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Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

Danette Breitenbach

Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

SAB triumphs with 9 Effie Awards, cementing its position as SA's Most Effective Marketer

A bird flies over a family of elephants walking in the Amboseli National Park, southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, 25 April 2016. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half centuryWill Dunham

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Saving the bees: How Nedbank and WWF are working to ensure honeybee survivalAa-isha Hassiem

Fishers in Port Nolloth are opposing TotalEnergies’ bid to explore for gas and oil off the West Coast. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Court bid to block TotalEnergies gas project off West Coast

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

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By Martin Stübler, CC BY-SA 4.0,

How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture

Muhammad Nakhooda 24 Jun 2016

24-billion tonnes of fertile soil lost annually

24-billion tonnes of fertile soil lost annually

22 Jun 2016

#YouthMonth: Africa's uniqueness lies within her natural resources - Eliot Chisango

Sindy Peters 22 Jun 2016

VWSA and Dyer Island - a CSI success story

VWSA and Dyer Island - a CSI success story

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Jun 2016

Collaboration to benefit wildlife of Tala Game Reserve

Collaboration to benefit wildlife of Tala Game Reserve

22 Jun 2016

SANParks defends Transfrontier Park agreement

SANParks defends Transfrontier Park agreement

21 Jun 2016

#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven

#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven

Sindy Peters 20 Jun 2016

Ancient African farming technique could help mitigate climate change

20 Jun 2016

The problem of being wild and a wanderer

The problem of being wild and a wanderer

Don Pinnock 20 Jun 2016

#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

Leigh Andrews 17 Jun 2016

Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing

Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing

Jennifer Bruce 17 Jun 2016

Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping

Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping

17 Jun 2016

The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment

The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment

Zamanzima Mazibuko 15 Jun 2016

New international competition calls for environment entries on video

New international competition calls for environment entries on video

15 Jun 2016

Chantell Ilbury

There is still hope for SA to play in the premier league

Derick van der Walt 14 Jun 2016

Video hints Japan abetting illegal ivory trade

Video hints Japan abetting illegal ivory trade

13 Jun 2016

Prof Mike Muller

Agriculture's water challenge: more crops and jobs per drop

Derick van der Walt 13 Jun 2016

Value of environmental crime up 26%

Value of environmental crime up 26%

10 Jun 2016

Moratorium on rhino horn trade reinstated

Moratorium on rhino horn trade reinstated

9 Jun 2016

South African wines go green with solar

South African wines go green with solar

9 Jun 2016

Apps alerting guest to wildlife sightings becoming a concern

9 Jun 2016

- Theewaterskloof Dam on 7 June 2016. It is 29% full. At the same time in 2012 it was 52% full. It has the capacity of almost all the other 13 dams supplying Cape Town's water combined. It is the seventh largest dam in the country. Photo: Masixole Feni

Cape Town's precarious water supply

Rejul Bejoy 9 Jun 2016

Reducing emissions, waste in the cruise line industry

Reducing emissions, waste in the cruise line industry

Sindy Peters 8 Jun 2016

Awarding conservation: entries open for 2016 Kudu Awards

8 Jun 2016

The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

8 Jun 2016

Roads built for logging in the Congo Basin have implications for forest management. Fritz Kleinschroth

How forests recover rapidly on logging roads in the Congo Basin

John Healey and Fritz Kleinschroth 7 Jun 2016

Growing demand for water requires radical change in attitudes

Growing demand for water requires radical change in attitudes

6 Jun 2016

In defence of zoos: how captivity helps conservation

In defence of zoos: how captivity helps conservation

Samantha Ward 6 Jun 2016

Research quantifies the extent of SA's waterlogged and salt-affected soils

Research quantifies the extent of SA's waterlogged and salt-affected soils

3 Jun 2016

Imperial makes moves for a greener supply chain

Imperial makes moves for a greener supply chain

3 Jun 2016

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24-billion tonnes of fertile soil lost annually

24-billion tonnes of fertile soil lost annually

22 Jun 2016

#YouthMonth: Africa's uniqueness lies within her natural resources - Eliot Chisango

