Environment

Democrats took Congress in a midterm landslide, sinking the dollar and oil prices. Zanele Mokoena unpacks what the shake-up means for South Africa's working class.

Oil rose above $115 a barrel on Israel's election uncertainty and tensions with Iran, while SK hynix's 632 percent profit surge sent Asian tech stocks soaring.

A new report shows over half of stokvel savers gambled in the past year as financial pressure bites, while gambling turnover hit R1.8 trillion.

The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms on Tuesday, with heavy rain, hail, damaging winds and lightning threatening parts of South Africa.

Indonesia's main airport extends closure as Mount Anak Krakatau erupts, stranding 340,000 passengers and exposing the fragility of a region shaped by colonial exploitation and environmental neglect.

Isha Foundation fears the worst for 80 Kailash pilgrims missing after devastating Nepal floods. A climate tragedy that hits the Global South hardest.

Namibia approves the world's first commercial seabed phosphate mining project, risking marine ecosystems and local fisheries. Critics warn of toxic release and foreign exploitation.

As National Garden Day approaches, expert Dr Anesu Mbizvo explains how gardening can heal our connection to the land and ourselves, even in small spaces.

As snow blankets three provinces, Rainbow Report examines how apartheid's spatial legacy makes rural Black communities the most vulnerable to severe weather.

A cold front brings snow, rain, and wind across South Africa, but the real story is how neglected infrastructure in black communities turns weather into crisis.

The Table Mountain Cableway reopens after maintenance, but its colonial legacy and exclusionary history remain unresolved for black South Africans.

In a bold move to safeguard one of South Africa's most vital cheetah populations, five more cheetahs have been fitted with tracking collars in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. This operation is not just conservation, it is a reclamation of our natural heritage.

As flames ravage Europe, Avincis warns of longer wildfire seasons. But for Black South Africans, this crisis exposes the colonial logic that leaves the Global South vulnerable while the North scrambles for resources.

As a cut-off low weather system hits the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, the legacy of apartheid's spatial planning means Black communities face the worst impacts of flooding and snow. Zanele Mokoena reports on the urgent need for climate justice.

Drakenstein Lion Park fights CapeNature’s irrational fencing demands. A story of bureaucracy, animal rescue, and the fight for fairness in post-apartheid South Africa.

A powerful El Niño is set to bring extreme heat and drought to South Africa. Zanele Mokoena examines how this climate crisis will disproportionately affect Black communities and what can be done to prepare.

Western AI promises to decode whale songs, but its massive carbon footprint and mining practices are destroying our African oceans. We must confront this colonial extraction.

Team SA wins gold at Chelsea with indigenous fynbos display. But the real triumph is African resilience and bringing our natural heritage home, on our terms.

Severe thunderstorms threaten four provinces, with our most vulnerable communities facing disproportionate risks from flooding and infrastructure damage in historically marginalized areas.

Eastern Cape faces severe thunderstorms as climate crisis exposes infrastructure inequalities in historically disadvantaged communities across South Africa.