Tag "environment"
Nurdle hunt maps pollution
A worldwide nurdle search spanning six continents is underway, write Jared Sumar and Fred Kockott
Green plan to turn dirty waste into walkways
Unrecyclable plastic waste collected from the Umgeni River could soon become part of paving networks, walkways and eco-landscapes in and around Durban, write Jared Sumar and Fred Kockott. This is
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 The Witness reports.
Become a Roving Reporter and environmental watchdog!
Join Roving Reporters’ Writers in Residence programme Global warming, the rape of our seas… species extinction. Does the degradation of our natural environment, poaching or perhaps pollution, make you mad?
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 landfill site. Fatima Khan and Matthew Hattingh report.
Harrismith: When the going gets tough, the tough get going
The people of Harrismith have set out to fix what has been broken by years of corruption and theft under Jacob Zuma’s ANC and the premiership of Ace Magashule. Theirs
Authorities pooh-pooh claims of faecal contamination at an Umhlanga beach as hundreds hit by gastro
Scores of holidaymakers have reported that they contracted a gastro bug after swimming at Umhlanga’s Bronze Beach. But authorities say the lurgy wasn’t in the seawater, writes Fatima Khan. First
Negotiating a water-scarce world
Can the water-rich mineral Ringwoodite provide humans with water in the future and become the “gold of the 21st century”? asks Fatima Khan
Win in war on logging pirates
Mozambique has recorded a measure of success recently against wildlife poachers and illegal loggers, thanks to stronger enforcement. Fred Kockott reports. This report was commissioned and first published by Mongabay
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
