Sustainable Energy Africa is helping municipalities across the country build their capacity to register rooftop solar PV.

Corporate climate lobbying is recognised globally as a threat to effective climate change policy, the private and public sectors in SA do not perceive closed-door engagements to be problematic, write Caroline James and Emma Schuster.

While battery electric vehicles have dominated the transition conversation in transport, it’s looking increasingly likely that other technologies will also have a role to play.

South Africa is among 175 countries negotiating on a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation had budgeted for 100 stranded turtle hatchlings in the whole of 2024, but the immense storm in the Western Cape resulted in hundreds of the endangered animals being washed ashore.

An eco-friendly delivery solution seeks to address South Africa’s youth unemployment gap.

A waterless toilet solution is being rolled out in informal settlements in Durban and for R350 a month, residents can use it.

While Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe have declared state disasters owing to a drought, South Africa’s food supplies are still at comfortable levels, says government.

South Africa’s fossil fuel subsidies tripled in five years from R39 billion to R118 billion by 2023, a new report shows.

A new waste treatment plant has been launched in Mpumalanga to turn dirty, contaminated water into a clean, safe resource.

Less demand for Eskom’s power, in favour of solar PV and other interventions by households to save on costs, are among the factors contributing to less load shedding, say experts.

The Sasol share price jumped on the news that its sulphur dioxide emissions would be measured using an alternative method, but activists say the decision makes a mockery of pollution laws.

Oil and chemicals giant, Sasol, has succeeded in an appeal to the Environmental Affairs ministry which will see its sulphur emissions regulated on an “alternative” basis.

The project, an estimated investment of R5.7 billion that will be partly funded through the UK’s commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership.

Political parties missed the mark in their election manifestos when it comes to adapting to climate impacts – which is an urgent need, writes Enock Sithole.

An expert task team has identified eight viable options for captive lion breeders to voluntarily exit the industry, which is jeopardising South Africa’s status as a premier wildlife destination.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a state of national disaster over a drought that’s curbed farm output in the southern African nation.

Delays to the planned closures of coal-fired power plants proposed by South Africa’s energy department could result in thousands of deaths from air pollution and lead to billions of dollars of health-related costs, an air-quality research agency said.

Four of South Africa’s national parks have been expanded by more than 20 000 hectares to protect more wildlife and plants like the indigenous quiver tree.

The third bid window for battery energy storage was launched last week, with government seeking to procure an additional 616MW.

A new report shows that in the past 10 years, at least 32 invasive species have been introduced in the country, this includes a beetle that carries a fungus deadly to trees.