Sindy Peters 22 Jun 2016

VWSA and Dyer Island - a CSI success story

VWSA and Dyer Island - a CSI success story

Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Jun 2016

Collaboration to benefit wildlife of Tala Game Reserve

Collaboration to benefit wildlife of Tala Game Reserve

22 Jun 2016

SANParks defends Transfrontier Park agreement

SANParks defends Transfrontier Park agreement

21 Jun 2016

#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven

#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven

Sindy Peters 20 Jun 2016

Ancient African farming technique could help mitigate climate change

20 Jun 2016

The problem of being wild and a wanderer

The problem of being wild and a wanderer

Don Pinnock 20 Jun 2016

#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

Leigh Andrews 17 Jun 2016

Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing

Seven tips to improve your CSR marketing

Jennifer Bruce 17 Jun 2016

Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping

Concrete beehive provides possible solution for sustainable beekeeping

17 Jun 2016

The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment

The nexus between water, energy, food and the macro-environment

Zamanzima Mazibuko 15 Jun 2016

New international competition calls for environment entries on video

New international competition calls for environment entries on video

15 Jun 2016

Chantell Ilbury

There is still hope for SA to play in the premier league

Derick van der Walt 14 Jun 2016

Video hints Japan abetting illegal ivory trade

Video hints Japan abetting illegal ivory trade

13 Jun 2016

Prof Mike Muller

Agriculture's water challenge: more crops and jobs per drop

Derick van der Walt 13 Jun 2016

Value of environmental crime up 26%

Value of environmental crime up 26%

10 Jun 2016

Moratorium on rhino horn trade reinstated

Moratorium on rhino horn trade reinstated

9 Jun 2016

South African wines go green with solar

South African wines go green with solar

9 Jun 2016

Apps alerting guest to wildlife sightings becoming a concern

9 Jun 2016

- Theewaterskloof Dam on 7 June 2016. It is 29% full. At the same time in 2012 it was 52% full. It has the capacity of almost all the other 13 dams supplying Cape Town's water combined. It is the seventh largest dam in the country. Photo: Masixole Feni

Cape Town's precarious water supply

Rejul Bejoy 9 Jun 2016

Reducing emissions, waste in the cruise line industry

Reducing emissions, waste in the cruise line industry

Sindy Peters 8 Jun 2016

Awarding conservation: entries open for 2016 Kudu Awards

8 Jun 2016

The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

The role of pulses in creating a sustainable world

8 Jun 2016

Roads built for logging in the Congo Basin have implications for forest management. Fritz Kleinschroth

How forests recover rapidly on logging roads in the Congo Basin

John Healey and Fritz Kleinschroth 7 Jun 2016

Growing demand for water requires radical change in attitudes

Growing demand for water requires radical change in attitudes

6 Jun 2016

In defence of zoos: how captivity helps conservation

In defence of zoos: how captivity helps conservation

Samantha Ward 6 Jun 2016

Integrated technology brings safe drinking water to SA communities

Integrated technology brings safe drinking water to SA communities

3 Jun 2016

Research quantifies the extent of SA's waterlogged and salt-affected soils

Research quantifies the extent of SA's waterlogged and salt-affected soils

3 Jun 2016

Imperial makes moves for a greener supply chain

Imperial makes moves for a greener supply chain

3 Jun 2016

Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be wiped out by 2022

2 Jun 2016

Growthpoint Properties eco-friendly bikes station

Growthpoint installs first e-bicycle hubs in Sandton

2 Jun 2016

Forward-thinking companies take strategic and ethical approach

Forward-thinking companies take strategic and ethical approach

UCT Graduate School of Business 1 Jun 2016

Emirates takes message against illegal wildlife trade global

Emirates takes message against illegal wildlife trade global

1 Jun 2016

By Kate Holt/AusAID –

12 ways to end hunger, use resources more efficiently

31 May 2016

Mart Bouter via - Namaqualand, Northern Cape

Shell's R1 million donation to bolster Agri SA Drought Relief Fund

31 May 2016

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Portion of seabed bordering SA earmarked for mining, experts alarmed

Bobby Jordan 31 May 2016

Elephants' dung used to produce coffee and paper

Elephants' dung used to produce coffee and paper

30 May 2016

Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist

Senegal's southern forests may disappear by 2018: ecologist

30 May 2016

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

UNEP report headlines emerging environmental issues of our time

27 May 2016