hold my vodka: Antarctica’s Russian ghost ship discovers warp drive

By Tiara Walters

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