![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](https://biz-file.com/c/2408/748280-120x120.jpg?2)
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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](https://biz-file.com/c/2408/748280-120x120.jpg?2)
![A cleaned African Penguin swimming at Sanccob's Rietvlei centre in 2018. Photos: John Yeld / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2407/744212-120x120.jpg?2)
![A government proposal to drop some statutory safeguards for the Kruger National Park has raised the alarm among some experts. Photos: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/739192-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
New proposal puts Kruger National Park’s environmental safeguards 'at risk'
John Yeld 31 May 2024
![Mabola Protected Area in the Mpumalanga grasslands is under threat of coal mining. Archive photo: supplied](https://biz-file.com/c/2405/736105-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an attempt by Noordhoek environmentalists to set aside approval for a road link in an area where the endangered Western Leopard Toad breeds. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2404/735170-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.](https://biz-file.com/c/2404/733892-120x120.jpg?2)
![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). Photos: Dan Callister](https://biz-file.com/c/2403/731870-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Minister’s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists
John Yeld 25 Mar 2024
![Mark Caruso when he was still executive at Mineral Commodities with Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe in February 2019. Caruso is pursuing defamation claims against environmental activists. Archive photo: DMR](https://biz-file.com/c/2311/720405-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Olifants River estuary on the West Coast is now protected from diamond mining in terms of a legally binding settlement agreement. Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2309/711021-120x120.jpg?2)
![Damage to the West Coast north of the Olifants River estuary caused by previous diamond mining operations (before Trans Hex). Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp](https://biz-file.com/c/2308/710301-120x120.jpg?2)
![The camera trap image that caused all the excitement: the first recorded cheetah in Djibouti for more than three decades. Photo: HawkWatch International](https://biz-file.com/c/2308/707833-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Cheetah spotted in Djibouti for the first time in over 30 years
John Yeld 3 Aug 2023
![Western Cape government joins battle over mining](https://biz-file.com/c/2202/646821-120x120.jpg?3)
![A screengrab of Thursday’s virtual Constitutional Court hearing into a R14.25m defamation case brought by Australian mining interests against South African lawyers, activists and a social worker.](https://biz-file.com/c/2202/646449-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Pretoria High Court has stopped Uthaka Energy from starting to mine coal this week in the critical water source area of Mabola, Mpumalanga. Archive photo: supplied](https://biz-file.com/c/2103/602867-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Inyanda-Roodeplaat wind farm site in the Eastern Cape, taken from the cover of an Environmental Impact Report.](https://biz-file.com/c/2103/602486-120x120.jpg?2)
![Coffer dam mining operations in 2017. Image from the report Amendment of Environmental Management Programmes for Mining Rights 554MRC, 10025MR, 512MRC and 513MRC - Volume 2: Mining Right 554MRC, November 2017 by SLR Consulting in association with Placer Resource Management.](https://biz-file.com/c/2012/589478-120x120.jpg?2)
Energy & Mining
Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams
John Yeld 9 Dec 2020
![Much of the West Coast between Elands Bay in the south and Alexander Bay in the north is, or has already been, the target of mining operations. Photos: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2011/585123-120x120.jpg?2)
![Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe and Australian mining boss Mark Caruso during the minister’s visit to the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast in February 2019. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2010/578959-120x120.jpg?2)
Energy & Mining
SA-linked Aussie mining executive in trouble with the law at home
John Yeld 6 Oct 2020
![The West Coast One wind farm near Vredenburg has operated since 2015. Environment minister Barbara Creecy says the wake effect on this facility of a proposed new neighbouring wind farm must be investigated before it can also be approved. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2009/575092-120x120.jpg?2)
![Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision](https://biz-file.com/c/2007/569112-120x120.jpg?2)
![R14m defamation case between Australian miners and critics will make legal history](https://biz-file.com/c/2006/560215.jpg)
![The map shows the location of the new Juno Wind Farm. Graphic: from the Supplementary Heritage Report by Sarah Winter and Nicolas Baumann (July 2019)](https://biz-file.com/c/2005/554590-120x120.jpg?2)
![Barbara Creecy overrules officials on air pollution data](https://biz-file.com/c/2004/549547-120x120.jpg?2)
![Environment minister Barbara Creecy’s decision to allow mining on ten more West Coast beaches has prompted criticism from environmentalists. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2004/548891-120x120.jpg?2)
![New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy](https://biz-file.com/c/2003/541031-120x120.jpg?2)
![The view looking east across the West Coast with the village of Paternoster in the foreground. The recently approved Boulders Wind farm will stand on the hills in the background, directly in this view. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/2002/539281-120x120.jpg?2)
Energy & Mining
Wind farm says massive new rival could cost it "hundreds of millions" in lost energy
John Yeld 19 Feb 2020
![West Coast property owners could be ordered to demolish their houses](https://biz-file.com/c/2001/536114-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) has conditionally approved the Boulders wind farm project. Image from the Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report by CES (copied for fair use).](https://biz-file.com/c/2001/535231-120x120.jpg?2)
![Mining for heavy minerals on the West Coast beaches north of the Olifants River. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/1912/529901-120x120.jpg?2)
![The Constitutional Court has denied Athi-Africa Ventures leave to appeal against a judgment blocking its plan to mine coal in a protected area in Mpumalanga. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks](https://biz-file.com/c/1911/527653-120x120.jpg?2)
Energy & Mining
Constitutional Court rejects coal mining company's attempt to appeal
John Yeld 20 Nov 2019
![Part of the current mineral sands extraction by the Tormin mine on the West Coast. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/1907/506660-120x120.jpg?2)
![Court blow for activists being sued by mining company](https://biz-file.com/c/1905/499479.jpg)
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![Damning report on Eskom air pollution](https://biz-file.com/c/1902/484618-120x120.jpg?2)
![Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe talks to protesters through the locked gates of the Uitkyk Community Hall in Lutzville on Friday. Photo: John Yeld](https://biz-file.com/c/1902/482017-120x120.jpg?2)
Energy & Mining
"Wake up and smell the coffee!" Mantashe tells Australian mining company
John Yeld 12 Feb 2019
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![Court drama as state tries to force through coal mining plan](https://biz-file.com/c/1810/463876.jpg)
![Enda Molewa, who died in September, granted permission for coal to be mined in a protected area, when she was minister of environmental affairs. Photo from](https://biz-file.com/c/1810/463486-120x120.jpg?2)
![Damage to West Coast beaches from mining can be kept to "acceptable" levels](https://biz-file.com/c/1809/460186.jpg)
Energy & Mining
Damage to West Coast beaches from mining can be kept to "acceptable" levels
John Yeld 27 Sep 2018
![Independence of environmental consultant under the spotlight](https://biz-file.com/c/1807/449050-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Independence of environmental consultant under the spotlight
John Yeld 16 Jul 2018
![Mining companies in South Africa are legally obligated to set aside money to rehabilitate the environment when their mines cease operating. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks](https://biz-file.com/c/1806/446077-120x120.jpg?2)
ESG & Sustainability
Full Disclosure: Are mining companies repairing the damage they cause?
John Yeld 22 Jun 2018
![UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer](https://biz-file.com/c/1803/433687-120x120.jpg?2)
Construction & Engineering
UCT scientists convince CoCT to drill cautiously into aquifer
John Yeld 19 Mar 2018
![People collect water from Newlands Spring. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks](https://biz-file.com/c/1803/431894-120x120.jpg?2)
Construction & Engineering
Here is the status of Cape Town's water supply projects
John Yeld 5 Mar 2018
![Critical court showdown on mining and environment](https://biz-file.com/c/1702/380425-120x120.jpg?2)
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