Social & Justice Chance meeting leads to lifesaving break A CHANCE meeting between a former Lion’s rugby hooker and a down-and-out Durban lifeguard who grew up an orphan, has turned into a truly lifesaving opportunity for 19-year-old Thobani Phoseka. Written by rovingreporters December 19, 2018August 28, 2019
Conservation Watch Environment Activists lose bid to shut down coal mine Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs Written by rovingreporters November 21, 2018August 28, 2019
Environment Ocean Watch Fish farming fervour gets “dished” Plans to use fish farming as a way to lift the country out of the economic ghetto took a beating at a recent marine science session. Thabiso Goba was at the ringside. Written by RR November 21, 2018May 29, 2020
Environment Ocean Watch Gastropod girl Janna is pitch perfect Things are moving a little quicker for a KwaZulu-Natal student of snails after she was picked to pitch for film funding. Written by RR November 15, 2018November 17, 2019
Environment Ocean Watch Surfers give a “high five” to increased ocean protection SUPPORTERS of WildOceans “Only This Much” campaign are still riding a wave of excitement following the South African government’s decision to increase protection of the oceans. Written by rovingreporters November 14, 2018November 17, 2019
Conservation Watch Environment Conservationists face up to jumbo problems Legislation enables culling, but KZN conservationists stick to alternative controls, write Fred Kockott and Thabiso Goba Written by rovingreporters November 14, 2018November 17, 2019
Conservation Watch Environment Court scuppers mining, rebukes ministers A court has set aside a decision to permit a coal mine in a protected environment and important water source in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province. And Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane (who has been linked to the country’s state capture scandal) and the late Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa have been rebuked for their handling […] Written by rovingreporters November 12, 2018August 28, 2019
Training Lights, camera…Oops! Roving Reporters intern Bukeka Silekwa witness a nightmare moment in broadcasting and deftly sidesteps another. Written by rovingreporters November 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Training 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 Conference at the university. Thabiso Goba was one of them. Written by RR November 6, 2018November 10, 2018
Conservation Watch Environment Relocated rhinos die, struggle in Chad Poaching has been ruled out after the discovery of two black rhino carcasses in Chad’s Zakouma National Park. Written by rovingreporters November 6, 2018November 6, 2018