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ConCourt in session to pass judgment on the inclusion of a single word: wellbeing
CONSERVATION ETHICS

ConCourt in session to pass judgment on the inclusion of a single word: wellbeing

The NSPCA is in the Constitutional Court this week to defend the inclusion of animal ‘wellbeing’ in South Africa’s biodiversity law. The case may turn on a single word, but its outcome could decide whether wild animals are recognised in law as sentient beings, or managed as resources.

By Don Pinnock
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET

Thomas Berry and the forgotten language of the living Earth

By Don Pinnock
Thomas Berry and the forgotten language of the living Earth
SCRAMBLE FOR WHITE GOLD

Nearly 1,000 people face relocation in KZN lithium mine expansion plan

By Tony Carnie
Nearly 1,000 people face relocation in KZN lithium mine expansion plan
GROUNDUP

The Australian crayfish invading our rivers and threatening the Okavango Delta

By Fred Kockott
The Australian crayfish invading our rivers and threatening the Okavango Delta
SWELTERING SHIFTS

The ferrymen: SA’s taxi drivers face deadly heat on the job

By Leonie Joubert
The ferrymen: SA’s taxi drivers face deadly heat on the job
Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned
JUMBO PROBLEM

Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned

By Don Pinnock
SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster
MUNICIPAL FAILURES

SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster

By Lerato Mutsila
Russia's controversial uranium mining plan threatens southern Africa’s vital aquifer
RADIOACTIVE ROSATOM

Russia's controversial uranium mining plan threatens southern Africa’s vital aquifer

By Tony Carnie
The last zoo elephants: Why Johannesburg can no longer justify their captivity
OPINIONISTA

The last zoo elephants: Why Johannesburg can no longer justify their captivity

By Adam Cruise
Scientists challenge ‘business as usual’, calling for Southern-led climate scenarios to tackle the crisis
WEATHERING EXTREMES

Scientists challenge ‘business as usual’, calling for Southern-led climate scenarios to tackle the crisis

By Lerato Mutsila
Why inaction on elephant overpopulation may cause greater animal suffering
OPINIONISTA

Why inaction on elephant overpopulation may cause greater animal suffering

By Robert Kröger
Japan repeats transparency fiction at global thermostat Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
POLAR POLITICS

Japan repeats transparency fiction at global thermostat Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

By Tiara Walters
OPINIONISTA

A crisis in search of a policy: How KZN’s elephant ‘overpopulation’ is used to justify culling

By Adam Cruise
A crisis in search of a policy: How KZN’s elephant ‘overpopulation’ is used to justify culling
POLAR POLITICS

Ireland vs the Ice Curtain — Dublin eyes decision-making powers in Antarctica

By Tiara Walters
Ireland vs the Ice Curtain — Dublin eyes decision-making powers in Antarctica
POLAR POLITICS

Iran war fuel chaos hits sub-Antarctic as remote Marion relief voyage severely delayed

By Tiara Walters
Iran war fuel chaos hits sub-Antarctic as remote Marion relief voyage severely delayed
GROUNDUP

Public gets 3 more weeks to comment on Eskom nuclear site, but critics say it’s not enough

By John Yeld
OPINIONISTA

Renewable energy transition in SA needs the embrace of both public and private ownership

By Imraan Valodia
STORY ARK

Gut feeling: Wild Coast’s food heritage holds solution to ‘lifestyle’ diseases

By Leonie Joubert
WILD WEATHER

Overflowing Kouga Dam leads to evacuations along flooded river valley

By Riaan Marais, Chris van Gass and Andisa Bonani
Totems: be alert to the creature that chooses you, it may shape your world
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET

Totems: be alert to the creature that chooses you, it may shape your world

Long before national parks and environmental law, totem systems protected species and landscapes. Today, they may offer a low-cost, deeply human way to rebuild our relationship with nature.

By Don Pinnock
ANALYSIS

Madikwe reserve and the normalisation of killing elephants

By Don Pinnock
COASTAL ORIGINS

The great journey out of Africa may have begun at low tide

By Don Pinnock
MORE THAN MEETS THE ICE

Antarctica land grab theory goes global — ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott must ‘distance’ himself

By Tiara Walters
POWER GUZZLERS

New data centres set to swallow 34% of Cape Town’s current electricity supply

By Tony Carnie
Broken fossil fuel markets? Santa Marta may be a game-changing moment
THE NUDGE OP-Ed

Broken fossil fuel markets? Santa Marta may be a game-changing moment

By Mark Hertsgaard
Wait, could this be a climate conference that actually works?
FOSSIL FUEL PHASE-OUT OP-ED

Wait, could this be a climate conference that actually works?

By Mark Hertsgaard
Great African Seaforest — only floating bamboo kelp forest on the planet
OPINIONISTA

Great African Seaforest — only floating bamboo kelp forest on the planet

By Chris van Melle Kamp
Paving over a sanctuary: Nairobi’s Pallet Café to be replaced by petrol station
ROVING REPORTERS

Paving over a sanctuary: Nairobi’s Pallet Café to be replaced by petrol station

By Jody Kockott
Water crisis — close to R19bn lost that could have brought water into homes
WATER CRISIS SPECIAL REPORT

Water crisis — close to R19bn lost that could have brought water into homes

By Lerato Mutsila

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