No tilling, no chemicals in South African farmer’s revolution
Balfour – It’s spring in South Africa, and Danie Bester’s tillers are rusting in a corner of his farm. Freshly-turned... Read more
28 Oct, 2021
Northern white rhino retired from world-first breeding project
Nairobi – Scientists attempting to bring back the near-extinct northern white rhinoceros announced on Thursday they would stop harvesting eggs... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Famed gorilla dies at 35 in DRC park
Bukavu – A veteran gorilla descended from a celebrated forebear immortalised on a banknote has been found dead near a... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Oil cleanup in southern Nigeria still a ‘long way’ from target
Abuja – A much-touted cleanup of oil pollution in southern Nigeria has yet to start in parts of the hotspot... Read more
8 Oct, 2021
Sea pollution after SA riots an ‘environmental catastrophe’
Johannesburg – South African government on Sunday said the sea pollution linked to a spill from a chemical plant attacked... Read more
4 Oct, 2021
Bees kill dozens of endangered penguins in Cape Town
Port Elizabeth – A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town, the... Read more
20 Sep, 2021
12 dead after mining pollution in DRC river
Kinshasa – Twelve people have died and thousands have fallen ill after a river in southern Democratic Repoblic of Congo... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
South Africa’s lions prosper with careful watch and fenceless parks
South Africa – At sunset, a buffalo calf’s distressed grunts reverberate through the bush. But it’s a trick. The... Read more
3 Sep, 2021
Environmental groups warn of ‘catastrophe’ in DRC’s forests
Kinshasa – Environmental groups on Thursday warned of an impending “biodiversity catastrophe” if the Democratic Republic of Congo pushes ahead... Read more
3 Sep, 2021
‘How do you think 3% can clean the spills?’: New law stokes tension in Nigeria’s blighted oil delta
Ejamah-Ebubu – Nigerian farmer Nwale Nchimaonwi celebrated when he learnt that an oil law to overhaul the industry and... Read more
1 Sep, 2021
