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27 July 2026

Practical Recovery Plan for SOL Plaatje Proposed

Location: News

Theo Joubert, MPL and chairperson of the Local Government Committee in the Northern Cape Legislature, proposed a comprehensive recovery plan for Sol Plaatje at a recent public meeting in Kimberley. The Sol Plaatje Municipality, which includes the provincial capital Kimberley, has been in a serious governance crisis for months. It follows decades of mismanagement as […]

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27 July 2026

Lessons From South Africa on How Parks and Community Gardens Can Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change

Location: News

Parks do more than cool cities. They also help people work together to cope with climate change, but only if local communities help design, manage and care for them.

26 July 2026

How Can Rural Communities Benefit From South Africa’s Green Energy Transition?

Location: News

Solar farms can bring jobs, but the story of one South African community shows that rural residents who give up their land need more say in how benefits are shared.

13 July 2026

Abuja’s Housing Crisis: Why Affordable Homes Stay out of Reach for Low Paid Workers

Location: News

Nigeria’s housing policies have failed to meet the needs of its federal capital residents.

29 June 2026

Blaming Migrants Ignores the Real Causes of South Africa’s Economic Crisis

Location: News

The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services.

14 June 2026

Sharks, Seals, Hunters, Tourists – How Wildlife-Human Interactions Matter for Conservation

Location: News

From Cape Town’s kelp forests to debates over hunting and sharks, human relationships with wildlife are reshaping conservation across South Africa.

27 May 2026

Garden Route District Municipality Tables 2026/2027 IDP

Location: News

Speech by Rosa Louw, GOOD Garden Route District Municipality. Note to Editor: This speech was delivered during the Garden Route Council Meeting

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23 May 2026

AI Can Design Cities, but Can It Understand What Matters to People? 10 Ways to Keep Humans in Control

Location: News

Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.

22 May 2026

Human Rights Commission Blasts “Uncaring” Gauteng Municipalities for Water Crisis

Location: News

The commission said mismanagement, infrastructure neglect and systemic corruption to blame

14 May 2026

Agriculture in Africa: Science and Research Can’t Make an Impact Without Investment and Good Policies

Location: News

Science can only change the world when societies decide to give it the means to do so.

11 May 2026

Mogale City Pumping Raw Sewage Into Rivers in the Cradle of Humankind

Location: News

All three of the municipality’s wastewater treatment works have collapsed to critical levels

30 April 2026

Why Do Reforms to South Africa’s Technical Colleges Keep Failing Students and Employers?

Location: News

Reforms to skills training could repeat the mistakes of the past 30 years.

29 April 2026

The Usual Suspects Undermine Safety and Security in Govan Mbeki

Location: News

The spotlight once again fell on rising crime and the lack of safety and security in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality during a recent oversight visit by the Mpumalanga Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety and subsequent public hearings. Residents made it clear that they no longer feel safe in their own neighbourhoods, while both […]

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28 April 2026

Finance for Clean Energy Doesn’t Reach Projects in Africa – The Credit Rules Are Out of Date

Location: Business

Africa’s clean energy funding would work much better if projects could borrow on fairer terms, and have longer to pay back loans.

27 April 2026

Mopane Worm and Termite Sales Relieve Poverty in Rural South Africa – Studies Explore the Impact

Location: News

Mopane worms are an important source of food security and cash income for some rural households.

26 April 2026

Boreholes Are Booming in a Drying South Africa – How the Government Plans to Tighten Controls

Location: News

South Africa is moving to regulate groundwater more tightly as demand and climate pressures grow, but the draft rules still fall short in important ways.

22 April 2026

Housing Versus Parking in Cape Town’s Inner-City

Location: News

Cars should not be under cover when people are living on the streets, says activist at first public meeting on Harrington Square in Cape Town

22 April 2026

Activists Mark Earth Day With March to Parliament

Location: News

They are calling on government to move away from “false solutions” to the Just Transition

22 April 2026

We Will Assist Rooiwal Farmers With Legal Action

Location: News

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) plans to assist Rooiwal farmers with instituting legal action against the Tshwane Metro Council for the ongoing collapse of the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works and the Metro’s blatant disregard for existing court orders. This step follows a claim by the Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya, during her State of […]

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21 April 2026

Young Africans Will Inherit a Climate Crisis: How Kids in Sierra Leone Are Getting Ready

Location: News

Young people in Bo City, Sierra Leone became youth climate leaders after turning a low-cost Climate Science Hub into a space for science-informed action.

20 April 2026

Fisantekraal Community Plant Indigenous Trees to Rehabilitate River

Location: News

The Mosselbank River Conservation Team aims to rehabilitate the river’s wetlands

19 April 2026

Small Businesses That Go Green Could Make a Big Impact in South Africa: Study Analyses What’s in Their Way

Location: News

When up to 3.5 million small businesses go green, this will benefit South Africa’s environment and help the businesses survive in a changing climate.

16 April 2026

South Africans Want Solar Power but They Worry Panels Will Be Stolen – Study

Location: News

Solar energy can cut costs and pollution for South African households, but fear of theft holds people back. Shared mini-grids offer a safer, affordable alternative.

14 April 2026

Msukaligwa Rewarded for Court-Ordered Compliance

Location: News

The so-called Green Drop Award that the national Department of Water and Sanitation has bestowed on the Msukaligwa Local Municipality is misleading and an insult to residents who endure the consequences of poor water management on a daily basis. Ironically, the same Department that is now honouring the Municipality successfully brought it before the High […]

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