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African Penguins (photographed above at the Boulders penguin colony) are critically endangered. Photo: John Yeld/GroundUp

Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

By John Yeld 12 Dec 2024

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A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats, maintained for tourist entertainment in Brits, North West Province, in South Africa, 26 August 2024. Reuters/Sisipho Skweyiya

South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban

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Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

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Activists picket outside the High Court in Gqeberha in 2022 against seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

Verve - the fibre of choice for the future

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African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photo: Dan Callister / GroundUp

Surprise move in litigation over African Penguins

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TotalEnergies SA ad ruled 'misleading' by ARB

Karabo Ledwaba 19 Aug 2024

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links hosted the Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August. Small-scale fishers from across the country gathered in Kalk Bay to share testimonies. GroundUp

Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

Liezl Human 16 Aug 2024

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

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The Gcuwa River at Butterworth has been contaminated by constant flows of raw sewage for eight years, and has become a dump site. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi / GroundUp

Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

A peek into Mpact’s design centre

A peek into Mpact’s design centre

Mpact 8 Aug 2024

Candice Stevens, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Coalition

#WomensMonth: Candice Stevens - where finance meets passion for conservation

Shan Radcliffe 8 Aug 2024

Verve – Forest meets Fashion at Africa Textile Talks

Verve – Forest meets Fashion at Africa Textile Talks

Sappi 7 Aug 2024

When Glencore bought Elk Valley Resources from Teck, it also inherited an environmental crisis.

Glencore shareholders pump brakes on coal spin off

Lindsey Schutters 7 Aug 2024

Integrated water management solutions

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Enterprises University of Pretoria 5 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

A rhino and her calf, among over 2000 rhinos sold to African Parks, are seen in captivity ahead of the rewilding process planned for the next 10 years, starting later this year, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, South Africa, 12 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Drop in SA's rhino poaching linked to dehorning programmes

Bhargav Acharya and Tannur Anders 2 Aug 2024

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South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Wendell Roelf 30 Jul 2024

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

Our Salad Mix 23 Jul 2024

South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

A cleaned African Penguin swimming at Sanccob's Rietvlei centre in 2018. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population

John Yeld 15 Jul 2024

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South Africa’s 70,000kg rhino horn stockpile must be burnt to prevent illegal trading

Jason Gilchrist 3 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Stone 25 Jun 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Nick Booth, Corobrik CEO

Corobrik clarifies Rietvlei situation after Greenpeace coal mining accusation

21 Jun 2024

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Public comment sought on rhino management plan

20 Jun 2024

A girl carries a jerrycan filled with water at a Tolou Keur garden in the Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, 11 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Will Africa's Great Green Wall hit 2030 goal?

Simon Jessop and Alessandra Prentice 13 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Jump aboard on a riveting environmental play that will enthral Cape Town audiences this June!

Jump aboard on a riveting environmental play that will enthral Cape Town audiences this June!

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A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats, maintained for tourist entertainment in Brits, North West Province, in South Africa, 26 August 2024. Reuters/Sisipho Skweyiya

South African lion breeders face uncertain future after ban

Sfundo Parakozov and Sisipho Skweyiya 2 Sep 2024

Image: Supplied

Finalists for the 2024 Eco-Logic Awards

30 Aug 2024

Activists picket outside the High Court in Gqeberha in 2022 against seismic surveys off the Wild Coast. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

Tania Broughton 28 Aug 2024

Verve - the fibre of choice for the future

Verve - the fibre of choice for the future

Sappi 21 Aug 2024

African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photo: Dan Callister / GroundUp

Surprise move in litigation over African Penguins

John Yeld 21 Aug 2024

TotalEnergies SA ad ruled 'misleading' by ARB

Karabo Ledwaba 19 Aug 2024

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links hosted the Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August. Small-scale fishers from across the country gathered in Kalk Bay to share testimonies. GroundUp

Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

Liezl Human 16 Aug 2024

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

Learning more about elephants for World Elephant Day 12 August 2024

Our Salad Mix 13 Aug 2024

The Gcuwa River at Butterworth has been contaminated by constant flows of raw sewage for eight years, and has become a dump site. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi / GroundUp

Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

A peek into Mpact’s design centre

A peek into Mpact’s design centre

Mpact 8 Aug 2024

Candice Stevens, founder and CEO of the Sustainable Finance Coalition

#WomensMonth: Candice Stevens - where finance meets passion for conservation

Shan Radcliffe 8 Aug 2024

Verve – Forest meets Fashion at Africa Textile Talks

Verve – Forest meets Fashion at Africa Textile Talks

Sappi 7 Aug 2024

When Glencore bought Elk Valley Resources from Teck, it also inherited an environmental crisis.

Glencore shareholders pump brakes on coal spin off

Lindsey Schutters 7 Aug 2024

Integrated water management solutions

Integrated water management solutions

Enterprises University of Pretoria 5 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 Aug 2024

A rhino and her calf, among over 2000 rhinos sold to African Parks, are seen in captivity ahead of the rewilding process planned for the next 10 years, starting later this year, at a farm outside Klerksdorp, South Africa, 12 March 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Drop in SA's rhino poaching linked to dehorning programmes

Bhargav Acharya and Tannur Anders 2 Aug 2024

Image source: freepik from

South Africa steps up fight to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Wendell Roelf 30 Jul 2024

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

EcoTraining celebrates World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July 2024

Our Salad Mix 23 Jul 2024

South Africa aims for net zero emissions by 2050

15 Jul 2024

A cleaned African Penguin swimming at Sanccob's Rietvlei centre in 2018. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp

Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population

John Yeld 15 Jul 2024

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

South Africa’s 70,000kg rhino horn stockpile must be burnt to prevent illegal trading

Jason Gilchrist 3 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Stone 25 Jun 2024

Image source: Michael Bogner –

2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

Nick Booth, Corobrik CEO

Corobrik clarifies Rietvlei situation after Greenpeace coal mining accusation

21 Jun 2024

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Public comment sought on rhino management plan

20 Jun 2024

A girl carries a jerrycan filled with water at a Tolou Keur garden in the Walalde department of Podor, in the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel area, Senegal, 11 July 2021. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Will Africa's Great Green Wall hit 2030 goal?

Simon Jessop and Alessandra Prentice 13 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

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Research into climate change adaptation and mitigation receives $92m

5 Jun 2024

Jump aboard on a riveting environmental play that will enthral Cape Town audiences this June!

Jump aboard on a riveting environmental play that will enthral Cape Town audiences this June!

Soapbox 5 Jun 2024

South African appeal court suspends order halting Shell drilling

Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2024

G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

G-Star successfully grows greenhouse cotton

3 Jun 2024

When words aren’t enough: Parties falling short on climate action

When words aren’t enough: Parties falling short on climate action

Kemunto Ogutu, Roving Reporters 31 May 2024

A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld

New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'

John Yeld 31 May 2024

Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, 15 May 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Southern African states make fresh pitch to trade $1bn ivory stockpile

Nyasha Chingono 30 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Sarah Slabbert, consulting analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

#AfricaMonth: Exploring bioplastics as a sustainable and health-conscious solution

Katja Hamilton 28 May 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Fortinet 17 May 2024

The river that flows out to sea at Margate’s main beach is fed with up to 7-million litres of effluent per day from a failing sewage treatment plant about 1.8km upstream. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Sewage pollutes KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons

Steve Kretzmann 15 May 2024