Our Burning Planet

BACK FROM THE BRINK

Once-threatened cranes make a comeback in South Africa, thanks to conservationists’ efforts

Angus Begg
4 mins

DIRTY ENERGY

Climate activists go to court to block mushrooming gas-power expansion plans in Richards Bay

Tony Carnie

THE CONVERSATION

South Africa’s efforts to tackle its energy crisis lack urgency and coherence

Hartmut Winkler

360INFO

The sixth mass extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us

Corey Bradshaw

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OPINIONISTA

Whose elephants are they, anyway? Lessons from an Angolan manatee hunter

Tamar Ron
9 mins

DIRTY WATERWAYS

Cut the crap or face the music — Senzo Mchunu cracks the whip on those polluting SA’s rivers with sewage

Tony Carnie
4 mins

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

New agency to fund, fix and expand South Africa’s vital water infrastructure

Tony Carnie
5 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Tackling inequality will break the gridlock on what to do about climate change

Murray Leibbrandt and Anda David
5 mins

TALL IN THE SADDLE

SA environmentalist to cycle across Africa to protest against fossil fuel extraction

Tembile Sgqolana
4 mins

GROWING THREAT

Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level yet in 2021 — International Energy Agency

Ethan van Diemen
2 mins

WILDLIFE RESCUE

‘Batwomen’ heroines swoop in to save misunderstood creatures of the night

Ufrieda Ho
5 mins

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OP-ED

Less talk, more action — the SA government must do more to ensure women are not excluded from the green transition

Jennifer Smout
4 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

It’s orange-overall time in Free State as NPA hunts down and prosecutes State Capture corruption
South Africa

Malema and Mpofu’s insulting JSC overreach opened the doors for Zondo’s appointment as Chief Justice
South Africa

Dali Mpofu out of the JSC after Advocates for Transformation begins search for his replacement
South Africa

All we really know is they don’t really care about us — SA government ministers’ persistent silence
South Africa

ANC’s inner strife cause of SA’s instability since 2009 – even greater violence coming our way, study finds 
Ukraine Crisis

Somewhere, something is gonna blow: Your questions on Putin’s War answered, sorta
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South Africa the world’s most unequal country – World Bank report

GROUNDUP

Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market

Liezl Human for GroundUp

WATER POLLUTION

Sewage spills blamed for fish die-off at Milnerton Lagoon

Tembile Sgqolana

MOTORSPORT

Formula E race to hit the streets of Cape Town in 2023

Sarah Hoek

ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE

Respecting the rights of nature is the only way out of climate chaos and biodiversity collapse

Method Gundidza

THE JUST TRANSITION OP-ED

So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

Mark Swilling

SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION OP-ED

How universities can play a central role in fostering a transformative approach to climate change

Imraan Valodia, Julia Taylor and Shirona Patel

THE CONVERSATION

Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

Graeme Shannon
4 mins

CONFLICT OF INTEREST?

Mantashe says ANC had ‘foresight’ to invest in Shell-affiliated Batho-Batho Trust to get R15-million payout

Julia Evans
4 mins

UNEA-5.2 Assembly

Plastic waste draft treaty is here and South Africa should embrace it 

Onke Ngcuka
4 mins

WORLD WILDLIFE DAY

South Africa’s war on wild animals

Don Pinnock
5 mins

Global news

Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine update: Russia says half its foreign reserves are frozen, while President Zelensky warns Ukrainians against collaborating
Newsdeck

Kremlin calls anti-war protest on state TV ‘hooliganism’
Newsdeck

Ukraine Update: Russia Asking China for Military Aid, U.S. Says
Newsdeck

War could be over by May, says Ukrainian presidential adviser

WEST COAST

Situation Red Alert issued to recover live rock lobster after mass red tide walkout

Ethan van Diemen

DIRTY MONEY

South African banks financed $8.4bn in African fossil fuel projects since 2016

Ethan van Diemen

DRAFT TREATY

Ban on single-use plastic is not yet on the table in SA, says Creecy

Onke Ngcuka

UNEA-5

First UN draft plastic pollution treaty set to help carve a more sustainable future

Onke Ngcuka

UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY 5.2

UN official blames greed and politics for damage to environment, encourages youth to use their anger to make a difference

Onke Ngcuka

VIRTUAL MUSEUM

Welcome to the fantastic, plastic-free world of 2121

Onke Ngcuka

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NASTY WEATHER

Link between climate change and crime shows rising heat is a killer

Shaun Smillie
5 mins

HUMANITY ON THE BRINK

UN chief calls new climate change report an ‘atlas of human suffering’ — but it’s not all bad news

Ethan van Diemen
5 mins

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Searcher to leave South Africa immediately after court prohibits seismic survey

Onke Ngcuka
2 mins

OPINIONISTA

Killing Brutus will not solve the baboon management challenges in Betty’s Bay

Pete Oxford
8 mins

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Victory for small-scale fishers after high court interdicts Searcher Geodata’s West Coast seismic survey

Onke Ngcuka
3 mins

UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY 5.2

Governments edge closer to agreement on world’s first plastic pollution treaty

Tony Carnie
6 mins

OPINIONISTA

The Russia-Ukraine conflict could seriously affect Africa’s environmental priorities

