Environment
8 Milers set out to raise R3,8 million for good causes
PROTECTION of the oceans – and rhino conservation – will come under the spotlight when more than 12,000 swimmers take part in this year’s aQuellé Midmar Mile, writes FRED KOCKOTT.
Activists lose bid to shut down coal mine
Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs
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
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.
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.
Conservationists face up to jumbo problems
Legislation enables culling, but KZN conservationists stick to alternative controls, write Fred Kockott and Thabiso Goba
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
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.
Conservationists lock horns over rhinos
China’s decision to ease its ban on elements of the domestic trade in rhino and tiger products will come under scrutiny at this week’s Conservation Symposium in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
London eyes on SA water wizzes
A KWAZULU-NATAL school has taken two awards at an international water conservation competition.
