Our Burning Planet

POWER CRISIS

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme

Victoria O’Regan and Onke Ngcuka 
5 mins

JET SETTER EMISSIONS

Aviation throttles up after Covid lockdowns — but at what cost to the climate?

Tony Carnie

HORSE RACING (PART 3)

The grim end of the line for ‘reject’ Thoroughbreds

Don Pinnock

OCEAN DRAMA

Salvage operation under way after fishing vessel capsizes off Cape Point Nature Reserve

Ethan van Diemen

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OUR BURNING PLANET

Aquamation — a potentially greener alternative to traditional cremation and burial

Julia Evans
6 mins

TIPPING POINT OP-ED

Biodiversity is in crisis worldwide and time is running out

Ken Mwathe
4 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Electric vehicles in South Africa: how to avoid making them the privilege of the few

Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
5 mins

HORSE RACING (PART TWO)

From rock stars to obscurity – searching for lost Thoroughbreds

Don Pinnock
8 mins

ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Sea cucumber smuggling from East Africa to China threatening livelihoods and ecosystems

Willis Okumu for ISS Today
4 mins

GUEST ESSAY

Could bitcoin mining actually be good for the environment?

Steven Boykey Sidley
5 mins

VROOM WITH A VIEW

EU’s big brawl over e-fuels: What’s wrong with liquid sunshine anyway?

Alexander Parker
5 mins

HORSE RACING (PART 1)

Odds against the Sport of Kings, the last stand for Thoroughbred horses

Don Pinnock
12 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

Dear Jessie Duarte and Mike Hastie, I will not renew my ANC membership; the party is no longer fit to govern
South Africa

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme
South Africa

Nigeria’s Consul-General steps in as Operation Dudula truce falls apart in Orange Grove
South Africa

Zondo let the State Capture bankers off the hook
South Africa

With a minister and her DG at odds, nine public servants are falling through the cracks
South Africa

Does Numsa actually know the damage it is causing in the Eskom strike?
South Africa

SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery

OUTAGES EXPLAINED

Pushing the limits: Why load shedding puts even more pressure on an ageing electrical system

Julia Evans

CLIMATE CONTRADICTION

The city that blows hot and cold – Cape Town’s flood-drought dichotomy explained

Ethan van Diemen

OPINIONISTA

Dear Mr President, tell Energy Minister Mantashe to get with the programme – for the sake of our youth

Kholwani Simelane

CHASING KAMPALA MAN OP-ED

The long and tricky road to prosecuting wildlife-trafficking kingpin Moazu Kromah and his network

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

LIVESTOCK FLEETS

Alarm bells ring after 15,000 sheep drown as transport ship capsizes in Port of Sudan

Don Pinnock

ENERGY AMBITIONS

SA’s $8.5bn just transition partnership aims at results in time for this year’s COP27

Onke Ngcuka

LIVESTOCK THREAT

Farmers urged to be careful as foot and mouth disease continues spread in KZN and Limpopo

Tembile Sgqolana
3 mins

LIESBEEK DEVELOPMENT

Amazon Africa headquarters project resumes ‘remedial work’ at River Club site despite urgent interdict

Onke Ngcuka
3 mins

OPINIONISTA

Wanted: A real emergency energy plan – yesterday

Alex Lenferna and Cleopatra Shezia
5 mins

ELECTRICITY AGREEMENT

Mediclinic to explore the private power cure as independent energy market opens up

Sasha Planting
3 mins

Global news

Newsdeck

R&B singer R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex case
Newsdeck

Putin still wants most of Ukraine, war outlook grim -U.S. intelligence chief
Newsdeck

Ghislaine Maxwell reported jail staff threatened her safety, prompting suicide watch
Newsdeck

Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine’s strategic Snake Island

FOSSIL FUEL BLOW

Activists and researchers dismayed by IEA endorsement of tapping Africa’s natural gas

Ethan van Diemen

STUFF OF STREAMS

The legendary story of the Colonel Potter will get you hooked on the history of fly-fishing in SA

