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Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of the Big Cat Industry in South Africa

Issued by FOUR PAWS 13 Nov 2024

DFFE White Paper Deviates From 2022 Initial Draft

Environment & Natural Resources

DFFE White Paper Deviates From 2022 Initial Draft

Issued by FOUR PAWS 3 Jul 2023

Inside the dangerous world of South Africa's illicit alcohol trade

Regulatory

Inside the dangerous world of South Africa's illicit alcohol trade

10 Sep 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Child pesticide poisonings a contributing factor of SA’s pending waste crisis, says expert

21 Nov 2024

Ivory seized in the United States. Photo Credit: Gavin Shire / US Fish and Wildlife Service on Flickr ()

Environment & Natural Resources

Using carbon dating to stop elephant and rhino poaching

Cole Potgieter 25 Sep 2024

The rhino crisis in 2024: Continued efforts for conservation

Education & Skills Development

The rhino crisis in 2024: Continued efforts for conservation

Issued by Our Salad Mix 20 Sep 2024

Waste pickers will have slight exemptions in the new scrap metal regulations.

Materials & Equipment

Mchunu tightens regulations for scrap metal dealers in SA

Lindsey Schutters 14 Jul 2024

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Environment & Natural Resources

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

Jason Gilchrist 3 Jul 2024

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

TV

Trafficked Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller premiers this May

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 30 Apr 2024

Rudie Opperman. Source: Supplied

Technology

Edge computing could solve SA's illegal mining crisis

Rudie Opperman 13 Nov 2023

Traders call for retaliation following Kenyan ban on exports

Import/Export

Traders call for retaliation following Kenyan ban on exports

27 Oct 2023

World Elephant Day 2023: How can we help our elephants?

Environment & Natural Resources

World Elephant Day 2023: How can we help our elephants?

Issued by Our Salad Mix 16 Aug 2023

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino killings decrease by 11%

1 Aug 2023

Ethics & Medicolegal

British American Tobacco fears profits will go up in smoke as illegal trade devours the market

Georgina Crouth 28 Feb 2023

US, SA agree to 'follow the money' in wildlife trafficking - Yellen

Environment & Natural Resources

US, SA agree to 'follow the money' in wildlife trafficking - Yellen

Andrea Shalal 26 Jan 2023

Source: SANews.gov.za

Criminal Law

Sars Customs seize drug powder worth R21m

4 Feb 2022

SA consumer power needed to help solve dire state of lobster fishing industry

Fishing

SA consumer power needed to help solve dire state of lobster fishing industry

24 Jan 2022

Image source: Ludvig Hedenborg from

Criminal Law

Two held for illegally trading reptiles

22 Nov 2021

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Regulatory

Inefficient vaccine rollout puts alcohol industry on the back foot - trade associations

28 Jun 2021

Illegal cigarette consignment to be destroyed

Criminal Law

Illegal cigarette consignment to be destroyed

8 Apr 2021

What pangolins taught us: We are all conservationists

Environment & Natural Resources

What pangolins taught us: We are all conservationists

Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 19 Feb 2021

Africa's untapped opportunity: How Africa's free-trade area could catalyse the agricultural sector's development

Agriculture

Africa's untapped opportunity: How Africa's free-trade area could catalyse the agricultural sector's development

Louis van Ravesteyn 2 Dec 2020

Cabinet approves measures to address threatened biodiversity

Environment & Natural Resources

Cabinet approves measures to address threatened biodiversity

25 Nov 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Environment & Natural Resources

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

SA amends regulations to protect ozone layer

Environment & Natural Resources

SA amends regulations to protect ozone layer

17 Sep 2020

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

Regulatory

Webinar: Don't blame SA's booming illegal cigarette trade on lockdown alone

10 Jul 2020

Being locked down with your killer

FMCG

Being locked down with your killer

Dr Amelia Richards and Micaela Mooloo, Issued by Ask Afrika 6 Jul 2020

Alarm over proposed changes to Meat Safety Act

Legislation & Regulation

Alarm over proposed changes to Meat Safety Act

18 May 2020

The impact of Covid-19 on small and micro businesses in SA

Entrepreneurship

The impact of Covid-19 on small and micro businesses in SA

Lindiwe Kunene 8 May 2020

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Health & Social Welfare

Coronavirus: Recognising illegal wildlife trade as a public health issue

Simon Evans 27 Mar 2020

Trump and Macron agreed to a detente in their trade spat.
AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Taxation & Regulation

France-US skirmish over Amazon digital tax shows why the century-old international tax system is broken

Ruth Mason 10 Feb 2020

Samara welcomes birth of first lion cubs

Responsible Tourism

Samara welcomes birth of first lion cubs

19 Dec 2019

Breaking the cycle of the illegally sold tuna market

Fishing

Breaking the cycle of the illegally sold tuna market

27 Nov 2019

Durban conference set to focus on Africa's green economy

ESG & Sustainability

Durban conference set to focus on Africa's green economy

14 Nov 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Pharmaceuticals

The devastating effects of counterfeit drugs

26 Sep 2019

What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

Research

What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

23 Jul 2019

Eye of the Pangolin to premiere on Endangered Species Day

Environment & Natural Resources

Eye of the Pangolin to premiere on Endangered Species Day

13 May 2019

New report confirms African elephants under continued threat of poaching

Environment & Natural Resources

New report confirms African elephants under continued threat of poaching

13 May 2019

Campaign expected to clamp down on illegal trade

Corporate & Commercial Law

Campaign expected to clamp down on illegal trade

28 Jan 2019

Abalone. Image by Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Environment & Natural Resources

First steps to tackling South Africa's abalone poaching

Marieke Norton 23 Nov 2018

26% of alcohol consumed globally is illicit

Research

26% of alcohol consumed globally is illicit

25 Oct 2018

Can sound help save a dwindling elephant population? Scientists using AI think so

Environment & Natural Resources

Can sound help save a dwindling elephant population? Scientists using AI think so

Jennifer Langston 13 Aug 2018

What can we expect from the new Tobacco Bill and its ripple effect?

Legislation & Regulation

What can we expect from the new Tobacco Bill and its ripple effect?

Andrew Neumann 18 Jun 2018

Tanzania's tough mining laws paying off

Mining

Tanzania's tough mining laws paying off

Beatrice Materu 14 Jun 2018

How to break the impasse between opposing camps in ivory trade debate

Environment & Natural Resources

How to break the impasse between opposing camps in ivory trade debate

Katarzyna Nowak, Benezeth Mutayoba, Phyllis Lee, R 23 May 2018

Environment & Natural Resources

Local links across Africa provide key clues to fighting the illegal ivory trade

Kristof Titeca 4 May 2018

Antique ivory – defined as pre-1947 worked ivory – is an exception and can be traded in the UK and EU. Flickr/James Picht

Environment & Natural Resources

Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban

Caroline Cox 26 Mar 2018

Points of entry targeted to prevent wildlife crime

Environment & Natural Resources

Points of entry targeted to prevent wildlife crime

5 Mar 2018

Pangolin trade forces Ghana to look at new wildlife laws

Environment & Natural Resources

Pangolin trade forces Ghana to look at new wildlife laws

13 Oct 2017