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Dyllon Randall co-founded a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, which recently collected 3,600 litres of urine during the South Africa vs New Zealand rugby game. Image supplied.

Cape Town Stadium urine-recycling innovator selected for 2026 Africa Prize

14 hours

Top sustainability award for SA film on coastal communities fighting offshore oil exploration

Top sustainability award for SA film on coastal communities fighting offshore oil exploration

25 Sep 2026

The arrangement currently supplies five Growthpoint buildings, including its newly refurbished 36 Hans Strijdom foreshore building, which underwent an environmentally innovative retrofit and now runs entirely on renewable energy. Image supplied.

Growthpoint and Etana Energy are wheeling clean energy to Cape Town

18 Sep 2026

A baboon sits behind a fence near Simon’s Town as wild baboon troops face relocation to the Urban Wildlife Centre in Cape Town. Image credit: Reuters/Esa Alexander

City of Cape Town under fire over plan to cage baboons

17 Sep 2026

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

#TheMascotMarathon: Captain Fanplastic targets R100k for Cape Town ocean literacy

Soapbox 17 Sep 2026

An African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) emerging from its burrow at the Stony Point Penguin Colony in Betty’s Bay, Western Cape. Photos: David Harrison

Stop sardine fishing, warn conservationists

Alice Scott 17 Sep 2026

Activists have lodged an appeal against the rezoning approval given for this land near Cape Town Airport to be the site for a hyperscale data centre. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Activists appeal Cape Town data centre approval

Tania Broughton 15 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

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Pig farm vs power station: South African court tells state‑owned Eskom to clean up its pollution

Angela van der Berg 11 Sep 2026

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Andrew Winstone 8 Sep 2026

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Green businesses win big at Nedbank Green Economy Indaba

7 Sep 2026

Sanbi launches #WeAreSanbi campaign for Tourism Month

Sanbi launches #WeAreSanbi campaign for Tourism Month

1 Sep 2026

Arable Grow’s container farms reach Spar shelves in the W.Cape

Arable Grow’s container farms reach Spar shelves in the W.Cape

31 Aug 2026

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