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New book charts jumbo project
Andries Botha toured the world with his elephant sculptures, capturing the public’s imagination and doing much for conservation. But in
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Chaos as residents dump outside dump
Rubbish piled up on the roadside outside Pietermaritzburg’s New England Road landfill site after it was closed. Kerushin Pillay of
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Schools threaten legal action over landfill
A civic group has threatened legal action against the authorities if they fail to tackle toxic problems at a Pietermaritzburg
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The diary of a bootlegging baldy
Logged out from news desk duties, former Witness photographer, Ian Carbutt, files his first ‘Diary of a Bootlegging Baldy’ from
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Civil action could address Mdloti river pollution
Sick Durban river spoils popular recreational lagoon
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Activists call on SA government to declare climate emergency
About 50 activists, led by Extinction Rebellion, picketed outside the Gauteng Legislature in Central Johannesburg Friday, on Friday afternoon. They
Read MoreOcean Watch
It was a bizarre and disturbing sight. About 100 sharks – beheaded, finned and gutted – dumped on Strandfontein beach
Go-ahead for controversial oil project off KZN coast
September 11, 2019
Sensational Shark Week
focus irks young scientist
August 4, 2019
The Thin Green Line
The people of Harrismith have set out to fix what has been broken by years of corruption and theft under
Negotiating a water-scarce world
January 15, 2020
Lift off for African vulture safe zones
November 30, 2019Wild Walks
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It’s a wrench and a drench to leave
Pooped but proud to have finished, Shona Aylward looks back on the demanding final days of the Wild Coast hike
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Onward and upward:
Shona Aylward on Day 6
We ramble along the rutted coastline, in and out of pockets of exquisite beaches hugged by cliffs. Shona Aylward reports
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Any port in a storm:
the going gets tough on days 4 & 5
The going gets tough for Wild Coast hiker Shona Aylward. But the scenery rewards and the history is rich, not
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