Shaun Smillie

DROUGHT

Karoo towns struggle while Eastern Cape dams dry up

Tembile Sgqolana

GROUNDUP

West Coast activists and mining firm reach agreement over expanded operations

John Yeld

GROUNDUP WASTEWATER HAZARD

‘A tsunami of human waste’ – Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report

Steve Kretzmann

PROVINCIAL DISASTER

‘Human factors’, not just the climate crisis, aggravated KZN floods — top hydrology researcher

Tony Carnie

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NET ZERO 2050

COP26 president to visit SA to accelerate $8.5bn Just Energy Transition Partnership

Peter Fabricius
3 mins

ENERGY SOLUTIONS OP-ED

A load of hot air – gas-fired power generation for South Africa is an expensive dead-end street

Meridian Economics
6 mins

CAPE CHACMA OP-ED

How Simon’s Town is trying to solve the baboon-human dilemma

Peter Willis
7 mins

#YOUTHRISING2022

‘Do you trust us?’ – Youth activists on having a seat at climate talks

Julia Evans
6 mins

CONSERVATION EFFORTS

Three rhino poaching suspects arrested as new board steps in at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

Tony Carnie
5 mins

POWER CRISIS

An effective roll-out of renewable energy could have prevented 2021 load shedding and saved billions – report

Ethan van Diemen
6 mins

MURKY WATERS

Durban’s sewage-fouled beaches closed indefinitely for swimming

Tony Carnie
4 mins

#YOUTHRISING2022

‘The education system failed to effectively tell me about the climate crisis’ – youth activist 

Julia Evans
6 mins

BUSINESS MAVERICK

South Africa

Does Numsa actually know the damage it is causing in the Eskom strike?
South Africa

Eskom strike appears to be over after unions call on workers to ‘normalise the situation’
South Africa

ConCourt rules Communications Minister Ntshavheni’s digital migration deadline was unlawful
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They’ll have no truck with this – drivers and firms don’t think much of state’s plan to defuse protests over hiring foreigners
South Africa

Tongaat Hulett’s uncertain future looms large

MAVERICK CITIZEN

South Africa

Contact tracing under way for first monkeypox case confirmed in SA
COVID-19

Second Pfizer booster shot available in SA for 50 and older

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme
South Africa

Salvage operation under way after fishing vessel capsizes off Cape Point Nature Reserve
South Africa

Pushing the limits: Why load shedding puts even more pressure on an ageing electrical system
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Aquamation — a potentially greener alternative to traditional cremation and burial
South Africa

From rock stars to obscurity – searching for lost Thoroughbreds

MAVERICK LIFE

Maverick Life

Looking after family members with dementia: Alzheimer’s disease
Maverick Life

How psychedelics act on the brain to relieve depression
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The legendary story of the Colonel Potter will get you hooked on the history of fly-fishing in SA
Maverick Life

Wild glamping way off the beaten track
Maverick Life

Will classical music make your baby smarter?

CONSERVATION AND TOURISM

The ancient wilderness that looks after animals and people

Angus Begg
6 mins

COLONY CONSERVATION

Dwindling African penguin colonies – what needs to happen to restore the balance

Tembile Sgqolana
5 mins

TROPHY HUNTING DEBATE

Hunting and wildlife trade will save our wildlands, not CITES trade bans – experts argue

Rio Button, Dominic Naidoo and Fred Kockott 
7 mins

MUKURUKURU MEDIA

Backyard agroecology gardens bring relief to starving Limpopo villages

Lucas Ledwaba
5 mins

Maverick Citizen

Durban South residents resist Engen plans for fuel storage depot

Lungi Langa
4 mins

DURBAN OP-ED

Huge volume of plastic flood debris trapped inshore by Agulhas Current

Lorien Pichegru and Peter Ryan
3 mins

#YOUTHRISING2022

Young environmental activists take a page from class of ’76 to spur movement 

Onke Ngcuka
4 mins

BOOK REVIEW

The Invention of Green Colonialism — the roots of Africa’s wildlife NGOs come under withering scrutiny

Ed Stoddard
8 mins

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SCORPIO

South Africa

Gupta lawyers bow out as IDC’s R287m fight against Oakbay rolls into year five
South Africa

The #GuptaLeaks, five years later

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

Probe may torpedo Rudland-Tongaat takeover after finding regulator was fed ‘incorrect or incomplete’ information
South Africa

Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station
South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him

SPORTS

World

Serena stunned by Tan in first-round, three-set Wimbledon epic
World

All England Club courts controversy as it reveals more than a hint of jingoism
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Returning Cheslin Kolbe targets a consistent Bok run
World

Pogacar is favourite at a Tour de France that lacks of African flavour
South Africa

South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis is ready for UFC 276 bout

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

‘Plat op die aarde’ in the heart of the Cape Whale Coast
TGIFood

What’s cooking today: Karoo lamb pie
TGIFood

A tale of two Jozi pâtisseries
TGIFood

Throwback Thursday: Minestrone
TGIFood

Battissian Reverie: A Fookian feast in Somerset East

MOTORING

South Africa

Electric Monday in Jaguar’s updated I-Pace
South Africa

Japanese upstart Suzuki topples its giant rival in SA sales

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

Dear Jessie Duarte and Mike Hastie, I will not renew my ANC membership; the party is no longer fit to govern
South Africa

A Zimbabwean’s appeal: If SA needs critical skills, why am I being chased away?
South Africa

SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery
South Africa

Duduzane, Hlaudi, Fraser and Ace head the all-star possible prosecution list
South Africa

SIU freezes R27-million mansion of former lottery chair Alfred Nevhutanda

AFRICA

Africa

Amin kicked Asians out of Uganda 50 years ago – I spoke to some who left, or remained, in my country of birth
Africa

Africa has munitions mountain to climb to meet ‘silence the guns’ target by 2030
Africa

Félix Tshisekedi opens Pandora’s Box with threat of conflict in eastern DRC
Africa

The long and tricky road to prosecuting wildlife-trafficking kingpin Moazu Kromah and his network
Africa

Sea cucumber smuggling from East Africa to China threatening livelihoods and ecosystems

Coronavirus

COVID-19

Government ditches Covid rules on masks, gatherings and travel
COVID-19

How much food can you buy with the R350 grant? We go shopping
COVID-19

Masks are out in SA — but you can still wear yours if you want to, or if the shop insists
COVID-19

Panic sets in among Eastern Cape families as uncertainty grows over R350 grant
DM168

NGO takes health minister to court over ‘incoherent, irrational and disingenuous’ interim Covid regulations

WEBINARS

Webinars

SA can no longer be held to ransom by ANC factional politics, says new book by country’s top thinkers
Webinars

Pay attention! But if you can’t, don’t despair – you’re not alone

LOOK & LISTEN

Maverick Life

The lyrical and visionary world of Virgil Abloh (1980 – 2021)
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 07 of 2022
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 06 of 2022
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Sex, drugs and rotten trolls: Celebrity gossipers send digital standards down the tubes
Maverick Life

This month on your screen: True-crime thrillers, science fiction adventures and photorealistic dinosaurs

In case you missed it

South Africa

Dear Jessie Duarte and Mike Hastie, I will not renew my ANC membership; the party is no longer fit to govern
Africa

Madagascar denies entry to SA aircraft – and it might have something to do with a stash of gold bars
South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa confirms multimillion-rand heist at his Limpopo farm after Arthur Fraser laid charges against him
South Africa

Dr Tim de Maayer, Rahima Moosa hospital whistle-blower, suspended
South Africa

Unpacking the Cyril Ramaphosa home robbery story, and why you should care

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

Why South Africa still has a chance
South Africa

Gender transformation on the Bench — What Justice Mandisa Maya’s interview tells us about women’s place in the judiciary
South Africa

Mandisa Maya set to become SA’s first female Deputy Chief Justice
South Africa

South Africa’s justice system is showing signs of rot

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

Dear Jessie Duarte and Mike Hastie, I will not renew my ANC membership; the party is no longer fit to govern
South Africa

A Zimbabwean’s appeal: If SA needs critical skills, why am I being chased away?
South Africa

SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery
South Africa

Duduzane, Hlaudi, Fraser and Ace head the all-star possible prosecution list
South Africa

SIU freezes R27-million mansion of former lottery chair Alfred Nevhutanda

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