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The Draft 2026/27 Budget effectively formalises a "City-as-a-Service" model, where the privilege of being a resident is increasingly defined by mandatory, high-cost subscriptions rather than actual service usage.
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Madagascar’s protected area forests have 2.5km buffer zone forests surrounding them that also need urgent protection.
Today with her annual budget speech, North West MEC for Finance Ms Kenetshwe Mogenosi, tabled a budget filled with ideologically driven promises, but very little substance or concrete development strategies, to the Provincial Legislature. Much was made of the provincial government’s expressed intention to restore local government as well as restore residents’ faith in their […]
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A 19th-century Cape Dutch homestead in Cape Town has been revived through a partnership between SAHRA and volunteers
Nearly half of the city’s water is lost to leaks
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has joined forces with the Groenkloof Residents’ Association in an effort to have a controversial property development project in Totius Street, Groenkloof, investigated through submitting a formal petition to the Tshwane Metro Council. The Metro currently leases the disputed site to Vriendekring MSW, a non-profit organisation that has operated […]
The post Freedom Front Plus supports Groenkloof Residents’ Association in opposing controversial development on bowling green site appeared first on Freedom Front Plus.
The Spatial Development Framework is a crucial tool for addressing key challenges in the Garden Route District Municipality. I'd like to highlight two critical areas that require attention.
The post ADOPTION OF THE GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY’S SPATIAL FRAMEWORK (SDF) appeared first on For Good.
A new court order seeks to protect African penguins, which are critically endangered.
A beetle that lays eggs inside the bark of trees has killed six baobab trees in Oman for the first time. Urgent measures are needed to stop it spreading to Africa.
The latest checklist of Table Mountain flora shows that Cape Town is still a global hotspot for threatened flowering plants.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is seriously concerned about the ongoing veld fires affecting Franschhoek, which have already caused extensive damage. These fires pose a direct threat to the community’s historical heritage, infrastructure and unique natural environment. The fires, which began on 7 January 2026 in the Langrug area, have since destroyed more than […]
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Celempilo Mduli was shot dead by rangers while fishing at night. Five years later, his family is still seeking answers.
Mangroves offer natural protection against flooding. Without them, communities are left vulnerable.
The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters were capable of complex thinking.
A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants
Warblers in high mountain wetlands change their dawn singing with temperature, rain, wind, humidity and moonlight, showing how weather shapes wildlife behaviour.
An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.
South Africa’s water, energy and food crises are interconnected. Coordinated funding across all three, including community-led and blended finance, is needed.
Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites
Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s turtle monitoring programme runs from October to April, monitoring the nesting season of these reptiles
The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.