Roland Ngam
5 mins

NAIROBI CLEAN-UP

Young people commit to rebuilding Kenya’s polluted waterways, one river at a time

Onke Ngcuka
3 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

The 2024 elections suddenly got much more complicated for South Africa’s Big Three
2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

Cape Town’s youngest mayor yet, but an old DA hand – ‘excited’ Geordin Hill-Lewis is ready for the hot seat
2021 Local Elections

It’s by-election Super Wednesday in South Africa
2021 Local Elections

The biggest winners and losers of South Africa’s local government polls
2021 Local Elections

Update and Apology: No friend of the homeless – The FF Plus candidate accused of online bullying and harassment
2021 Local Elections

South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion

BUSINESS MAVERICK

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South Africa the world’s most unequal country – World Bank report
South Africa

Grounded: SA Civil Aviation Authority suspends Comair operations indefinitely
South Africa

What happens to SA’s debt and that of emerging markets if Russia defaults?
DM168

The Finance Ghost: Numbers from TFG, Virgin Active and Shoprite add up
South Africa

Road Accident Fund’s medical experts launch campaign to recoup millions owed to them

MAVERICK CITIZEN

COVID-19

CCMA upholds another dismissal over refusal to vaccinate
COVID-19

Dose of discrimination: Why the government failed to reach its vaccination targets
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
COVID-19

‘Measures to prevent infection failed’ – study finds 85% of Gauteng residents were likely infected in first three Covid-19 waves
COVID-19

How South Africa differs from the rest of Africa in recording and using coronavirus data

OUR BURNING PLANET

World

The sixth mass extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us
Ukraine Crisis

Mineral Resources leverages Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to insist SA must find its own oil
Maverick Life

The ghost elephants haunting Angola
South Africa

Food systems in South Africa require a regional strategy in the face of climate change
Africa

Once-threatened cranes make a comeback in South Africa, thanks to conservationists’ efforts

MAVERICK LIFE

South Africa

Grounded: SA Civil Aviation Authority suspends Comair operations indefinitely
South Africa

Endurance’s watery grave: SA Agulhas II plays major role as Shackleton’s legendary ship is found after 108 years
Sport

Tackling 34km of icy cold water by swim
Maverick Life

Magic mushrooms: A Wild Coast journey
Maverick Life

Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall’s Spoilt Ballots: 200 years of electoral dysfunction in South Africa

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

The 2024 elections suddenly got much more complicated for South Africa’s Big Three
2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

Cape Town’s youngest mayor yet, but an old DA hand – ‘excited’ Geordin Hill-Lewis is ready for the hot seat
2021 Local Elections

It’s by-election Super Wednesday in South Africa
2021 Local Elections

The biggest winners and losers of South Africa’s local government polls
2021 Local Elections

Update and Apology: No friend of the homeless – The FF Plus candidate accused of online bullying and harassment
2021 Local Elections

South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion

OPINIONISTA

How green investing has become good for greed rather than the environment

Natale Labia
4 mins

UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY 5.2

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sets environmental disaster alarm bells ringing

Onke Ngcuka
3 mins

JUSTICE OP-ED

Our courts must tackle the practice of ‘Slapping’ human rights defenders into silence

Sfiso Nxumalo and Southern Defenders
9 mins

WORKING GROUP II EXPLAINER

As the climate crisis wreaks havoc globally, the latest IPCC report flags ways to adapt

Megan Rowling for Thomson Reuters Foundation
5 mins

POLLUTED WATERS

Putting a cork into South Africa’s overflowing sewage crisis

Tony Carnie
11 mins

POACHING

Let abalone go extinct – this might be the radical solution South Africa needs, new report suggests

Don Pinnock
7 mins

OP-ED

The Earth can be saved for humanity: How a little-discussed revision of climate science could help avert calamity

Mark Hertsgaard, Saleemul Huq and Michael E Mann
5 mins

OPINIONISTA

World Wildlife Day 2022 – The UN promotes the sustainable use of endangered species

Deborah Vorhies and Francis Vorhies
4 mins

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SCORPIO

South Africa

Exposed: Zweli Mkhize’s R6m ‘cut’ from PIC’s R1.4bn deal using Unemployment Insurance Fund money
SCORPIO

VBS Theft, Money Laundering & Life’s Little Luxuries: Julius Malema’s time of spending dangerously
South Africa

R1.8bn Unemployment Insurance Fund monies lost in PIC’s Zweli Mkhize-linked Bounty Brands bet
South Africa

Gupta loot: Eskom backtracks from 2020 deal backing Optimum Coal rescue plan
DM168

The other Vrede scandal: Zuma Inc’s cash flows from Free State RDP housing project 

AMABHUNGANE

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
Business Maverick

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy – the coal gambit: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part Two)
South Africa

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part One)

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

Declassified UK

Revealed: UK ignored Chechnya war crimes to push BP’s oil interests as it worked to get Vladimir Putin elected in 2000
Declassified UK

REVEALED: The UK military’s overseas base network involves 145 sites in 42 countries
Declassified UK

