Maverick News

Battle against extinction of seabirds - 'In order to save penguins, should we cull seals?'

by: Anton Ferreira

South Africa, World, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

New global push to protect women from health hazards of ‘whiter skin’ creams

by: Tony Carnie

South Africa, Our Burning Planet, DM168

Krugersdorp’s water poses toxic threat to people and wildlife – study

by: Onke Ngcuka

Africa, Our Burning Planet

Senegal artisanal miners’ pursuit of gold leaves communities poorer amid trail of environmental destruction 

by: Paulin Maurice Toupane for ISS Today

South Africa

Skin-lightening whitewash: Global and domestic bans of cosmetics containing mercury prove to be skin-deep

by: Tony Carnie

South Africa

Beyond the pale: The noxious history of skin-lightening creams in South Africa still haunts us

by: Tony Carnie

South Africa

Health hazard: Women scarred for life by poisonous chemicals in skin-lightening creams

by: Tony Carnie

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick Citizen, DM168

Yappy medium: Happy Hounds using vegetable and insect protein to make 'gentle' food

by: Jennifer Smout

South Africa, Our Burning Planet

Kliptown residents say they found mercury in water after system upgrade, COJ conducting tests

by: Julia Evans

Business Maverick, South Africa, Our Burning Planet

The dirty business of apartheid-era dinosaurs: Inside an Eskom coal-fired power plant

by: Ethan van Diemen

Africa

Going for gold in western Mali leaves a toxic trail while fuelling criminal economies

by: Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

A thriving trade has sprung up around illegal mining in Gauteng

by: Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp