FIVE-MONTH OUTLOOK Weather Watch — forecast of a dry winter for SA’s southwest remains firmly in place 2 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
GOLDEN THREADS A tale of two dams — Grasslands restoration is as important as engineering solutions to ensure SA’s future water security 9 min 0 By Leonie Joubert
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION High court showdown begins this week over Western Cape offshore oil and gas exploration 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel
SHIP-TO-SHIP FUEL TRANSFER Government seeks to clamp down on offshore ship refuelling operations 7 min 0 By Kristin Engel
OPEN GATES ‘Every year now feels like a one-in-100-year flood’ — Life below the Vaal Dam in a changing climate 10 min 2 By Julia Evans
TENDER DISPUTE DRAMAS A dead rabbit, a bullet and a bot at the centre of KZN’s R7bn water tender 6 min 1 By Greg Ardé
ANIMAL SUFFERING NSPCA uncovers cannibalism and mass starvation at government-funded Daybreak poultry farms 6 min 14 By Don Pinnock
TOKAI FIRE ‘It just moved so fast’ — fire-scarred Cape communities band together amid devastating flames 7 min 0 By Kristin Engel
JUST ENERGY TRANSITION Eskom finalising plans for old coal-fired power stations to potentially run on gas, nuclear 5 min 7 By Ethan van Diemen
TOKAI FIRE Cape Town’s Tokai fire: SPCA races to rescue wildlife amid heartbreaking silence of devastation 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel and Suné Payne
FLORAL CELEBRATION From exotic to indigenous – a groundbreaking guide to South Africa's rich plant diversity 6 min 3 By Tony Carnie
SAFETY CONCERNS Community unites as Blue Bridge remains closed: local businesses and safety at stake 8 min 0 By Julia Evans
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONTACT From beaches to baboons, Shark Spotters brings holistic approach to human-wildlife conflict management 8 min 2 By Kristin Engel
LEGAL SENTENCING Bail-jumping Kruger National Park rhino poacher put behind bars for 20 years 2 min 3 By Tony Carnie
‘NOVEL’ ARGUMENT Holy crap! Council invokes ‘sovereign immunity’ in bid to dodge criminal sewage pollution charges 5 min 17 By Tony Carnie
FATHER OF NATURAL SCIENCE The debt science owes to a brilliant Greek with insatiable curiosity 5 min 2 By Don Pinnock
ENERGY MIX Department seeks to ‘reset the role and place of nuclear’, boosts SA regulation budget 4 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
LIFELINE OP-ED Landmark agreement a turning point in battle to save African penguin from extinction 3 min 1 By Cloverley Lawrence
CLIMATE JUSTICE Pope Francis was a pioneering voice for climate justice as a moral imperative in the Catholic Church 6 min 0 By Julia Evans
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING Documentary explores elephant issues in Botswana from a pro-hunting perspective 5 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
