South Africa's environment minister has dismissed a challenge lodged by conservationists against an environmental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities ...

By Anna Weekes Insects like fall armyworm or mealybugs can decimate food and commercial crops; like their counterparts ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to protect one ...

A Chinese-controlled coal mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province is moving toward full production even as a legal challenge ...

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 (Reuters) - South Africa is concerned by the impact Donald Trump's election as the next president of the United States may have on talks to tackle climate change, its environment ...

Promise Mabilo does not need an air-quality monitor to know when the pollution in Emalahleni is especially bad. In the coal country of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Highveld, she can feel it when she ...

Groups fighting the buildout of oil and gas projects defend climate, justice, and the rule of law. Community and environmental advocates recently won two legal challenges against fossil fuel polluters ...

Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of the ...

The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee and PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance protest against coal and for renewable energy in Johannesburg on 20 March 2024. Courtesy Patrick Bond, Author provided ...

South Africa’s Fisheries, Forestry and Environment Minister Dion George looks likely to lose his post after his party, the Democratic Alliance, proposed that he be replaced by its spokesman, Willie ...

The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell from drilling for oil ...