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Jane Goodall’s legacy of courage and hope
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025

Jane Goodall’s legacy of courage and hope

The primatologist closed the gap between humanity and the rest of the natural world, dedicating her life to understanding and protecting it.

By Tiara Walters
DIRTBAG OF THE YEAR

Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards

By Don Pinnock
Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards
ANALYSIS

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

By Don Pinnock
Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists
URBAN PLIGHT

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
BURNING PLANET PHOTO ESSAY

A Year in Pictures: Our angry planet

By DM Photo Team
A Year in Pictures: Our angry planet
As 42 lion carcasses turned to ash, SA’s commitment to end captive breeding hangs in balance
BURNING SHAME

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

By Don Pinnock
Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die
LONELY TITAN

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

By Don Pinnock
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
SMALL WARRIORS

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
ANALYSIS

Better data, same emergency — the forest elephant crisis continues

By Adam Cruise
Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns

By Simon Bloch
POLAR POLITICS

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
MARINE ALARM

Rabies case in Eastern Cape seal prompts caution from experts

By Kyran Blaauw
Rabies case in Eastern Cape seal prompts caution from experts
ANCIENT DNA

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

By Elsabé Brits
10,000-year-old genomes from southern Africa reshape our understanding of human evolution
Sponsored Content

Proven Impact: How Anthem is Delivering Clean Power and Driving Growth and Socio-Economic Impact

By Anthem
RESTORATION & REVIVAL

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

By Lerato Mutsila
OPINIONISTA

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

By David Gaynor
VIDEO

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

By Riaan Marais
Southern Africa’s wildlife trade agenda implodes, and with it the veneer of a ‘successful’ conservation model
COP20 OP-ED

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

CITES CoP20 in Samarkand exposed a stark truth: the conservation model southern Africa has spent decades promoting is no longer credible.

By Adam Cruise
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
WILD TRADE

Traditional healers need hunters to make safe, sustainable muti

By Ed Stoddard
SA’s NDC crossroads — is the climate plan ambitious enough, and where do we go from here?
POST-COP WORLD

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
OPINIONISTA

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?
SILENT KILLER

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
OPINIONISTA

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

By Victoria Wilman
Study of cheetahs and leopards shows lead poisoning threatens wildlife and humans
OUR BURNING PLANET

Study of cheetahs and leopards shows lead poisoning threatens wildlife and humans

By Elsabé Brits

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