ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT No dredging at Lake St Lucia mouth — DFFE clarifies deputy minister’s comments 4 min 0 By Tony Carnie
RADIATION ROW Transparency trial — Four radioactive incidents, one question: What do Koeberg’s maintenance failures reveal? 7 min 2 By Tiara Walters
COLD REALITY OP-ED Trade in polar bears: Film reveals shocking exploitation hidden behind ‘sustainable use’ 6 min 0 By Stephanie Klarmann
CHEMICAL COURT BATTLE UPL directors in court on criminal charges – and a R99m property damage claim 6 min 0 By Tony Carnie
GRIM PICTURE The South African cheetah census that broke the population illusion 7 min 1 By Don Pinnock
By Imraan Valodia Fuel’s errand: Global South universities’ role in the Just Transition can’t be about divestment 8 min 0 16 July 2026
WILDLIFE WONDER Mist and magic — rare marine pod of Risso’s dolphins spotted in False Bay 5 min 0 By Tiara Walters
GROUNDUP Two giant data centres secure initial green light from Cape Town municipal tribunal 4 min 8 By Steve Kretzmann
OBITUARY Gus Mills — practical conservation has lost a wild soul and rigorous scientist 5 min 1 By Don Pinnock
By Emily Kudze Plant poaching: The implications go beyond biodiversity to poverty, dignity and rights 4 min 0 13 July 2026
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS Gauteng’s rivers of filth — how broken pipes and sluggish justice poison waterways 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
R17-BILLION SWEETENER Durban rolls out red carpet for UPL as prosecutors dither over chemical inferno charges 7 min 2 By Tony Carnie
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET The horse, the hippo and the sulky chimp: Darwin’s contribution to animal sentience 7 min 1 By Don Pinnock
THREAT TIMELINE ‘Godzilla’ El Niño: What it is, why it matters, and our complete coverage 4 min 0 By Daily Maverick
DYING IN SILENCE OP-ED The 951 dead elephants in the Kruger Park and a question everyone should be asking 5 min 5 By Adam Cruise
VIDEO Watch – Is Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden dying from the inside? 4 min 0 By Don Pinnock
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Let’s talk ‘lethal control’ — Ezemvelo wants to cull 1,220 elephants 7 min 1 By Don Pinnock
HORNS OF DILEMMA High court dismisses appeal against rhino horn exports, reigniting hot-button issue 6 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
FLIGHT UNSEEN My great gannet getaway — or, a morality tale about greedy expectation 7 min 3 By John Yeld
