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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.

Environment & Natural Resources

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

Image source: Magda Ehlers from

Environment & Natural Resources

SA records slight decline in rhino poaching

6 Feb 2023

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

Mining

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

John Yeld 19 Jan 2022

Image source: Ludvig Hedenborg from

Criminal Law

Two held for illegally trading reptiles

22 Nov 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Rhino poaching declines in 2020

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poaching declines in 2020

1 Feb 2021

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.

Mining

Diamond divers warn of damage to seabed from West Coast mining dams

John Yeld 9 Dec 2020

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 5 Nov 2020

"Massive" oil spill in Umbilo River

Circular Economy & Waste Management

"Massive" oil spill in Umbilo River

Nokulunga Majola 21 Oct 2020

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

Environment & Natural Resources

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

3 Aug 2020

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners celebrated on World Ranger Day

Environment & Natural Resources

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners celebrated on World Ranger Day

7 Jul 2020

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

Materials & Equipment

Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act

18 Jun 2020

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Infrastructure & Utilities

Province raps city's knuckles over state of rivers

Steve Kretzmann 21 Feb 2020

SCA upholds ruling against Interwaste

Environmental Law

SCA upholds ruling against Interwaste

3 Jun 2019

Communities urged to help fight rhino poaching

Environment & Natural Resources

Communities urged to help fight rhino poaching

22 Oct 2018

Points of entry targeted to prevent wildlife crime

Environment & Natural Resources

Points of entry targeted to prevent wildlife crime

5 Mar 2018

Environment & Natural Resources

Leopard killer faces charges for shooting predator on reserve

Gareth Wilson 18 Aug 2017

NPA to charge EnviroServ over 'toxic fumes' at Shongweni landfill site

Circular Economy & Waste Management

NPA to charge EnviroServ over 'toxic fumes' at Shongweni landfill site

Nce Mkhize 6 Mar 2017

Over 600 poachers, traffickers arrested

Environment & Natural Resources

Over 600 poachers, traffickers arrested

28 Feb 2017

Rhino poaching figures stabilise - DEA

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino poaching figures stabilise - DEA

22 Jan 2016

DEA releases environmental compliance report

Environment & Natural Resources

DEA releases environmental compliance report

Melissa Fourie 5 Nov 2015

Malapo Country Lodge. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Bosveld Phosphate guilty of water pollution

12 Aug 2015

Two rhinos poached in Eastern Cape

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Two rhinos poached in Eastern Cape

6 Mar 2015

Minister of Environmental Affairs reports to Portfolio Committee

Environment & Natural Resources

Minister of Environmental Affairs reports to Portfolio Committee

4 Mar 2015

Green Scorpions take aim at airport smugglers

Environment & Natural Resources

Green Scorpions take aim at airport smugglers

23 Jan 2015

Companies should ensure compliance with environmental law

Environmental Law

Companies should ensure compliance with environmental law

17 Oct 2014

Scorpions investigate illegal sand mining operations

Environment & Natural Resources

Scorpions investigate illegal sand mining operations

21 Aug 2014

Abalone worth R3m recovered in Free State

Environment & Natural Resources

Abalone worth R3m recovered in Free State

10 Aug 2014

Environmental Affairs launches law enforcement report

Environment & Natural Resources

Environmental Affairs launches law enforcement report

13 Nov 2013

Bench Marks Foundation blames government for Marikana killings

Energy & Mining

Bench Marks Foundation blames government for Marikana killings

10 Oct 2012

Wildlife management

Operation Skhumba focus on tannery and taxidermy industries

23 Aug 2012

Wildlife management

DEA throttles 'crisis point' rhino poaching information

15 Mar 2012

Environment & Natural Resources

Winners of Environmental Management Awards announced

14 Mar 2012

Permit problems for some exporters

Regulatory

Permit problems for some exporters

Shannon Sherry 1 Nov 2010

Medical-waste disposal in the spotlight

Public Health

Medical-waste disposal in the spotlight

27 Jul 2010

Regulatory

Transnet facing legal action

Brian Hayward 5 Aug 2009

Digital

E-waste pilot project delivers

Janine Erasmus 2 Mar 2009