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

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

Forget the old image of humans marching out from the savannah. A coastal origin story from the southern Cape places women, children, shellfish and the sea at the heart of human innovation and migration.

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

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

By Tony Carnie
New data centres set to swallow 34% of Cape Town’s current electricity supply
THE NUDGE OP-Ed

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

By Mark Hertsgaard
Broken fossil fuel markets? Santa Marta may be a game-changing moment
FOSSIL FUEL PHASE-OUT OP-ED

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

By Mark Hertsgaard
Wait, could this be a climate conference that actually works?
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
Antarctica case tightens: scientist still held as ‘treason’ charges shift from oil to krill
MURKY WATERS

Antarctica case tightens: scientist still held as ‘treason’ charges shift from oil to krill

By Tiara Walters
Toxic tide — dangerously polluted waterways in Joburg and throughout SA threaten public health
OUR CITY NEWS

Toxic tide — dangerously polluted waterways in Joburg and throughout SA threaten public health

By Yvonne Grimbeek
Profit from preservation — the new logic of sustainable capitalism
Sponsored Content

Profit from preservation — the new logic of sustainable capitalism

By Northbound Processing
Wild Coast’s amaMpondo want greater part in preservation and management of ancestral lands
CUTURAL CONSERVATION

Wild Coast’s amaMpondo want greater part in preservation and management of ancestral lands

By Leonie Joubert
UNHAPPY FEET

Antarctica’s endangered emperor penguins under siege from thinning ice and cruise ships

By Don Pinnock
Antarctica’s endangered emperor penguins under siege from thinning ice and cruise ships
ROVING REPORTERS

New roadmap shows how to protect Africa’s savannas from flawed reforestation thinking

By Yves Vanderhaeghen and Fred Kockott
New roadmap shows how to protect Africa’s savannas from flawed reforestation thinking
LIVING HELL

The fourth horseman: Extreme heat, a silent killer stalking informal settlements

By Leonie Joubert
The fourth horseman: Extreme heat, a silent killer stalking informal settlements
SCIENTIFIC RIGOUR

Draining the truth — why Cape Town’s ‘groundwater crisis’ is highly exaggerated

By Roger Parsons
OPINIONISTA

Africa must set the terms of ‘green gold’ minerals boom and avoid historical extraction

By Ezile Madlala
BRACE FOR (LOW) IMPACT

Government pushes for ‘flexible’ environmental impact assessment system

By Tony Carnie
TOXIC BATTLES

How war weaponises environmental destruction and the case for legal accountability

By Don Pinnock
Thyspunt recommended for Eskom’s new nuclear power station, despite heritage obstacle
GROUNDUP

Thyspunt recommended for Eskom’s new nuclear power station, despite heritage obstacle

A draft environmental scoping report says the Eastern Cape coastal site is the most viable, but a heritage protection order could complicate the process.

By John Yeld
FROM THE ASHES

Burst of floral life is a beautiful bonus of devastating Overberg wildfires

By Liz Clarke
OPINIONISTA

‘Tower of Babel’ - how four conflicting ‘languages' keep SA’s wildlife conservation debate deadlocked

By Christina Hiller
PLATFORM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

Majodina's ultimatum to municipalities – deliver, or we will intervene

By Tony Carnie
OPINIONISTA

Lions, law and the limits of the ‘sustainable use’ concept

By Adam Cruise
Kruger insiders convicted of rhino poaching in landmark Skukuza case
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Kruger insiders convicted of rhino poaching in landmark Skukuza case

By Fred Kockott
Geopolitical legal iceberg — Former Australian PM Abbott linked to Antarctic land claim pitch
MORE THAN MEETS THE ICE

Geopolitical legal iceberg — Former Australian PM Abbott linked to Antarctic land claim pitch

By Tiara Walters
A suburban scourge – pseudoscience and groundwater detectors
BOREHOLE SITING OP-ED

A suburban scourge – pseudoscience and groundwater detectors

By Roger Parsons
The fence that isn’t — wildlife, disease and neglect on the SA-Eswatini border
BOUNDARY CLASH

The fence that isn’t — wildlife, disease and neglect on the SA-Eswatini border

By Vuyisile Hlatshwayo
The ocean is no longer pure: Scientists find human chemistry woven into the seas
MAN’S TOXIC SIGNATURE

The ocean is no longer pure: Scientists find human chemistry woven into the seas

By Don Pinnock

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