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The Skhaftin Bus is a mobile grocery store that aims to provide low-cost food and promote plastic-free shopping. On the third day of its trip through SA, the bus stopped at Masifunde Learner Development in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape.
Standard Bank says it is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions from its own operations by 2040 and from its portfolio of financed emissions by 2050, but still hasn’t withdrawn its involvement as financial advisers of what is projected to be the world’s largest heated crude oil pi...
Our Burning Planet Journalist Kevin Bloom discussed the link between State Capture and environmental breakdown with sustainability professor Mark Swilling and land fraud investigator Rehana Rossouw, unpacking how efforts to conserve our environment often lead to opportunities for government cor...
Hundreds of would-be occupants of the Futululu indigenous forest have been ordered to stop ‘entering or invading’, clearing land or erecting any buildings inside the protected forest near the villages of St Lucia and Monzi. Hundreds of would-be occupants of the Futululu indigenous forest ha...
The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal have brought into sharp focus the material threat posed by extreme weather and climate change. Weather forecasters and climate scientists have told Our Burning Planet that these sorts of events are likely to happen again – and potentially sooner than yo...