Environment

In photos: Controlled burn of Kenilworth race track

The track is home to pristine critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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Photo Essay | 17 March 2021

MEC opens up the way for mining in protected Mpumalanga grasslands

Provincial government revokes status of part of Mabola Protected Environment

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News | 10 March 2021

Blow for activists in River Club development

MEC has dismissed appeals against the issue of an environmental authorisation

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News | 1 March 2021

West Coast mining magnate due in court in March on assault charges

Australian courts drop one charge against Mark Caruso, two still pending

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News | 16 February 2021

Civic farming campaign opposes Philippi Horticultural Area development

Proposed massive urban development opposed by small farmers

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News | 12 February 2021

SLAPPing back: Court checks corporate bullying

Tuesday’s judgment in the mining company case provides key insights into how to recognise a SLAPP suit

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Opinion | 11 February 2021

Environmentalists lose bid to close Somkhele coal mine

Judge said applicants had not produced evidence to support their claims

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Law | 9 February 2021

To bee or not to bee: South African beekeepers face tough odds

Chinese imports, too few trees, not much government support: it’s hard to get a buzz out of your hive these days

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Feature | 22 January 2021

Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams

Sea is so dark with sediment “we can’t even dive with lights”

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News | 9 December 2020

High levels of E. coli in water from Milnerton waste plant, say activists

But City of Cape Town says the tests used by activists are not an accurate reflection

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News | 8 December 2020

Court challenge to West Coast beach mining

Environmentalists concerned over massive expansion into critical biodiversity areas

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News | 12 November 2020

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon

Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty

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News | 4 November 2020

Makhanda community take City to court over poor waste management

“Our homes smell like sewage and rubbish” says resident

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News | 30 October 2020

Slain mining activist to be buried on Friday

Community divided over challenge to expansion of mine adjacent to the popular Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

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News | 29 October 2020

Fikile Ntshangase opposed a mine extension. Last night she was murdered

Violence on border of iMfolozi-Hluhluwe Game Park linked to fears of mass retrenchments

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News | 23 October 2020

“Massive” oil spill in Umbilo River

Environmental group says pipeline was meant to have been shut down in 2008

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News | 21 October 2020