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Sand mining plans dog Xolobeni
Since 2006, people in Xolobeni have waged a struggle over plans for heavy minerals mining, reports Shona Aylward in this three part series first published by South Coast Herald.
Sowing dissent: Pondoland pain over mining plan
In this, the first of a three part series on Xolobeni, journalist Shona Aylward looks at the struggle over proposed heavy minerals on the Wild Coast.
Park expansion holds hope for Africa’s big tuskers
Eight of Africa’s remaining 30 “big tuskers” live in South Africa’s Tembe Elephant Park. The park is set to expand by up to 26,000 hectares, allowing its elephant herds to
Vietnamese youth pledge support for war on poaching
Catch them while they are young, seems to be the thinking behind bringing a group of Vietnamese twentysomethings to the World Youth Wildlife Summit in South Africa.
SA teen wins international photographic award
Powerful image sheds light on efforts to save rhinos Fred Kockott and Mlu Mdletshe report First published by GroundUp NINETEEN-year-old Kgaugelo Neville Ngomane, has won a prestigious environmental photographic
Environmental lawyers put screws back on a Zululand anthracite mine.
Top environmental lawyers and experts have thrown their weight behind a bid to force one of South Africa’s largest coal producers to comply with environmental legislation. FRED KOCKOTT reports
Go-ahead for controversial oil project off KZN coast
Environmental groups’ objections over-ruled Marches, protests and objections to drill for gas and oil along the KwaZulu-Natal coastline over the past few years have come to naught, writes Fred Kockott
Duzi Disaster: Willowton agrees to community demands
Expert says uMsunduzi River can recover in a year if rehabilitation is done properly The collapse of colossal tanks at Willowton Oil resulted in a spill of 1.6 million litres
In praise of the little black book
(or the modern equivalent thereof)
Don’t be like those sad Millennials you see at some events, sitting staring at their smartphones. Use the time to cultivate contacts; work the room. Remember: you schmooze or you
Colossal collapse
Featured image: Dusi Media Office Revealing photos of the catastrophic industrial spill at the Willowton Oil plant in Pietermaritzburg have surfaced from a source inside the plant responsible for one
