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South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

Blue Label Media partners with African Bank to roll out new corporate identity across 155 buses

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

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

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Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

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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

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

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Conservation efforts see cheetahs thrive in Mountain Zebra National Park

5 Dec 2017

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

Dian Spear 1 Dec 2017

Smart Park: A game changer in fight against rhino poaching

29 Nov 2017

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

28 Nov 2017

Cape Town, Dutch students team up to highlight plight of ocean pollution

28 Nov 2017

Partnership working towards making all of SA's Blue Flag beaches universally accessible

Partnership working towards making all of SA's Blue Flag beaches universally accessible

27 Nov 2017

Industry body in the cross-hairs over captive-bred lion hunting reversal

27 Nov 2017

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

24 Nov 2017

2017 Kudu Awards winners announced

2017 Kudu Awards winners announced

24 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

#WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?

#WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?

Sindy Peters 23 Nov 2017

Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs - it damages the communities that grow it

Eleanor Jew 23 Nov 2017

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Thin Lei Win 21 Nov 2017

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

20 Nov 2017

Natural Selection to open new safari camp in remote Namibia in 2018

Natural Selection to open new safari camp in remote Namibia in 2018

17 Nov 2017

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

16 Nov 2017

Stellenbosch University student Alistair Galloway on one of his field trips during the course of his research work. (Image Supplied)

Fynbos restoration: The sooner you fell pines, the better for fynbos

15 Nov 2017

Kenyan Tourism CS joins #7SummitsAfrica to promote conservation through tourism

Kenyan Tourism CS joins #7SummitsAfrica to promote conservation through tourism

15 Nov 2017

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New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

13 Nov 2017

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

10 Nov 2017

V&A Waterfront to host Ocean Life Festival

9 Nov 2017

Biomimic Tree: Pushing agriculture up the agenda @cop23

Biomimic Tree: Pushing agriculture up the agenda @cop23

8 Nov 2017

Three animal tourist attractions you should never do

Three animal tourist attractions you should never do

Elaine Clara Mah 8 Nov 2017

Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

7 Nov 2017

Introduction of elephants a step closer to the restoration of a wildlife haven

6 Nov 2017

An Antarctic icebreaker sails past a penguin. But conservationists are still waiting for their own breakthrough. John B. Weller, author provided

Why are talks over an East Antarctic marine park still deadlocked?

Cassandra Brooks 3 Nov 2017

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

3 Nov 2017

Philanthropy site answers your questions about giving this festive season

Philanthropy site answers your questions about giving this festive season

Trialogue 2 Nov 2017

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Anne Cleary and Dave Kendal 1 Nov 2017

Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer

Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Oct 2017

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Conservation efforts see cheetahs thrive in Mountain Zebra National Park

5 Dec 2017

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

How the world needs to change as regions get drier

Dian Spear 1 Dec 2017

Smart Park: A game changer in fight against rhino poaching

29 Nov 2017

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

The future of agriculture, food security is knowledge-intensive

28 Nov 2017

Cape Town, Dutch students team up to highlight plight of ocean pollution

28 Nov 2017

Partnership working towards making all of SA's Blue Flag beaches universally accessible

Partnership working towards making all of SA's Blue Flag beaches universally accessible

27 Nov 2017

Industry body in the cross-hairs over captive-bred lion hunting reversal

27 Nov 2017

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

AIDmonitor to analyse funding flows for development in food and agriculture-related sectors

24 Nov 2017

2017 Kudu Awards winners announced

2017 Kudu Awards winners announced

24 Nov 2017

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Good to know (perhaps) that food is being 'nuclearised'

Baher Kamal 23 Nov 2017

#WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?

#WindAc 2017: Do cats and windows kill more birds than wind turbines?

Sindy Peters 23 Nov 2017

Tobacco hurts more than just your lungs - it damages the communities that grow it

Eleanor Jew 23 Nov 2017

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Study: Better soil could trap as much planet-warming carbon as transport produces

Thin Lei Win 21 Nov 2017

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

Making water conservation a culture at The Table Bay

20 Nov 2017

Natural Selection to open new safari camp in remote Namibia in 2018

Natural Selection to open new safari camp in remote Namibia in 2018

17 Nov 2017

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

Greening the livestock sector: Low carbon livestock is possible

16 Nov 2017

Stellenbosch University student Alistair Galloway on one of his field trips during the course of his research work. (Image Supplied)

Fynbos restoration: The sooner you fell pines, the better for fynbos

15 Nov 2017

Kenyan Tourism CS joins #7SummitsAfrica to promote conservation through tourism

Kenyan Tourism CS joins #7SummitsAfrica to promote conservation through tourism

15 Nov 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

New online Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook to help steer food systems in sustainable direction

13 Nov 2017

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021

10 Nov 2017

V&A Waterfront to host Ocean Life Festival

9 Nov 2017

Biomimic Tree: Pushing agriculture up the agenda @cop23

Biomimic Tree: Pushing agriculture up the agenda @cop23

8 Nov 2017

Three animal tourist attractions you should never do

Three animal tourist attractions you should never do

Elaine Clara Mah 8 Nov 2017

Greening the tobacco supply chain in Africa bears fruit

7 Nov 2017

Introduction of elephants a step closer to the restoration of a wildlife haven

6 Nov 2017

An Antarctic icebreaker sails past a penguin. But conservationists are still waiting for their own breakthrough. John B. Weller, author provided

Why are talks over an East Antarctic marine park still deadlocked?

Cassandra Brooks 3 Nov 2017

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

Survival of coral reefs depends on pollution cuts: study

3 Nov 2017

Philanthropy site answers your questions about giving this festive season

Philanthropy site answers your questions about giving this festive season

Trialogue 2 Nov 2017

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?

Anne Cleary and Dave Kendal 1 Nov 2017

Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer

Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Oct 2017

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Environmentalists aim to stimulate responsible tourism in East Africa, summiting seven peaks

30 Oct 2017

WWF project sees crash of black rhinos moved to new location to help bolster numbers

WWF project sees crash of black rhinos moved to new location to help bolster numbers

27 Oct 2017

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet raises more than R6m a month

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet raises more than R6m a month

26 Oct 2017

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

SAB Foundation awards over R9m to small social enterprises

25 Oct 2017

Forest fires contributed to record global tree cover loss

24 Oct 2017

WAZA signs MoU to help make sustainably produced palm oil the norm

20 Oct 2017

Mine hits back over West Coast aquifer

Mine hits back over West Coast aquifer

Melanie Gosling 19 Oct 2017

Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis 18 Oct 2017

Drive for giant new marine sanctuary in Antarctica

17 Oct 2017

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study

17 Oct 2017