Nic Bothma News Today

Readers need information from professional journalists that includes or questions climate change understandings different from the mainstream.

African penguins are not magically disappearing — they are being pushed to the brink by human pressure on their food supply and habitats.

The US has included the Akademik Alexander Karpinsky in a long list of new sanctions. Although restrictions are not likely to have an instant impact on this vessel’s Southern Ocean movements, they could cause US-aligned states to implement similar measures, experts note.

During a new UK House of Commons inquiry into British South Pole interests, a leading academic has told MPs that Russian oil and gas surveys via Cape Town may raise questions about the vulnerable region’s future.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sona was flimsy in detail about how exactly SA’s security structures and policing will be bolstered.

South Africa’s case might take years, but could add weight to growing international calls for Israel to stop the war.

Two South African peasant activists recently attended a conference in Colombia where they pledged to broaden the participation of individuals, especially women, in the fight for food sovereignty.

Gender commitments to end gender-based violence must be translated into budgetary commitments by applying a gendered perspective.

The strategy to combat gender-based violence needs to shift to preventative rather than punitive measures, lest it continues unabated.

The Environment Department has called for public comment on its intention to block future lion breeders and prevent the exploitation of a long list of animals, birds, insects, fish and plants.