Companies are rushing to explore offshore oil and gas on South Africa's coast. Photo: Pixabay

Companies are Rushing to Explore Offshore Oil and Gas on South Africa’s Coast

By SAPeople 09-11-22 21:26

Environmental activists want all exploration stopped. By Liezl Human. Environmental activist organisation The Green Connection is appealing to the presidency and government to ban all offshore oil and gas exploration amidst a sudden rush of applications for exploration rights. Offshore oil and gas applications are currently “expanding and intensifying”, according to Adrian Pole, legal consultant […]

Ramaphosa: Commitments Made at Climate Change Conference Must be Honoured

Ramaphosa: Commitments Made at Climate Change Conference Must be Honoured

By SAPeople 09-11-22 10:29

President Cyril Ramaphosa has told world leaders at the United Nations climate talks that commitments made during climate change negotiations must be honoured. Delivering the country statement on Tuesday, the President said Africa needs to build adaptive capacity, foster resilience and address loss and damage, as agreed at Paris COP 21. The two-day Climate Implementation […]

Minister Creecy tests out one of the Bat Hawk Light Aircraft

Light Aircrafts Donated to Kruger Park to Help Anti-Poaching and Conservation

By SAPeople 04-11-22 09:12

Anglo American Platinum on Thursday donated four Bat Hawk surveillance aircraft to South African National Parks (SANParks) to aid in their surveillance, conservation and anti-poaching efforts. The sponsorship agreement of the aircraft is valued at over R3.8 million. The Kruger National Park (KNP), which spans over 2 million hectares of land and is divided in […]

Psychological Report Lays Bare Collective Trauma Suffered as a Result of Opencast Coal Mining

Psychological Report Lays Bare Collective Trauma Suffered as a Result of Opencast Coal Mining

By Love Africa 21-10-22 22:12

ALL RISE, a non-profit organisation and registered law clinic for climate and environmental justice, has commissioned an important independent report entitled ‘Everything for Dust: the Collective Trauma of Opencast Coal Mining on Residents in Somkhele, KZN’ which lays bare the collective trauma experienced as a result of opencast coal mining. This report will be released […]

A recent fish die-off in the sewage-polluted Milnerton Lagoon was probably the result of growth of algae which depleted the oxygen in the water, says the City of Cape Town.

Fish Die-Off in Polluted Milnertoon Lagoon

By SAPeople 17-10-22 11:46

City of Cape Town says the cause is probably growth of algae. By Liezl Human. The fish die-off in the polluted Milnerton Lagoon in Cape Town on 8 October was the result of algae growth, says the City of Cape Town. The City said the growth of algae had depleted oxygen in the water. The […]

Limpopo families raise R200,000 to drill their own boreholes

Limpopo Families Raise R200,000 to Drill Their Own Boreholes

By SAPeople Contributor 03-10-22 23:11

Fed-up with the failure of the authorities to provide them with water, about 300 families in Mbokota village in Limpopo pooled their money and raised nearly R200,000 to drill three boreholes. But there is still not enough water for everyone. A third of the roughly 900 households in the village in Makhado local municipality raised […]

A ground team clears invasive alien plants from Wemmershoek catchment area. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Here’s Why Cape Town is Clearing Invasive Plants

By SAPeople 27-09-22 23:51

The project is expected to save billions of litres of water a year. By Liezl Human and Ashraf Hendricks The City of Cape Town and the Nature Conservancy are clearing invasive plants such as pine and eucalyptus trees growing in water catchment areas. Invasive species in areas such as Wemmershoek, Steenbras, Berg River, and Theewaterskloof […]

SA Cabinet Offers Condolences to Families of Jagersfontein Disaster

SA Cabinet Offers Condolences to Families of Jagersfontein Disaster

By SAPeople 25-09-22 13:15

The South African Cabinet has expressed its sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives after the tailings of an abandoned local mine in Jagersfontein burst open and released a disastrous mudslide around dawn on Sunday, 11 September 2022. The disaster in the small Free State town, which killed at least three […]

Where Have all the Chameleons Gone?

Where Have All The Chameleons Gone?

