Maverick Earth

Earth

Ocean scramble — inside the high-stakes battles for SA’s offshore hydrocarbons

South Africa’s coastline faces fierce competition as multinational energy firms pursue oil and gas reserves, challenging environmentalists and local communities in a high-stakes battle for maritime resources.

By Lerato Mutsila

MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

Tree cover increasing in Kruger Park despite elephant pressure in some areas

By Don Pinnock

POLAR POLITICS

Antarctica’s ‘Ice Curtain’ actually cracks as secretive Treaty meeting minutes released in record time

By Tiara Walters

EDUCATION OVERLOAD

Breaking point: Report shows nearly 60% of public school principals are ready to quit

By Takudzwa Pongweni

FOSSIL EVIDENCE

Hiroshima to Hazyview diplomacy cracks — Antarctic scientist’s detention exposes DA’s Russia problem

By Tiara Walters

OPINIONISTA

Immigrants make an enormous contribution to the food security in South Africa

By Marc Wegerif

GREEN GROWTH

Why biodiversity is becoming a core economic and investment issue

By Ntakadzeni Tshidada

BHEKISISA

Could where you live shape the healthcare you get in a climate crisis?

By Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema

EXTREME EXPOSURE

Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world

By Leonie Joubert

CLIMATE ADAPTATION

Africa’s coastlines have been changing for a century — critical interactive tool shows how

By Tiara Walters

WHAT NEXT

Here’s how to return Kirstenbosch to greatness

By Don Pinnock

BOTANICAL GARDENS

Kirstenbosch: Drowning in neglected poached plants

By Don Pinnock

‘FLEXIBLE’ SYSTEM

Attorneys warn of corruption risks and weaker checks in new environmental impact assessment plan

By Tony Carnie

ROVING REPORTERS

The science of sharing land: How cattle and wildlife thrive side-by-side in Zimbabwe

By Fred Kockott

Toxic Air

Weather service to lead ambitious R625m plan to monitor SA’s choking air quality

Air pollution claims roughly 42,000 South African lives every year — yet more than half of our government-owned monitoring stations are completely offline. Now the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has launched an ambitious new R625m proposal to overhaul this strategic grid, hand the reins over to the South African Weather Service and give a boost to environmental governance.

By Lerato Mutsila

BOTANICAL GARDENS