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SA launches first climate and health surveillance platform
Byadmin June 2, 2026

South Africa has launched its first national climate and health surveillance platform, a pioneering research and decision-support tool designed to strengthen the country’s ability to understand and respond to the growing health impacts of climate change. The platform, available through the Climate Health Surveillance South Africa website, was conceptualised and developed by Professor Caradee Wright,…

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Blue-footed baboon spider targeted by exotic pet trade despite low public profile
Byadmin June 1, 2026

When people think about South Africa’s illegal wildlife trade, they usually picture rhinos, elephants or pangolins. Few would imagine that a small spider, hidden for most of its life beneath a trapdoor burrow, could also find itself in the crosshairs of collectors. Yet the blue-footed baboon spider, a little-known species found only in South Africa,…

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Kruger returns to its owners
Byadmin May 30, 2026

A gripping performance of the muchongolo traditional Tsonga dance, the ululating of women, thunderous applause from a delighted, predominantly rural audience, the beating of drums and a message-driven choral music rendition echoed through Kruger National Park’s Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre — named after a legendary ranger who worked at the globally acclaimed conservation area for…

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Whale strike risk rises as shipping surges off SA coast
Byadmin May 23, 2026

As conflict in the Middle East redraws global shipping routes, scientists are warning that South Africa’s west coast is becoming an emerging danger zone for whales. Thousands of commercial vessels avoiding instability in the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz are rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope, dramatically increasing maritime traffic through some of…

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Marion Island team to be evacuated after polar diesel shortage delays SA Agulhas II voyage
Byadmin May 15, 2026

The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment has ordered the urgent evacuation of the overwintering team stationed at Marion Island after delays to the SA Agulhas II relief voyage raised fears that critical fuel supplies for the remote base could run out. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp said the decision was…

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Agriculture minister bans toxic pesticide tied to Soweto child deaths
Byadmin May 15, 2026

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has banned the sale, acquisition, use and disposal of agricultural remedies containing terbufos, a highly toxic pesticide linked to the deaths of six Soweto children in 2024. The prohibition notice, published in the Government Gazette on 8 May under the Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act of 1947,…

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Malawi’s solar push bypasses its poorest
Byadmin May 13, 2026

A peer-reviewed study tracking 1 371 rural households in Malawi’s Lilongwe District has found that the country’s rapidly expanding off-grid solar sector is systematically bypassing its poorest citizens, raising questions about electrification targets promoted by the government and international development partners. The research, published in August 2025 in the journal Energy Research & Social Science,…

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Cape Town storm floods 26 informal settlements and damages more than 10 000 structures
Byadmin May 12, 2026

The Western Cape storm has triggered widespread flooding across Cape Town, inundating informal settlements, damaging infrastructure and affecting thousands of residents. Charlotte Powell, the disaster risk management spokesperson for the City of Cape Town, said flooding had been reported across at least 26 informal settlements in the metro. “Flooding has been reported in at least…

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Santam and SA Weather Service join forces to strengthen South Africa’s early warning systems
Byadmin May 8, 2026

South Africa’s intensifying cycle of floods, wildfires and severe storms is forcing both government and business to rethink how the country prepares for climate-related disasters, with insurers increasingly positioning early warning systems as a frontline defence against mounting economic losses. On Thursday, Santam and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) announced a partnership aimed at…

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Locked into coal: South Africa’s broken transition
Byadmin May 4, 2026

Decommissioning of Duvha, one of 14 coal-fired power stations still anchoring the national grid, has been delayed to at least 2035. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee An unrehabilitated coal mine near the Duvha Power Station. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee South Africa’s latest coal-fired power station, Kusile, took decades to finish building, cost hundreds of billions of rand and…

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