A Super El Niño Is Coming: 5 Hard-Won Lessons the World Can Learn From Africa
A powerful Super El Niño is looming. Africa has learned hard lessons from past climate disasters that could help the world prepare.
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Oxygen Atoms in 15-Million-Year-Old Giant Eggshells Reveal How Plants Reacted to a Hotter Earth – Study
Scientists have extracted atoms from eggshells that are 15 million years old which reveal how plants responded to high levels of carbon dioxide.
Cape Town Truly Is an Exceptional City
Speech by Brett Herron, GOOD Secretary-General & City of Cape Town Mayoral Candidate. *Note to Editor: This speech was given during the GOOD City of Cape Town Mayoral Launch
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Africa’s Climate Crisis Is a Legal Crisis Too: What Are States’ Duties Under Human Rights Law?
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
Kouga Flood Victims Accuse Municipality of Abandoning Them
The municipality estimates the cost of the storm damage to be about R170-million
“My Death Was in Front of Me” – Aftermath of the Cape Storm
Farm workers at Holland Farm in Rawsonville describe spending a night trapped on rooftops as floodwaters swept through their cottages, leaving three people dead
Cameroon’s Sacred and Royal Animals: Could Literature and Futures Thinking Help Save Them?
Literature about royal animals was used in workshops to imagine better futures.
The Mystery of the Chinese Trawlers Arrested at Sea
Four offences seem to have been committed but only one fine was imposed by the fisheries department
Young Africans Will Inherit a Climate Crisis: How Kids in Sierra Leone Are Getting Ready
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.
Cape Town Swimmers Demand Public Pools Stay Open Seven Days a Week in Summer
Dressed in swimming caps and goggles, community members took their protest to the City’s budget public participation meeting
China’s Military Support for Somalia Is on the Rise – What Taiwan and Somaliland Have to Do With It
Beijing’s growing interest in Somalia is less about development corridors and more about political alignment.
Human Rights on Paper Don’t Cut the Mustard
Thirty years ago, South Africans’ centuries-long struggle for equal rights and justice was technically concluded with the adoption of a progressive Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Government Sent Back to the Drawing Board for Tafelberg Site
Heritage committee and local residents’ association raise alarm over lack of detail in the current proposal for development
297 Small-Scale Fishermen’s Rights Restored
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) shares in the joy of small-scale fishermen from the West Coast region who have regained the right to once again take to the sea with their fishing boats. This rectifies a mistake that should never have occurred in the first place. This rectification is the result of numerous letters, […]
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Here’s the Status of the SABC Building in Sea Point
MPs grill housing entities in Parliament
Adoption of the Garden Route District Municipality’s SDF
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.
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Small-Scale Fishers Furious About Linefish Quota Cuts
Government has reduced the traditional fishers’ fleet from 547 to just 77 vessels
Huge Groups of Humpback Whales Return to West Coast
A wildlife photographer recorded 304 humpback whales on 30 December
Touring Cape Town’s Secret Underground Tunnels
The water flows all year round in the historic canals under the city’s streets
Lesotho’s Failed Multi-Million Rand High-Altitude Sports Centre
The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.
Cape Town Backtracks on Closing Pools During Week
The City says it’s piloting new operating days to now run from Wednesdays to Sundays until April
Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland Is About Political Alliances, Not Legal Principles
While Israel’s recognition of Somaliland alters the board, it doesn’t end the game.
Africa’s Rarest Carnivore: The Story of the First Ethiopian Wolf Ever Captured, Nursed and Returned to the Wild
An Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore, was found shot in the leg. What happened next was astonishing.
How a Cycling Group Is Trying to Make Cape Town’s Roads Safer
Ghost bikes, an initiative that started in the US, honours cyclists who have died