Gauteng currently has enough water to meet its demands, yet residents in some parts of the province still go weeks with dry taps as millions of litres are lost because of a broken value chain, and ageing and leaking infrastructure. This ... Read More
The SCA has dismissed the Minister of Electricity & Energy’s appeal against a ruling that set aside plans to procure an additional 1 500MWs of coal-fired electricity. In a judgment delivered on 30 October, the SCA found that the government’s 2025 ... Read More
Electricity & Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the government is considering increasing the Free Basic Electricity (FBE) allocation to qualifying households but no decision has been made, reports The Star. Ramokgopa revealed this when responding parliamentary questions from IFP MP ... Read More
The SA subsidiary of a global business conglomerate has been fined R15m for developing a luxury tourism lodge in the Cape Winelands without the required environmental authorisation. In a plea and sentence deal with the NPA, R10m of that amount ... Read More
Forestry, Fisheries & Environment Minister David Maynier has announced, in the Government Gazette, the publication of the draft policy for the development of new wild marine fisheries and the expansion of regulated wild marine fisheries in SA 2026 for public ... Read More
When a mining operation contaminates a community’s water, displaces families from their land or destroys local livelihoods the consequences are devastatingly local. However, the company’s parent, investors and decision-makers may be thousands of kilometres away. In a Business Day analysis ... Read More
Lawyers for Human Rights, representing Fossil Free SA (FFSA), lodged a complaint with the SA Advertising Regulatory Board (Saarb) over what it believes are contradictions between Standard Bank’s advertising and its actions. Standard Bank is one of several financiers of ... Read More
The Lesotho High Court has told the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) and the trust representing communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project to come to an agreement out of court. The Seinoli Trust had approached the court seeking ... Read More
Former Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga has welcomed a court decision halting a commercial project at Nairobi National Park for four months, accusing the government of undermining environmental protection obligations. A CapitalFM report notes that Maraga congratulated Friends of Nairobi ... Read More
The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam. A report in The Guardian notes that the global ... Read More
The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just 6% by 2035, a UN report said last month, weeks before COP31 talks in Türkiye. A Cape Argus report notes that that is a tenth ... Read More
Governments have pledged to boost clean energy use to ensure reliable power supply and cut costs, particularly after the US-Israeli war with Iran choked energy supplies and inflated prices. But Irena director-general Francesco La Camera noted that there has been ... Read More
* Conservation authorities in the Western Cape have moved to eliminate the trade of California kingsnakes following formal findings that the popular exotic reptile poses a high risk of biological invasion. Under a framework launched by CapeNature, all commercial transactions, transfers ... Read More
* Blu Label Unlimited’s energy unit has started building its first power plant: a R360m solar project at the Springs Fresh Produce Market that will supply electricity to the City of Ekurhuleni for 20 years. BluEnergy and its development partner, IBS ... Read More
* Durban’s beaches have not been refused Blue Flag status, the eThekwini Municipality said. The city has chosen not to apply to include the beaches in the international Blue Flag programme for a sixth consecutive season. The Blue Flag programme recognises ... Read More
'Pallet doc's' work continuesYoung fine artists, poets, musicians and fashion designers gathered at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum last week to exhibit their works, strengthen community and raise awareness about climate change. Among the items on show were ... Read More
Climate message through rapIndian musicians have launched the ‘Climate Emergency Mixtape’ – the country’s first multilingual climate crisis rap album – featuring personal songs from artists like Kali and Abisha who draw on their own childhood memories of water scarcity ... Read More
And SA's Insect of the Year is ...It is a master of disguise that mimics the flowers it hunts on. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, it can turn green, yellow, cream, pink or purple to match ... Read More
SCAMinister of Electricity & Energy v African Climate Alliance Judgment: 30 October 2026 Keywords: Constitutional law – mootness – practical effect or result – Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013, s 16(2)(a) – Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006, s ... Read More
