South Africa proposes ban on polluting plastic microbeads
The ‘invisible ocean killers’ accumulate in food chains and threaten public health, says the environment department...
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Sheree Bega
09:20
South Africa’s export economy at risk as global carbon rules tighten
About 422 000 local jobs are tied to exports to economies with active or incoming carbon border adjustment mechanisms...
Sheree Bega
23:20
How the state plans to shield SA’s coast from climate change
More than 12.9 million people live within 20km of the coast, and 60% of the economy depends on coastal infrastructure
Sheree Bega
17:35
Draft oil and gas regulations spark climate justice concerns
Civil society organisations say the regulations on South Africa’s petroleum sector are failing ‘the environmental test...
Sheree Bega
11:25
Government withdraws ‘flawed’ waste-tyre management plan for full review
Recycling initiative says the move is good news for the environment and job creation...
Sheree Bega
02:21
Tiger Brands offers first settlement in deadly listeriosis outbreak case
Victims could see justice as the company begins settlement for the outbreak that was linked to contaminated food...
Sheree Bega
15:28
Covid and crackdowns slash ivory and pangolin scale trade
Trafficking of endangered wildlife is down sharply since 2020, the Wildlife Justice Commission finds...
Sheree Bega
15:27
Conservation maps show world’s largest mammal migration — and the urgent threat it faces
Newly released maps trace the epic journey of millions of antelope across East Africa and the pressures that endanger it...
Sheree Bega
09:23
Tests confirm presence of high pathogenicity avian flu on South Africa’s Marion Island
Six bird species have been infected on the remote sub-Antarctic island...
Sheree Bega
03:19
Climate fight continues despite US withdrawal from just energy transition partnership
The United States’s withdrawal from the just energy transition will not halt South Africa’s decarbonisation efforts, say climate experts...