By SAPeople Contributor 23-09-22 21:09

Until early 2022, there were 19 described species of chameleons in South Africa. That number has now changed, with three new species described, taking the total to 22. There are two typical chameleons (Chameleo) and 19 dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) species. There are very few biomes across South Africa where one cannot find at least a […]

Farm women marched in Worcester in the Western Cape against the use of harmful pesticides. Photos: Liezl Human

South Africa Set to Ban Certain Pesticides by 2024

By SAPeople 21-09-22 23:54

Several pesticides found to cause cancer, genetic mutations and affect reproductive health, will be phased out and banned by 2024, according to the national Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture will phase out some pesticides over the next two years and ban them completely by June 2024. Farm women marched in Worcester on Tuesday […]

African Conservation Awards Announces Winners at African Ranger Congress

African Conservation Awards Announces Winners at African Ranger Congress

By Love Africa 23-09-22 19:43

Africa’s conservation heroes were celebrated at the prestigious 2022 African Conservation Awards at the African Rangers Congress in Botswana on Saturday, 17th September. The awards are an annual celebration to honour the courageous men and women who are committed to protecting Africa’s natural spaces and in doing so raise awareness of the critical and diverse […]

Volunteers fill scores of rubbish bags during river clean-up

Volunteers Fill Heaps of Rubbish Bags During River Clean-Up

By SAPeople Contributor 20-09-22 13:48

About 60 volunteers from Fisantekraal and surrounding communities rolled up their sleeves on Saturday to remove waste from the river which flows into the Mosselbank River. The clean up, organised by the Mosselbank River Conservation Team, marked World Clean-Up Day in Greenville. The Mosselbank team tackle environmental issues in the Greenville and Fisantekraal communities, said […]

African Conservation Awards Finalists Announced

By Love Africa 01-09-22 16:48

These wildlife heroes will be celebrated at an award ceremony at the African Ranger Congress. This year, the announcement of the winners of the prestigious African Conservation Awards will coincide with the African Ranger Congress, hosted by the Game Rangers Association of Africa in Kasane, Botswana on the 17th September. Each organisation and individual that […]

NEWLY RENAMED African Conservation Awards open for Nominations

By Love Africa 11-08-22 09:49

In honour of World Ranger Day, which took place on the 31st July, nominations have opened for the 2022 African Conservation Awards.  This is an annual celebration to recognise the brave men and women across Africa who play a vital role in protecting our endangered species and in doing so raise awareness of their amazing […]

Gugulethu’s sweetest business

Gugulethu’s Sweetest Business

By SAPeople Contributor 02-08-22 09:10

Near a roaring train line and informal market in Gugulethu in the Western Cape, South Africa, the unexpected sound of bees buzzing can be heard from a nearby high school. But these are not wild bees. They belong to Vuyo Myoli, who has set himself up with a small urban beekeeping business. “I’m a farmer […]

Fracking: A Dragon South Africa Will Not be Able to Tame

Fracking: A Dragon South Africa Will Not be Able to Tame

By SAPeople Contributor 20-07-22 13:29

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment has released proposed regulations for onshore oil and gas exploration and production, including the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)… which has raised concern for South Africans who have fought against fracking. “The scale and magnitude of drilling and fracking operations have proven to be beyond the grasp of […]

SA’s Climate Champ Lewis Pugh Granted Honorary Degree from Stirling University

SA’s Climate Champ Lewis Pugh Granted Honorary Degree from Stirling University

By SAPeople 30-06-22 12:25

The University of Stirling yesterday bestowed a well-deserved honorary doctorate on South African (and British) endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh. Lewis said on social media: « This year marks my 35th year of endurance swimming and ocean advocacy. So I’m especially delighted to be receiving (this) honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling ????????‍? » He gave a […]

West-Coast-mining

West Coast Breakthrough! Environment Activists and Mining Company Reach Agreement

By SAPeople 21-06-22 15:45

Mineral Sands Resources has prevented legal action, at least for now, over its West Coast operations. By John Yeld. Australian company Mineral Sands Resources (MSR) has agreed to take measures to improve the environmental impact of its West Coast operation. MSR must also motivate for the environment minister to commission an environmental assessment of the […]

Volunteers came together in Bellville to replant critically endangered Renosterveld plants which they rescued from the side of a busy road which is to be expanded soon. Photo: Liezl Human

Volunteers Rescue 300 Endangered Plants in Cape Town

By SAPeople 08-06-22 09:24

“We should look like Namaqualand in the spring but because everything has been destroyed, it isn’t like that anymore.”… By Liezl Human Volunteers and conservation activists got down in the dirt to rescue about 300 critically endangered Renosterveld plants from the side of Jip De Jager road in Bellville, Cape Town. According to the City […]

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