Africa is bracing for catastrophic knock on effects, economically and socially, from the El Niño weather event, which has now been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), with a near-100%, to persist through February 2027 – the first time ... Read More

Eskom is risk­ing the ire of the World Bank, which lent it money to build the Medupi power plant on con­di­tion it would ret­ro­fit the mega coal-fired facil­ity with the tech­no­logy needed to reduce emis­sions. The com­pany has con­ceded the ... Read More

As the scrutiny of Sasol’s operations at its Benfield facilities in Secunda intensifies, SA’s largest petrochemical and chemical manufacturing company continues to maintain its innocence in the face of seven-year-old allegations by a whistle-blower that it unlawfully discharged hazardous chemical ... Read More

While electricity tariffs charged by Eskom and municipalities are continuously scrutinised, vendors of prepaid tokens – who form part of the supply chain – fly completely under the radar. Consumers are not told which parties are involved in the delivery ... Read More

The migrant labour system that built SA’s gold economy was a machine for moving value in one direction. It pulled men into the Witwatersrand goldfields from the Eastern Cape, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, took their working years underground and ... Read More

The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of SA (Eapasa) has finally released a partial record of disciplinary actions since its formation in 2012 – five years after Daily Maverick started asking questions on policing the ethical and professional conduct of environmental ... Read More

Twenty years after an ambitious effort to transform African agriculture was launched, the Green Revolution model has failed to deliver the productivity, income and food security gains it promised, a new assessment has found. A Mail & Guardian Online report ... Read More

The Ugandan Government plans to enforce waste sorting at source across the country as part of efforts to improve waste management, reduce poor disposal practices and promote recycling. A report in The Independent notes that Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja said ... Read More

Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and legal migration pathways for people forced across borders by natural disasters, Amnesty International said in a new study. The ... Read More

Scientists investigating last week’s deadly floods that tore through Nepal’s Rasuwa district say the disaster was most likely triggered by a sudden ice-rock avalanche high in the Himalayas, rather than a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). A Mail & Guardian ... Read More

The world will zoom well past its target for global temperature rise in the next few years, a UN report warned last week, exposing people and ecosystems to profound climate impacts that nations had pledged to avoid. A report in ... Read More

Solar panels are now China’s top source of power capacity, surpassing coal in a key milestone for the country’s green energy boom. Moneyweb notes that solar capacity reached 1 286GW at the end of July, accounting for 31.5% of ... Read More

* Rand Water has assured that a cybersecurity incident has not affected the quality and supply of water. ‘Our water treatment processes and quality control systems continue to operate normally, it said on Wednesday. Regular water quality monitoring and rigorous testing ... Read More

Umlibo tapestry up for auctionUmlibo, a 5x2m tapestry stitched by 41 women and two men in a remote village on the Eastern Cape coast, goes up for auction in Cape Town on 15 September. First unveiled in 2023, the Umlibo ... Read More

Mint releases Martial Eagle collectionThe South African Mint has released the full 2026 Martial Eagle collection, which includes coins struck in gold and silver. The 2026 Martial Eagle range is the second in the Odyssey of the Sky seven-coin series ... Read More

Let's fix our riversA team of South African river scientists has produced a series of nine illustrated handbooks, Let’s Fix Our Rivers!, aimed at helping ordinary people understand and rehabilitate degraded rivers. Aquatic scientist Dr Mandy Uys, director of ... Read More

North West High Court (Mahikeng) Malamani Mining and Exploration (Pty) Ltd v Batshweneng Communal Property Association & Others Judgment: 31 August 2026 Keywords: Historical rock dumps and tailings on communal land – Prospecting right kept alive under s 18(5) of ... Read More

KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) Nambiti Private Game Reserve (Pty) Ltd v Gangeni Safaris CC & Others Judgment: 4 September 2026 Keywords: Interdict – contract – disputed cancellation – interim versus final interdict – access to property – Plascon-Evans rule – harassment ... Read More