Gordon Laing Misappropriated ‘ecosystems’ and the dangerous drift of a word we can’t afford to lose 3 min 0 6 February 2026
Life in the Aftermath Limpopo’s villages are a site of wreckage and resilience as floodwaters subside 9 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila , Tamsin Metelerkamp
LEGAL TANGLE ‘Philanthropic’ hunter’s plan to sell rhino horns heads to Supreme Court 6 min 3 By Tony Carnie
POLLUTION FALLOUT National school water polo fest axed as sewage, water failures grip Knysna 7 min 1 By Elaine King and Annemieke Thomaidis
OBITUARY Nan Rice: A South African household name in the fight to protect the ocean’s mammals 11 min 0 By John Yeld
MIXED OUTLOOK Weather Watch — Drought and deluge on the cards for SA for next five months 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
LAND CLAIMS SCAM No funds, no answers — government’s ‘dark’ appeal against R306m damages award to conservationist Fred Daniel 9 min 4 By Kevin Bloom
NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET Arne Næss and the playful seriousness of deep ecology 5 min 0 By Don Pinnock
RAVAGES OF DROUGHT OP-ED Where has all the water gone? Reflections on a visit to the Groot Karoo drylands 8 min 1 By Steven Robins
WETLAND WARNING The Blesbokspruit wetland: a national ecological treasure under siege 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
TOXIC TAILINGS Exposed: The sordid tale of a dubious mine tailings operation that threatens critical wetlands in Gauteng 8 min 0 By Ed Stoddard and Felix Dlangamandla
MINISTER ACTS Fast-track solar plan crumbles as risks to endangered vultures come to light 10 min 6 By Tony Carnie
TAPPING RESILIENCE Kei Mouth rallies: The town that rose up when the water went down 6 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
PONDOLAND PLANT DISASTER N2 contractor destroys endangered Wild Coast plants, igniting Amadiba community dispute 5 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
Leonie Joubert Our own flavour of climate avoidance — why science journalism can’t save us [Part 2] 5 min 2 31 January 2026
Leonie Joubert Microplastics critique is a damp squib, not a bombshell exposé of faulty science 4 min 1 28 January 2026
MEGAFAUNAL AFTERMATH Part 3: Ecological Aftershock: The longue duree and the animals in our history 8 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear: After deluge cometh drought - El Niño will likely return in 2026 and SA needs to prepare 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ORIGINS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE Part 2: Human-wildlife conflict, the ‘overkill’ hypothesis and megafaunal extinctions 8 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