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper
Africa

Cameroon: The corrupt and brutal Central African state is run by five men — with support from the United Kingdom
Declassified UK

UK information operations in the time of coronavirus

SPORTS

Sport

Tackling 34km of icy cold water by swim
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South Africa’s top players face tough choice between Proteas and IPL
South Africa

Five-star Kapp propels Proteas women to victory over world champions England
World

The unforgettable act of kindness Shane Warne displayed to me as a cub reporter
South Africa

SA Rugby: Return of crowds vital to save the sport from bankruptcy in 2022

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

Throwback Thursday: Macaroni Cheese
TGIFood

Find me, wag my dog, eat my food
TGIFood

Missing Marmite: The Soda Ash Edition
TGIFood

The hybrid Pantry that purrs
TGIFood

What’s cooking today: Twice-cooked picanha steaks

MOTORING

South Africa

Mercedes-Benz SA launches its premium C-Class sedan — a new baby S-Class
Business Maverick

Fancy that – turns out the new Toyota Prado is indeed better off-road than a Renault Sandero
Business Maverick

Land Rover: Defender of the faith
South Africa

Spaceship MPV — the new Hyundai Staria
Business Maverick

Automotive inequality: Suzuki’s David, the new Swift, and AMG’s Goliath, the Mercedes-AMG GLS 63 4MATIC+

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

It’s orange-overall time in Free State as NPA hunts down and prosecutes State Capture corruption
DM168

ANC politicians’ kids showered with favours, gifts and contracts thanks to State Capture cash
South Africa

Malema and Mpofu’s insulting JSC overreach opened the doors for Zondo’s appointment as Chief Justice
DM168

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Froneman speaks out – ‘South Africa is a failed state with no leadership’
DM168

Don’t shoot the messenger of Covid-19 new variants, say SA scientists

AFRICA

Webinars

Lack of democratic reform in Eswatini likely to fuel greater unrest – activists
Africa

The 2023 Zimbabwe elections — Zanu-PF’s authoritarian tactics already in play
Africa

Zimbabwe’s new political party, Citizens Coalition for Change, sparks fear and violence from Zanu-PF
Ukraine Crisis

How Russia lost its way in the fog of war — lessons on strategy from Ukraine
Africa

Zanu-PF accused of gangsterism in orgy of violence as Zimbabwe by-elections loom

Coronavirus

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Don’t shoot the messenger of Covid-19 new variants, say SA scientists
COVID-19

SA left to languish as deadline for ending (or extending) National State of Disaster looms
COVID-19

Why South Africa’s state clinics probably won’t be using this Covid-19 pill
COVID-19

CCMA upholds another dismissal over refusal to vaccinate
COVID-19

State of disaster extension shows government doesn’t understand pandemic, says expert

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021

WEBINARS

Ukraine Crisis

Somewhere, something is gonna blow: Your questions on Putin’s War answered, sorta
Webinars

Lack of democratic reform in Eswatini likely to fuel greater unrest – activists
South Africa

Bain & Co whistle-blower Athol Williams: ‘South Africans need to act and say they want their country back’
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative

LOOK & LISTEN

DM168

Sex, drugs and rotten trolls: Celebrity gossipers send digital standards down the tubes
South Africa

Bain & Co whistle-blower Athol Williams: ‘South Africans need to act and say they want their country back’
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 07 of 2022
Ukraine Crisis

War and the world: More podcasts that unpack the Ukraine crisis
Maverick Life

Venerating eccentricity: Mike Mill’s newest film in black and white, C’mon C’mon

In case you missed it

Ukraine Crisis

Pretoria scrambles to repair relations with Russia after calling for invasion forces to leave Ukraine
South Africa

United States slaps down Ramaphosa’s criticism of Biden’s pre-war Russia diplomacy  
South Africa

Outbreaks of typhoid fever confirmed in Western Cape and North West
South Africa

It’s orange-overall time in Free State as NPA hunts down and prosecutes State Capture corruption
DM168

ANC politicians’ kids showered with favours, gifts and contracts thanks to State Capture cash

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

Zondo report illustrates SA’s eternal existential battle of Right vs Might
DM168

As Ramaphosa harbours vain hope of fixing a sputtering ANC, we must heed Zondo’s warning
South Africa

Judge Zondo hauls Lindiwe Sisulu over the coals for ‘unwarranted attack’ on African judiciary
South Africa

Showdown looms after Lindiwe Sisulu denies Presidency statement that she apologised and retracted her attack on judges
South Africa

JSC must adopt a code of conduct and interview criteria before continuing its work – civil society groups

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

It’s orange-overall time in Free State as NPA hunts down and prosecutes State Capture corruption
DM168

ANC politicians’ kids showered with favours, gifts and contracts thanks to State Capture cash
South Africa

Malema and Mpofu’s insulting JSC overreach opened the doors for Zondo’s appointment as Chief Justice
DM168

Sibanye-Stillwater’s Froneman speaks out – ‘South Africa is a failed state with no leadership’
DM168

Don’t shoot the messenger of Covid-19 new variants, say SA scientists

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