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Circular Economy & Waste Management

The global plastics treaty process has fallen flat. Here’s what went wrong, and how you can help

Melanie MacGregor 2 days

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell gets go-ahead to drill off SA's west coast

11 Jul 2025

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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 20 May 2025

Environment & Natural Resources

Vodacom AI early warning system to help protect marine mammals

Issued by WWF South Africa 17 Nov 2023

Circular Economy & Waste Management

New pollution law to increase protection of oceans

28 Jan 2025

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

5 fairness flaws the UN’s new plastics treaty must change

Anna Barford and Jakob T. Pruess 9 Dec 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

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

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Environment & Natural Resources

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

The massive (330m x 61m x 33.5m) Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel is a spread moored FPSO connected through a subsea production system to 44 wells (21 oil producers and 23 water injectors) via umbilicals, flow lines and risers. Source: TotalEnergies

Coal, Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies says Nigeria Egina offshore oil spill is under control

Camillus Eboh 23 Nov 2023

Enhancing environmental literacy: Introducing Captain Fanplastic and the Black Mermaid

Environment & Natural Resources

Enhancing environmental literacy: Introducing Captain Fanplastic and the Black Mermaid

Issued by Soapbox 21 Nov 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Govt to tackle plastic pollution with labour, plastic sector

8 Nov 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Research & Development

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

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Environment & Natural Resources

Work underway to fight wildlife crime

19 May 2023

Coal, Oil & Gas

Battle over plan for offshore drilling between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas rages on

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Marine life in Western Cape's False Bay is full of chemical pollutants

Leslie Petrik and Cecilia Yejide Ojemaye 2 Jun 2022

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

Mining

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

John Yeld 23 Feb 2022

Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector

Agriculture

Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector

Dr Keith Du Plessis 9 Feb 2022

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

Mining

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

John Yeld 19 Jan 2022

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Environment & Natural Resources

"Go to hell Shell" - protesters

Liezl Human 6 Dec 2021

Shell wins court case to start seismic surveys offshore South Africa

Environment & Natural Resources

Shell wins court case to start seismic surveys offshore South Africa

3 Dec 2021

Water-poor Egypt eyes quadrupling desalination capacity in five years

Infrastructure & Utilities

Water-poor Egypt eyes quadrupling desalination capacity in five years

Patrick Werr 21 Oct 2021

Ceres invests in a sustainable future by contributing to plastic waste reduction efforts

ESG

Ceres invests in a sustainable future by contributing to plastic waste reduction efforts

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 22 Sep 2021

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

3 Aug 2021

Faithful to Nature hosts inaugural Force of Nature event

Environment & Natural Resources

Faithful to Nature hosts inaugural Force of Nature event

20 May 2021

Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel

Energy

Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel

20 May 2021

Operation Phakisa - accelerating the implementation of solutions critical to development

Environment & Natural Resources

Operation Phakisa - accelerating the implementation of solutions critical to development

Jessie Taylor, Issued by Topco Media 12 Apr 2021

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Shipping

Ships moved more than 11bn tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year, and it's killing the climate. This week is a chance to change

Christiaan De Beukelaer 18 Nov 2020

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

Nuclear Power

Is the government prepared to prevent a nuclear disaster?

8 Oct 2020

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Environment & Natural Resources

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Ashim Paun 14 Jul 2020

Oil smeared fishboats on oily mud in the river during low tide at K-Dere, near Bodo in the Niger Delta region Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Coal, Oil & Gas

How oil and water create a complex conflict in the Niger Delta

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde 23 Apr 2020

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Lagos beaches have a microplastic pollution problem

Ifenna Ilechukwu 10 Dec 2019

Aquaculture farmers often use antibiotics this can result in antibiotic-resistance in seafood. Shutterstock

Nutrition

What we found about bacteria that resist antibiotics in seafood

Olumide A Odeyemi 3 Dec 2019

EU targets fragile West African fish stocks, despite protection laws

Fishing

EU targets fragile West African fish stocks, despite protection laws

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 6 Nov 2019

Fishing

EU invests €40m to bolster food security in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions

25 Oct 2019

Facilities management offers great potential career path for unemployed youth

Youth Employment

Facilities management offers great potential career path for unemployed youth

2 Aug 2019

Listeners in Algoa country rally to protect Algoa Bay

ESG

Listeners in Algoa country rally to protect Algoa Bay

Issued by Algoa FM 23 Jul 2019

More than 200 litres of oil spilled in Algoa Bay

Environment & Natural Resources

More than 200 litres of oil spilled in Algoa Bay

8 Jul 2019

Results from new study on penguins could help inform fishery management

Environment & Natural Resources

Results from new study on penguins could help inform fishery management

28 May 2019

Snøhetta completes Europe's first underwater restaurant in Norway

Architecture & Design

Snøhetta completes Europe's first underwater restaurant in Norway

22 Mar 2019

The major source of ocean plastic pollution you've probably never heard of

Circular Economy & Waste Management

The major source of ocean plastic pollution you've probably never heard of

Claire Gwinnett 12 Mar 2019

Winners of Total Namibia startup challenge

Marketing & Media

Winners of Total Namibia startup challenge

11 Mar 2019

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Infrastructure & Utilities

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Steve Kretzmann 12 Feb 2019

2018 International Coastal Clean-up results reveals SA's top pollutants

Circular Economy & Waste Management

2018 International Coastal Clean-up results reveals SA's top pollutants

30 Jan 2019

Rising number of desalination plants creating a salty dilemma - UN report

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Rising number of desalination plants creating a salty dilemma - UN report

15 Jan 2019

How Pick n Pay and WWF-SA are collaborating to transform seafood procurement

ESG

How Pick n Pay and WWF-SA are collaborating to transform seafood procurement

22 Nov 2018

Global shipping safety and security under spotlight in Durban

Shipping

Global shipping safety and security under spotlight in Durban

12 Nov 2018

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

Medical Research

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

12 Nov 2018