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Climate activism is dead, long live climate activism
REALITY CHECK

Climate activism is dead, long live climate activism

In his latest column, Steven Boykey Sidley gives a strident take-down of climate activism. But he’s parroting a British libertarian with questionable credentials and a blind spot for evidence.

By Leonie Joubert
ANALYSIS

Provincial backing to phase out captive lion industry tests hand of new environment minister

By Don Pinnock
Provincial backing to phase out captive lion industry tests hand of new environment minister
Notes from a Small Planet

Leonie Joubert – An ‘accidental writer ’ taking the long way around

By Don Pinnock
Leonie Joubert – An ‘accidental writer ’ taking the long way around
OPINIONISTA

Walking back the carbon tax is a step backwards for South Africa’s climate gains

By Shelton Mollentze
Walking back the carbon tax is a step backwards for South Africa’s climate gains
WEATHER WOES

Anatomy of a disaster: How SA’s warning systems stalled during the floods

By Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp
Anatomy of a disaster: How SA’s warning systems stalled during the floods
Floating fish — two beaches closed, mass deaths on KZN North Coast
WASHED UP

Floating fish — two beaches closed, mass deaths on KZN North Coast

By Tony Carnie
Crossed Wires: The death of climate activism
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Crossed Wires: The death of climate activism

By Steven Boykey Sidley
Harnessing Africa’s rare earth potential: Standard Bank’s blueprint for industrial transformation
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Harnessing Africa’s rare earth potential: Standard Bank’s blueprint for industrial transformation

By Standard Bank
Cape Peninsula's neo-apartheid: What the baboon crisis reveals about power, exclusion and ethical failure
OPINIONISTA

Cape Peninsula's neo-apartheid: What the baboon crisis reveals about power, exclusion and ethical failure

By Adam Cruise
Humans and baboons: Why my hopes that they could peacefully coexist were dashed
OPINIONISTA

Humans and baboons: Why my hopes that they could peacefully coexist were dashed

By Joselyn Mormile
Cape Peninsula baboons: A Public Protector complaint and accountability in a World Heritage Site
OPINIONISTA

Cape Peninsula baboons: A Public Protector complaint and accountability in a World Heritage Site

By Carol Knox
Challenging misconceptions — the positive impact of elephants on savanna dynamics
BIODIVERSITY

Challenging misconceptions — the positive impact of elephants on savanna dynamics

By Don Pinnock
Sponsored Content

When international law becomes optional: What critical minerals geopolitics means for mining

By ENS
When international law becomes optional: What critical minerals geopolitics means for mining
POWER GUZZLERS (PART FOUR)

Why the clouds of secrecy over the impacts of SA data centre growth?

By Tony Carnie
Why the clouds of secrecy over the impacts of SA data centre growth?
POWER GUZZLERS

How the AI era is reshaping South Africa’s data centres

By Lindsey Schutters
How the AI era is reshaping South Africa’s data centres
Sponsored Content

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

By Anthem
POWER GUZZLERS (PART FIVE)

The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories

By Lindsey Schutters
POWER GUZZLERS (PART THREE)

The hidden impacts of AI data centres on water, climate and future power costs

By Tony Carnie
POWER GUZZLERS (PART ONE)

Growth spurt of data centres could threaten SA’s electricity and water supply

By Tony Carnie
Major SA data centre expansion plans emerge, set to more than double current power demand
POWER GUZZLERS (PART TWO)

Major SA data centre expansion plans emerge, set to more than double current power demand

South Africa is on the cusp of a hyperscale data-centre boom that could add another 1,000 MW to national electricity demand, driven by massive expansion plans from Teraco and newcomer Cavaleros, alongside Microsoft’s growing cloud and AI footprint.

By Tony Carnie
HUNTING

New wildlife quotas reopen fault lines over hunting, science and governance

By Don Pinnock
OPINIONISTA

Poisoned waters — Illegal mining threatens the Greater Kruger ecosystem

By De Wet du Toit
ROVING REPORTERS

High-flying former Kruger Park ranger claims he was framed for rhino poaching

By Fred Kockott for Roving Reporters
OPINIONISTA

New minister, old thinking: Willie Aucamp’s first conservation signal points in the wrong direction

By Adam Cruise
Fired minister takes to the global stage — Dion George’s conservation fightback
WILDLIFE PROTECTION

Fired minister takes to the global stage — Dion George’s conservation fightback

By Don Pinnock
Plea to support Africa’s game rangers as conflict spreads to more parks
GUARDIANS UNDER FIRE

Plea to support Africa’s game rangers as conflict spreads to more parks

By Tony Carnie
Hero community health worker in Mbaula, Limpopo, delivers baby during flood disaster
CHILD OF THE STORM

Hero community health worker in Mbaula, Limpopo, delivers baby during flood disaster

By Lerato Mutsila
After the floods, Greater Kruger Park is opening up again. Should you go now?
ON SAFARI

After the floods, Greater Kruger Park is opening up again. Should you go now?

By Tiara Walters
‘Philanthropic’ hunter’s plan to sell rhino horns heads to Supreme Court
LEGAL TANGLE

‘Philanthropic’ hunter’s plan to sell rhino horns heads to Supreme Court

By Tony Carnie

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