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South Africa's power utility enters its clean energy era with Eskom Green

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AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?Jeran Cloete, Dian Spear, Jessica da Silva, Lavhelesani Dembe Simba, and Peter J Carrick

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Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

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AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?

By Jeran Cloete, Dian Spear, Jessica da Silva, Lavhelesani Dembe Simba, and Peter J Carrick 2 days

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Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

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SA's energy needs and environmental protection square off in court

5 Jun 2026

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Barry Callebaut warns El Niño could add thousands to cocoa prices

Paolo Laudani 4 Jun 2026

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media 3 Jun 2026

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Woolies pays tribute to fynbos' resilience with limited-edition Veld Fire bouquet

3 Jun 2026

On Monday, fishers and environmental activists picketed outside the Cape High Court on the first day of a case against the government granting environmental authorisation for seismic surveys off the West Coast. Photo: Liezl Human.

Fishers in court to stop West Coast oil search

Liezl Human 2 Jun 2026

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Private water trading faces total ban under 2026 NWA Amendment Bill

James Ross, Alysa Buntin and Emily Raubenheimer 2 Jun 2026

South Africa's schools step up and deliver: Kiwi crowns Step Up to Step In winners

South Africa's schools step up and deliver: Kiwi crowns Step Up to Step In winners

OLC Through The Line Communications 1 Jun 2026

Wine gone to your head? No, it’s just the new bottle shape

Wine gone to your head? No, it’s just the new bottle shape

Cape Chamber 28 May 2026

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Storm recovery efforts continue across Western Cape

25 May 2026

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) African Regional Certification Commission declared South Africa polio-free in 2019. Image credit: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NICD detects 2 polio virus strains in Cape Town wastewater

22 May 2026

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

Wolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira 22 May 2026

Children wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on 10 May. Archive photo: David Harrison

Explainer: What last week’s storm says about climate change

Peter Johnston 22 May 2026

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SA Agulhas II to evacuate Marion Island team after fuel shortage delays relief voyage

15 May 2026

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Yellow Door Energy 15 May 2026

Two Portlands Primary School learners wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on Monday morning. Photo: David Harrison

In photos: Cape storm wreaks havoc

GroundUp Staff 12 May 2026

The City of Cape Town is attending to multiple incidents related to the storm raging across Cape Town. Image credit

Western Cape battles storm as govt declares a national disaster

11 May 2026

Eskom’s current and only nuclear power station located at Koeberg, Western Cape. Archive photo: Brent Meersman

Public gets three more weeks to comment on Eskom nuclear site — but critics say it’s not enough

John Yeld 11 May 2026

Retail and FMCG brands strengthen SA’s recycling ecosystem through Petco initiatives

Retail and FMCG brands strengthen SA’s recycling ecosystem through Petco initiatives

11 May 2026

A damaged road following heavy rain at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, earlier this year. Image credit: Reuters/Oupa Nkosi

Santam-SA Weather Service partnership to cut flood and storm losses

8 May 2026

The CSIR’s 2024 power generation statistics found that the power Eskom sells to South Africans is more than three times as expensive, on average, as what new wind and solar can deliver (R1.95 per kWh vs 50-60 cents per kWh). Above: Eskom’s Lethabo power station in the Free State. Photo: Simisa Bearbeitung (Auschnitt, Farben): Pechristener via

The Israel/US-Iran war is hitting South Africa hard – our oil dependency is why

Jo-Anne Smetherham and Yanga Malotana 8 May 2026

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Migratory bird declines signal risks to water, food security, climate resilience

8 May 2026

Fragmentation is failing animals; alignment can change their future

Fragmentation is failing animals; alignment can change their future

FOUR PAWS 7 May 2026

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Nominations open for Wessa100 Conservation Leadership Awards

7 May 2026

What kind of South Africa do we choose to be?

What kind of South Africa do we choose to be?

FOUR PAWS 24 Apr 2026

A drone view shows the Sasol petrochemical refinery in Sasolburg, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Thando Hlophe/File Photo

Sasol targets major EU market shift with sustainable jet fuel

Wendell Roelf 23 Apr 2026

The new technical agreement between South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), France's Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB), and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was signed at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden in South Africa. Image supplied.

Sanbi-France collab unlocks funds to bridge biodiversity finance gap

23 Apr 2026

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Dairy producers urged to upgrade lines for large emissions, cost savings

22 Apr 2026

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