AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY National Solar Water Heater Programme is ‘a total failure’ after squandering R325m, DMRE admits 7 min 15 By Ethan van Diemen
ENDANGERED SPECIES African penguin litigation – draft settlement reached days before landmark case is heard in high court 5 min 2 By Kristin Engel
CLIMATE FINANCE After US pulls funding, experts agree SA’s Just Transition faces shortfalls – not collapse 4 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
SHOCK INSPECTION Prison farm animals starve as Correctional Service budget cuts bite, says NSPCA 4 min 3 By Don Pinnock
MARINE HEALTH Urgent call for action: Cape Town’s marine outfalls persistently fail to meet regulatory standards 8 min 3 By Kristin Engel
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY More than 10% of Eskom employees failed to declare conflicts of interest – SIU tells Parliament 4 min 6 By Ethan van Diemen
SANAE IV Fact Check: No, SA’s Antarctic research station isn’t a ‘giant tree stump from before the Flood’ 4 min 1 By Tiara Walters
FINANCIAL OVERHAUL Joburg Water’s turnaround strategy: Can it secure the R3bn needed to address the crisis? 5 min 3 By Julia Evans
CLIMATE OF DOUBT Tobacco Playbook Redux? Greenwashing report calls for a fossil fuel ad ban in SA 8 min 1 By Kristin Engel
WEATHER WATCH Has the La Niña weather pattern faded and if not, how long will it last? 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
IN PICTURES Sony World Photography Awards 2025 Finalists Environment and Landscape 4 min 0 By Sony World Photography Awards
BOOK REVIEW Let Elephants Roam — a conservationist’s last will and testament to icons of the African savanna 7 min 3 By Don Pinnock
BARE AS YOU DARE ‘You can’t make a difference if you’re not brave enough’ — Cape Town cyclists strip for climate awareness 4 min 3 By Julia Evans
UNDER THREAT Coal hunters encircle Africa’s first wilderness and rhino sanctuary 9 min 10 By Tony Carnie
FEED THE NEED Fare share — Wild Coast fruit guide tackles rural food insecurity and biodiversity 4 min 1 By Derek Alberts
WIND SWEPT Flash floods, damaging winds, mass electricity outages as cyclone batters Queensland 2 min 0 By Reuters
POWER CRISIS Eskom announces weekend rolling blackouts to replenish emergency diesel reserves as units go offline 4 min 7 By Ethan van Diemen
JUST TRANSITION Renowned climate scientist Professor David King calls on SA to urgently prioritise renewable energy 6 min 2 By Julia Evans
JUST ENERGY TRANSITION Living near coal-fired power plants increases risk of death, children particularly vulnerable – study 6 min 0 By Julia Evans
COOPERATION CRISIS REFLECTION A decade after Paris pact, former US envoy and 2015 climate accord architect has sobering advice for SA 5 min 0 By Tiara Walters
SAVING PRIVATE RHINO Dehorning bears fruit as rhino poaching deaths drop in 2024 5 min 2 By Tony Carnie
