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Western Cape adds 20 new nature reserves in major conservation boost
BIG SHIFT

Western Cape adds 20 new nature reserves in major conservation boost

Most of the newly protected land comes from private owners, signalling a shift towards stewardship-led conservation across the province.

By Don Pinnock
CONSENSUS JITTERS

Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future

By Lerato Mutsila
Is the Just Transition slipping away? Power imbalances shaping SA’s energy future
LEGAL CHALLENGE

‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans

By Lerato Mutsila
‘Nothing about us without us’: Fishers fight TotalEnergies’ exploration plans
OPINIONISTA

When science overreaches: Conservation needs ethics, not just ecology and economics

By Adam Cruise
When science overreaches: Conservation needs ethics, not just ecology and economics
CLASS ACTION APPLICATION

High court urged to permit damages claims against agrochemicals giant UPL

By Tony Carnie
High court urged to permit damages claims against agrochemicals giant UPL
Weaving his magic — you won’t believe how this feathered Romeo wooed a Juliet
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET

Weaving his magic — you won’t believe how this feathered Romeo wooed a Juliet

By Tiara Walters
Conservation by choice or by chance: Understanding human-nature interactions in SA
OPINIONISTA

Conservation by choice or by chance: Understanding human-nature interactions in SA

By Jeanetta Selier and Sam Ferreira
Standard Bank backs UNISA’s climate loss and damage research to strengthen South Africa’s resilience
SPONSORED CONTENT

Standard Bank backs UNISA’s climate loss and damage research to strengthen South Africa’s resilience

By Standard Bank
Scientists challenge shark-net plan at Club Med’s huge Tinley Manor resort
CONSERVATION CLASH

Scientists challenge shark-net plan at Club Med’s huge Tinley Manor resort

By Don Pinnock
Why AI-generated wildlife imagery is a conservation crisis
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why AI-generated wildlife imagery is a conservation crisis

By Danel Wentzel and Lotte Varndell-van Rooij
A just energy transition needs the one thing the world still won’t deliver: finance
OPINIONISTA

A just energy transition needs the one thing the world still won’t deliver: finance

By Gillian Hamilton and Lisa Makaula
Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy
CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy

By Don Pinnock
OPINIONISTA

South Africa’s just transition must also be a health transition

By Sir David King
South Africa’s just transition must also be a health transition
POACHING BONEYARDS

Sparks of hope in the sad rhino graveyards of KwaZulu-Natal

By Tony Carnie
Sparks of hope in the sad rhino graveyards of KwaZulu-Natal
OP-ED

How groundwater is used, abused and paraded in a crisis

By Andrew Johnstone
How groundwater is used, abused and paraded in a crisis
LAND CLAIMS SCAM

Payment pending — how the Fred Daniel matter taints the state attorney

By Kevin Bloom
SECRET SNOW SAUCE

South African scientists outperform heavyweights Princeton, Oxford and Stanford in Antarctic research

By Tiara Walters
SEISMIC SURVEYS

Aucamp takes aim at ‘decision paralysis’ on appeals against offshore oil/gas exploration

By Ed Stoddard
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Dear humans: Notes from a baboon who’s been watching you

By Don Pinnock
The wildlife reform that vanished: What happened to South Africa’s wellbeing agenda?
OPINIONISTA

The wildlife reform that vanished: What happened to South Africa’s wellbeing agenda?

Four years ago, Parliament endorsed a shift in wildlife governance that would recognise animal wellbeing as part of conservation policy. Today the forum created to implement that reform has been snubbed – and Parliament may need to ask why.

By Adam Cruise
ROVING REPORTERS

Living with danger: How moral dilemmas shape conservation in Africa

By Kemunto Ogutu
BORROWED GROUND

Two rivers, one disaster: the flood that reshaped Pafuri

By Don Pinnock
ROVING REPORTERS

Between bush and blackboard: How a ranger and creche volunteer is chalking up successes for conservation

By Kemunto Ogutu
OPINIONISTA

Shark and awe — lessons from the sacred world of the ocean’s silent predators

By Hamilton Wende
US Senate chair: Russia ‘violating treaty’ in Antarctic oil, gas hunt via Cape Town
POLAR POLITICS

US Senate chair: Russia ‘violating treaty’ in Antarctic oil, gas hunt via Cape Town

By Tiara Walters
Collecting moments of grace from swifts in a time of war
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET

Collecting moments of grace from swifts in a time of war

By Don Pinnock
Yellow angels: Table Mountain’s firefighting helicopters
THE STORIED MOUNTAIN

Yellow angels: Table Mountain’s firefighting helicopters

By Don Pinnock
SA’s biggest data centre ‘monster’ set to consume 25% of Durban’s electricity
POWER GUZZLER

SA’s biggest data centre ‘monster’ set to consume 25% of Durban’s electricity

By Tony Carnie
Table Mountain not just a backdrop but a rights-bearing presence demanding we listen
RIGHTS RECOGNITION

Table Mountain not just a backdrop but a rights-bearing presence demanding we listen

By Don Pinnock

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