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/ 27 December 2024

Scientists uncover evolutionary clues from tiny South African Jurassic crocodile

Bone scans reveal insights into an ancient South African crocodile ancestor

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 27 December 2024

Local scientist discovers new species of ancient reptile

Impumlophantsi boonstrai adds new piece to to the evolutionary puzzle of therapsids

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 25 December 2024

Illegal succulent trade is rampant in South Africa

A new report highlights the battle to save rare local plants from extinction

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 23 December 2024

Vaal Dam’s levels are plummeting

Although there is a backup plan in the Sterkfontein Dam, residents need to reduce their water use

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 17 December 2024

Ten illegal miners still trapped in flooded Krugersdorp mine

Five bodies have been recovered so far but reports of tapping sounds indicates that people underground are still alive

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 16 December 2024

Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon

Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted

By Steve Kretzmann

The Green Guardian

/ 15 December 2024

Hennops, the river of disease and death flowing through Gauteng

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 14 December 2024

Drought, overgrazing cause deaths of 80 elephants in North West reserve since August

Starving pachyderms in poor condition will be euthanased in the short-term and some of the 1600 population could also potentially be culled in the longer term

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 14 December 2024

It’s hot and records have been broken

The increase in temperature has been above the 1°C pre-industrial level for the past 12 months

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By Aarti Bhana

The Green Guardian

/ 12 December 2024

Elephants in KwaZulu-Natal face culling because of overcrowding

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is trying to find solutions to deal with 35 elephants roaming the rural areas of Mawana and Ekudubekeni

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By Lyse Comins

The Green Guardian

/ 11 December 2024

Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation

By John Yeld

The Green Guardian

/ 11 December 2024

Free State’s helium gamble: A new energy frontier?

The province is home to the biggest gas and helium project in the country. Will it speed up the shift towards renewable energy sources, or could it potentially hinder progress? Refilwe Mochoari investigates

By Refilwe Mochoari

The Green Guardian

/ 9 December 2024

Legal threat to agriculture minister over delay in banning Terbufos

South African coalition pushes for immediate ban of Terbufos and other highly hazardous pesticides

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 8 December 2024

Hydrogen technology ‘key to sustainable steel industry’, analysis of ArcelorMittal’s roadmap finds

A groundbreaking policy brief looks at what ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation roadmap means for communities and the environment

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 7 December 2024

South Africa’s G20 presidency a game-changer for Africa’s global influence, says UNDP leader

The United Nations Development Programme’s Achim Steiner criticizes slow global response to Africa’s debt crisis

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 5 December 2024

Court overturns South Africa’s coal-fired power plans, protecting children’s health and the environment

1 500 megawatts of new coal power locked in landmark legal victory

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 5 December 2024

Critical futures: What SA wants from its transition minerals

With vast deposits of minerals that make South Africa a key player in the green energy transition, Andiswa Matikinca investigates the future that stakeholders want to see

By Andiswa Matikinca

The Green Guardian

/ 5 December 2024

KZN and Western Cape water woes under control, for now, ahead of festive season

Both Durban and Cape Town are enjoying some respite from high levels of E.Coli in beach water

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By Lyse Comins

The Green Guardian

/ 4 December 2024

Searing heat across the country expected to last into next week

South Africa is experiencing an unusually long heatwave for this time for the year, according to a weather forecaster

By Aarti Bhana

The Green Guardian

/ 1 December 2024

Jail municipal officials responsible for pollution, say water experts

Taxpayer money will be used to pay the R160 million fine slapped on a Mpumalanga municipality

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 30 November 2024

Fossil fuel and chemical lobbyists dominate global plastic treaty talks

Environmental groups warn of industry obstruction in global plastic treaty negotiations

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 27 November 2024

World at crossroads as plastic pollution talks reach critical stage in Busan

A robust treaty addressing the lifecycle of plastics is crucial to averting disaster

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 26 November 2024

Petition seeks ban on Terbufos, highly hazardous pesticides within three months

Stop scapegoating spaza shops when regulation failure is to blame for poisoning deaths, groups say

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 24 November 2024

COP29’s ‘shocking’ R1.3 trillion for developing counties lambasted

This conference has shown how developed countries want to shirk their climate finance responsibilities to vulnerable countries, say leaders of least developed nations

By Ozayr Patel and Lyse Comins

The Green Guardian

/ 22 November 2024

$250bn a year for climate action is too little, say developing countries

The final draft text for COP29 shows there has been limited progress made on funding, a failure given that this was meant to be the ‘finance COP’

By Ozayr Patel

The Green Guardian

/ 22 November 2024

Illegal mining proliferates when the state fails to issue closure certificates and regulate compliance

The problem has wide-ranging socio-economic and environmental impacts, says a draft mine closure strategy

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 21 November 2024

Failure to implement policy contributing to illegal mining crisis

Association says the government does not ‘have the will to act’ and the solution is regulation to allow artisanal miners to work legally

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 21 November 2024

New draft for climate finance released at COP29, but lacks specifics

Least developed countries and small island nations will be prioritised but the finance proposal omits to say how much money will be provided

By Ozayr Patel

The Green Guardian

/ 21 November 2024

Environment minister pushing for climate action breakthrough at COP29

Dion George is tackling resistance to mitigation and climate finance with just days left at the conference

By Ozayr Patel

The Green Guardian

/ 21 November 2024

SA’s coal fired power stations here to stay until 2050

The Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit in the Presidency has highlighted plans to upskill people to work in the green economy and roll out infrastructure to support renewable energy plants

By Lyse Comins

The Green Guardian

/ 20 November 2024

SA accused of double standards for selling coal to Israel while condemning ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Pro-Palestine groups at the COP29 conference are arguing that there is a clear link between climate rights and human rights

By Ozayr Patel

The Green Guardian

/ 19 November 2024

Unified African voice needed at COP29

The continent must also ignore the dangled carrot of small bits of money for carbon forests or just transitions, said Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at Power Shift Africa

By Ozayr Patel

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