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The UPL farm poisons giant has ramped up pressure on the eThekwini Municipality to reopen several beaches closed after the 12 July Cornubia chemical disaster. But the city has refused to budge for now — and voiced fresh concern that the company may not have played open cards about the true vo...
EThekwini municipality, the metro punted by the African National Congress-led provincial and local government as the prime investment destination in KwaZulu-Natal, has allowed water infrastructure — and planning for increased capacity — to lapse to such an extent that it experiences about 3...
New peepholes have been drilled through the closed-door government investigation into the UPL chemical warehouse fire, finally permitting Durban residents to access more information — and to raise questions — about one of South Africa’s worst chemical disasters. New peepholes have been dr...
The relocation of two captive lions from Seaview Predator Park in Gqeberha to the Lionsrock sanctuary in the Free State underlines that there is still much to do, Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s draft policy notwithstanding, before the intensive breeding of captive lions is brought unde...