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Coal, Oil & Gas

Mantashe announces imminent end to shale gas moratorium

11 hours

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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 20 May 2025

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Environmental Law

Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

8 Jan 2025

Marketing

Dispatch from Pennsylvania: How marketing affects swing voters as US election looms

Dave Bussiere 28 Oct 2024

Fracking could be back on the cards to claw back lost energy opportunity.

Coal, Oil & Gas

Exploring the Karoo gas means balancing environmental and energy security

21 Aug 2024

The green area is where Searcher Geodata will do its seismic survey in 2024. Map from consultant’s environmental assessment report

Environment & Natural Resources

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Steve Kretzmann 7 Dec 2023

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Energy

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Wendell Roelf 19 May 2023

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Climate Change

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

$South Africa's proposed fracking regulations should do more to protect groundwater$

Sustainability

South Africa's proposed fracking regulations should do more to protect groundwater

Surina Esterhuyse 17 Aug 2022

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Environmental Law

Have your say on hydraulic fracturing / fracking

14 Jul 2022

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Zondo Commission

Bosasa: Zuma failed to uphold constitutional duty

Valencia Talane 14 Mar 2022

Renewable sector must educate users or risk the same wrath being directed at Eskom

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable sector must educate users or risk the same wrath being directed at Eskom

Lance Dickerson 8 Dec 2021

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Coal, Oil & Gas

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

NYF announces finalists for Radio Awards

Radio & Audio

NYF announces finalists for Radio Awards

30 Jul 2021

Mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe. Image:

Coal, Oil & Gas

Shale gas pockets found in the Karoo, Mantashe says

19 May 2021

$How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa$

Environment & Natural Resources

How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa

Surina Esterhuyse 19 Oct 2020

Francesca de Gasparis, Safcei executive director

Nuclear Power

Call for more vigilance in energy procurement projects

21 Aug 2019

$What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means$

Environmental Law

What Appeal Court's fracking judgment means

Wilmien Wicomb 15 Aug 2019

Mining

Vast subsidies keeping the fossil fuel industry afloat should be put to better use

Alex Lenferna 16 Jul 2019

A story of storytelling: The business of writing with Michael Smorenburg

Publishing

A story of storytelling: The business of writing with Michael Smorenburg

Leigh Andrews 12 Jul 2019

Agriculture

SCA halts fracking exploration in the Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2019

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Natural gas - an oscillation between boom and gloom

20 Jun 2019

Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe

Energy

Government committed to growing oil, gas industry

30 Nov 2018

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Energy

Public has its say on IRP

23 Oct 2018

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ESG & Sustainability

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Andrew D. Hwang 11 Jul 2018

Payatas dumpsite, Metro Manila, Philippines. Image by Kounos, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Environment & Natural Resources

Here are the top 10 battles for environmental justice from around the world

Julie Snorek 5 Jun 2018

Fracking: A delicate balancing act

Science & Engineering

Fracking: A delicate balancing act

Justine Sweet 29 Jan 2018

Climate Change

After Bonn, five things to watch for in the coming year of global climate policy

Marc Hudson and Matthew Paterson 4 Dec 2017

Noor Kapdi, Africa chief executive officer & South Africa managing partner at Dentons law firm

Energy

Energy + investment = economic growth

22 Nov 2017

$Court sets aside fracking regulations$

Science & Engineering

Court sets aside fracking regulations

19 Oct 2017

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

Energy

Algeria eyes return to controversial shale gas exploration

3 Oct 2017

#CSIMonth: Samara Game Reserve celebrates 20 years of rehabilitation

Tourism

#CSIMonth: Samara Game Reserve celebrates 20 years of rehabilitation

Ruth Cooper 28 Jul 2017

$KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking$

Agriculture

KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking

25 May 2017

Agriculture

Ruling against fracking a victory for KZN farmers

5 May 2017

Communicating climate change: focus on the framing, not just the facts

Climate Change

Communicating climate change: focus on the framing, not just the facts

Rose Hendricks 6 Mar 2017

Reducing food waste helps, but it's going to take systemic action to tackle climate change

Climate Change

Reducing food waste helps, but it's going to take systemic action to tackle climate change

Erasmus zu Ermgassen 23 Dec 2016

Rice paddies are one of the major sources of methane in agriculture. ,

Climate Change

Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change

Pep Canadell et al. 12 Dec 2016

Considering the technical readiness of South Africa to support the shale gas industry

Infrastructure & Utilities

Considering the technical readiness of South Africa to support the shale gas industry

Cyril O'Connor 11 Nov 2016

A Trump presidency would spell disaster for the Paris climate agreement

Climate Change

A Trump presidency would spell disaster for the Paris climate agreement

Luke Kemp 19 Aug 2016

Fracking moves one step

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Fracking moves one step

Estelle Ellis 24 May 2016

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Marketing

What House of Cards teaches marketers about echo-chambers and filter bubbles

Luke Turnbull 25 Apr 2016

South Africa's energy industry turns to gas

Energy

South Africa's energy industry turns to gas

4 Apr 2016

[Earth Focus] Water, the stream of life

Environment & Natural Resources

[Earth Focus] Water, the stream of life

Roger Metcalfe 11 Feb 2016

[Earth Focus] The future of food

Food, Water & Energy Security

[Earth Focus] The future of food

Roger Metcalfe 17 Dec 2015

[21 Icons Season 3] Jolynn Minnaar

PR & Communications

[21 Icons Season 3] Jolynn Minnaar

3 Dec 2015

$Get the frack out of our land$

Energy

Get the frack out of our land

Nathi Olifant 4 Nov 2015

$Karoo fracking in spotlight at UGAS conference$

Energy

Karoo fracking in spotlight at UGAS conference

2 Oct 2015

WRC symposium to address global water challenges

Environment & Natural Resources

WRC symposium to address global water challenges

8 Sep 2015

Dolerite sills so distinctive of the Karoo scenery in South Africa. Grant Cawthorn

Mining Resources

Unpacking the secrets of South Africa's dolerite sills

Grant Cawthorn 20 Jul 2015