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Wetter skies to ease heat in 2026 but raise flood risk across SA’s interior provinces

Wetter skies to ease heat in 2026 but raise flood risk across SA’s interior provinces

Much of South Africa could experience above-normal rainfall and days that are not as hot as usual in 2026.

By Lerato Mutsila

PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025

Jane Goodall’s legacy of courage and hope

By Tiara Walters

Jane Goodall’s legacy of courage and hope

DIRTBAG OF THE YEAR

Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards

Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards

Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists

Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists

Kaalfontein wetland under pressure as housing needs collide with environmental protection

By Alet Pretorius

Kaalfontein wetland under pressure as housing needs collide with environmental protection

A Year in Pictures: Our angry planet

BURNING PLANET PHOTO ESSAY

A Year in Pictures: Our angry planet

By DM Photo Team

As 42 lion carcasses turned to ash, SA’s commitment to end captive breeding hangs in balance

As 42 lion carcasses turned to ash, SA’s commitment to end captive breeding hangs in balance

Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die

Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die

Tulbagh residents struggle with contaminated tap water as municipality maintains all is well

RAISING A STINK

Tulbagh residents struggle with contaminated tap water as municipality maintains all is well

By Lerato Mutsila

Tiny defenders: SA’s forgotten frogs matter as much as its rhinos

Tiny defenders: SA’s forgotten frogs matter as much as its rhinos

By Daniélle Schaafsma

Endangered dolphin’s diet shift provides worrying hint about SA coastal waters’ health

TANGLED FOOD WEB

Endangered dolphin’s diet shift provides worrying hint about SA coastal waters’ health

By Shaun Smillie

Better data, same emergency — the forest elephant crisis continues

Better data, same emergency — the forest elephant crisis continues

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns

Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns

Tip of the AIS-berg? Russia’s Antarctic ‘Flying Dutchman’ ship spooks Estonia once more

By Tiara Walters

Tip of the AIS-berg? Russia’s Antarctic ‘Flying Dutchman’ ship spooks Estonia once more

Rabies case in Eastern Cape seal prompts caution from experts

By Kyran Blaauw

Rabies case in Eastern Cape seal prompts caution from experts

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10,000-year-old genomes from southern Africa reshape our understanding of human evolution

By Elsabé Brits

RESTORATION & REVIVAL

SA’s award-winning thicket project on track to create 100,000 jobs and revive 800,000 hectares

By Lerato Mutsila

Simon’s Town is about to lose its baboons, a brave funder can save them

By David Gaynor

Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld

Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld

A delicacy worth billions is being stripped from Nelson Mandela Bay’s coastline. But the damage goes far beyond the ocean. The black market trade in perlemoen is fuelling South Africa’s criminal underworld. This video by Riaan Marais spells it out.

By Riaan Marais

Southern Africa’s wildlife trade agenda implodes, and with it the veneer of a ‘successful’ conservation model

Our Burning Planet

Share your favourite Table Mountain stories for an upcoming article series

By Daily Maverick Connect

WILDLIFE POLICY

Death or sanctuary future for many baboons as Cape Town adopts controversial plan

By Daniélle Schaafsma

TEMPESTUOUS TIMES

Brace yourself for a storm-lashed December, with extreme weather expected to intensify

By Lerato Mutsila

Traditional healers need hunters to make safe, sustainable muti

Traditional healers need hunters to make safe, sustainable muti

SA’s NDC crossroads — is the climate plan ambitious enough, and where do we go from here?

SA’s NDC crossroads — is the climate plan ambitious enough, and where do we go from here?

By Lerato Mutsila

South Africa is a hub for ocean-atmosphere pollution research

South Africa is a hub for ocean-atmosphere pollution research

By Katye Altieri

Too hot to handle: Are we doing enough to protect children from extreme heat?

Too hot to handle: Are we doing enough to protect children from extreme heat?

By James Irlam and Lori Lake

We’re racing against time to save SA’s botanical splendour

We’re racing against time to save SA’s botanical splendour

By Victoria Wilman

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