South Africa

Karoo Dust Bowl (Part III) — drought-battered Richtersveld farmers fear destructive creep of mining

By Leonie Joubert

Business Maverick

Farmers push back against Highveld gas-drilling exploration plan

By Tony Carnie

Business Maverick

Botswana’s mining cadastre reveals hydrocarbon scramble in iconic Kalahari game reserve

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

How Putin's war on Ukraine could and should end, oil and gas exploration mooted in the Free State, and Sea Point in the coolest spotlight

By Daily Maverick

South Africa

Farmers’ alarm over Free State drilling plans — despite ‘no fracking’ pledge by Rhino oil and gas company

By Tony Carnie

South Africa

New moves to update fracking regulations alarm environmental activists

By Onke Ngcuka

South Africa

SA’s proposed fracking regulations need to do more to protect groundwater from contamination

By Surina Esterhuyse

Politics

Flying into a rage – Gayton McKenzie’s Karoo airport row could land in court

By Vincent Cruywagen

South Africa

‘I will run for President in 2024’, Central Karoo Mayor Gayton McKenzie says after 100 days in office

By Vincent Cruywagen and Suné Payne

South Africa

Could bitcoin mining actually be good for the environment?

By Steven Boykey Sidley

South Africa

Relief for more than 6,000 farmers as gas exploration application is withdrawn

By Julia Evans

Magazine

Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco-Activists may be one of the most important SA books published in 2020

By Don Pinnock