3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (872+ words) A journey down memory lane for a boy who grew up wild in then-East London revealed an unpublicised pollution horror — but also a glimmer of a solution. Tony Dubber, now retired, recalled how he and his similarly feral boyhood friends…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (289+ words) Independent meteorologists Annette Botha and Michelle du Plessis of Vox Weather told their online audience of more than 377,000 there was a 63% chance of the El Niño becoming “very strong” by year’s end. Du Plessis said the El Niño system has…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (560+ words) I can imagine that there are many things that keep environmentalists and climate scientists awake at night, and I’m genuinely grateful that I don’t know what they know. But of all those torments, I suspect the one that would do…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (639+ words) Southern Africa is braced for a spring-through-summer drought and heatwaves as the global climate swings into a strong, even super El Niño state. “Advanced seasonal forecasts and early warnings are vital to save lives and cushion the impact on our…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (441+ words) Prepare rather than panic. This is the message from SA meteorologists ahead of a scorching summer. The global thermometer is apparently a sliver in the Pacific — Niño 3.4 — and it is turning a livid red. The global meteorology community organised around…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (869+ words) Popular educational stories that do a deep dive into the bush, forests, waters and skies we live in and under are rare. Often, they are stiff, distant, or don’t exist at all. But there are local literary luminaries, such as…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (779+ words) US technology giant Amazon has backed a R1.5bn environmental restoration project in the Eastern Cape expected to create more than 11,000 sustainable long-term jobs over the next decade while helping revive one of SA’s most threatened ecosystems. This investment has already created…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (243+ words) Spain recorded 1,029 excess deaths last month attributable to heat, official data showed on Wednesday, as a five-day heatwave with temperatures surpassing 40°C made it the second hottest month of June on record. Data on the health ministry’s daily mortality monitoring…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (427+ words) On June 10 2025, a dark cloud engulfed Mthatha. On that fateful morning, we woke up to the news that a minibus transporting pupils had been swept away by the Mthatha River amid heavy rains. What followed was heart-wrenching: more than 100 people…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (470+ words) One year after the devastating floods that killed 104 people in the Eastern Cape, some survivors say they are still living in damaged homes in flood-prone areas. The concerns emerged on Wednesday during a prayer and candlelight remembrance ceremony at the…...