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Volunteers bag tons in Beachwood cleanup
Volunteers are clearing storm debris from Durban’s beaches. They tackled the Beachwood Mangroves at the weekend and are now turning
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A revelation of a rugged sort
Mother Nature put the brakes on a daring wild coast swim, but a seed has been planted for a new
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System failure: sewage spill shuts Durban beaches
Bathing has been banned in South Africa’s surf city, writes Fred Kockott. This report was updated on 11 May.
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OPINION: Caster Semenya – not normal enough?
Our heroes have always been different from the norm. Picking on Caster Semenya amounts to double-standards, says writer-producer Gordon Greaves
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Xolobeni residents open their homes for wild adventures, but Mantashe bails on planned visit
While heavy rains have put paid to a ministerial visit to Xolobeni tomorrow, it has not stopped intrepid wild swimmers
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Wild swimmers and Gwede Mantashe converge on Xolobeni
As swimmers and safety crew prepare for this week’s Wild Swim, Luke Riley reports that sharks in the sea are not
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As swimmers and safety crew prepare for this week’s Wild Swim, Luke Riley reports that sharks in the sea are not
Crash-dive course in shark awareness
April 21, 2019
Swimmers promote alternatives to mining the Wild Coast
March 31, 2019
After muddy Midmar, the Wild Coast beckons
February 17, 2019
Royal salute for water-savvy school
February 15, 2019
Strange ‘ocean creature’ takes to Midmar dam
February 7, 2019The Thin Green Line
Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs
Relocated rhinos die, struggle in Chad
November 6, 2018
Conservationists lock horns over rhinos
November 5, 2018
London eyes on SA water wizzes
November 5, 2018
Fangs very much: relocation bolsters Somkhanda pack
October 25, 2018
Hot news: how charcoal fuels terror
October 8, 2018Game Changers
SOUTH Africa’s national bird, the blue crane, and other cranes are under threat because of habitat loss, poisonings and powerline
Sneak beak: A birdwatcher’s story
July 1, 2018
Canned lions make Nicola’s blood boil
August 20, 2018
Theo practices what he preaches
July 30, 2018
Shooting nature for the best
June 24, 2018
Salt water flows through her veins
May 28, 2018
Not even thieves can stop her business
September 25, 2018Roving Reporters investigations
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Buck up! Time to apply for the RR internship – 2019
The Durban-based environmental journalism training agency, Roving Reporters, is recruiting two to three interns to assist us in covering environmental
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Xolobeni’s destiny in youngsters’ hands
Starry, starry fight: Destiny is in the sands for proud Pondos American journalism intern Luke Riley muses on southern skies,
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Lights, camera…Oops!
Roving Reporters intern Bukeka Silekwa witness a nightmare moment in broadcasting and deftly sidesteps another.
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Huang on a Mao: more to China’s African adventure than meets the eye
Twenty students from across the country worked with a Wits Vuvuzela team to cover the 14th annual African Investigative Journalism
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Exposé of fake ANC members
Former Roving Reporters intern, Sabelo Nsele, now working for The Witness, scooped a regional Vodacom Journalism the Year award last
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What Roving Reporters can do for an international intern
Not all journalism students are lucky enough to get a front page byline and a private, in-person interview with the
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