A compliance unit within the United Nations Development Programme has recommended that it withdraw support for the controversial Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone, a draft report shows.
In a South African first, a project funded by one of the country’s biggest coal mining companies has begun repopulating a river system with fish after a catastrophic spill from a disused coal mine.
Cool-surface paint is being rolled out at military bases in Limpopo – and it’s one of the largest projects of its kind to be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa.
A wind farm set to be built right next to Makhanda in the Eastern Cape has raised the ire of game reserves and a civil society group, who are concerned about the impact that the huge turbines would have on biodiversity and the character of the region.
Not everyone can access food and women-headed homes are especially hard hit when it comes to hunger, and as weather patterns change because of global warming, this could worsen.
From 29 February, households will no longer be able to benefit from the solar PV tax incentive, but there is good news for automakers looking to expand electric vehicle production.
Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food – a “meaty” rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change.
Minister Barbara Creecy says the climate response fund could be a model for the rest of the world to raise finance to help developing nations adapt to climate impacts.