#PoeticLicence: How SAA got its wings back
The probabilities for the transition from a shack to a cockpit are close to those of us being colonised again.
SA Fashion Week designers prioritise calm, comfort, colour in latest collections
The Covid-19 pandemic, which has spread to every corner of the globe, has revolutionised the fashion industry and forced designers to adjust to the new realities imposed by the global health crisis.
#PoeticLicence: If you are reading this, take it as a reminder of the cleansing that we need
The heavens are embarking on a mission to cleanse us with a baptism of heavy rains and thundershowers.
Warming temperatures, urbanisation, could lower rates of malaria and increase outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases - research
Climate change is going to rearrange the landscape of infectious disease, said Stanford biologist and study lead author Erin Mordecai.
More creatures susceptible to impacts of climate change than decades ago-study
Every species currently on Earth is the survivor of a “fiercely competitive, treacherous and arduous natural selection contest spanning millennia”.
’Day and night we smell it’: Sewage spills make life hell for Deneysville residents
Refengkgotso and Deneysville residents demand urgent intervention from authorities.
Experts’ letter calls for action to save cetaceans
Cetacean populations are slipping closer to extinction because of numerous interacting factors, including chemical and noise pollution, loss of habitat and prey, climate change and ship-strikes.
Collisions and electrocutions on power-lines are a major culprit in vulture declines
Unfortunately, vultures are now at risk of disappearing from the African landscape
#aTypicalInterview: Wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso KG Montjane would love to take on Naomi Osaka
She is South Africa’s top wheelchair tennis star and is ranked number seven in the world among her female compatriots.
’Gross cruelty’ towards the consignment of sheep and cattle headed for the Middle East
The NSPCA said it documented numerous contraventions to the Animal Protection Act.
Government's 10-year plan to build SA's resilience to changing weather patterns
Cabinet has approved a 10-year plan on how to build the country's resilience to changing weather patterns that threaten to widen the gap between rich and poor.
Advancements in sexual assault case against former Bryanston school coach
The accused failed in his bid to have the case thrown out of court.
Feathers flying over the fate of flamingos housed at Gauteng facilities
Around 200 rescued juvenile birds await repatriation to Kamfers Dam.
Delay in irrigation pipe repairs leaves birds at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens high and dry
The repair of the pipe at the waterfall needed specialists and experienced service providers due to the position of the pipe.
Overfishing drives fishers to take sharks
The huge number of petroleum platforms is also a major constraint to artisanal fisheries reducing the artisanal fishing zone by two thirds and polluting coastal waters.
Chinese community demand justice over couple who were gunned down in Joburg CBD
Zhi-wei Zhong and his wife Xuejie Hua were gunned down in the Joburg CBD on the afternoon of August 13.
Consignment of reptiles smuggled from SA, hidden inside stuffed toys in a package destined for the US
Endemic to SA and nationally-protected, armadillo girdled lizards are a Cites Appendix II-listed species.
Joburg Zoo in tortoise trade saga
The Johannesburg Zoo, the report states, sold more than 700 leopard tortoises last year to South African Venom Supplies.
Why the Mauritius oil spill was a disaster waiting to happen
Authorities warned before MV Wakashio ran aground off the south-east coast of Mauritius.
'The alcohol ban has turned us into criminals'
The mother of three, who is unemployed, started selling alcohol on the black market recently to help bring in an income.
Sewage can help scientists track Covid-19
Sars-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, is shed at relatively high titres in the stools of some individuals.
Locals angry over government’s inaction over Mauritius oil spill calamity
The oil spill “is likely one of the most terrible ecological crises ever seen on the small island country. ”
Independent schools struggling to keep their doors open due to Covid-19 lockdown
Many independent schools are struggling to keep their doors open as parents, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, battle to pay school fees.
75% of pandemic-related waste will end up in landfills or floating seas
Before the pandemic, plastic pollution was one of the biggest threats to the planet.
Four pangolins rescued in a week from illegal trade
In total, 11 people were arrested by a team of dedicated and specialised law enforcement officers.