Call by business leaders rekindle debate.
The Mail & Guardian will celebrate a Decade of Greening in 2013.
But several major signatories are refusing to expand emissions cuts when the agreement expires, writes Fiona Macleod.
Judges say without corporate support there would be chaos among communities
Court puts a spoke in producers’ wheel by agreeing that they are responsible for their products’ waste.
"Tiger Man" John Varty has suggested that breeders should defy the government’s trade ban and stage a high-profile global auction of horns.
Conservationists warn that the last stronghold of the endangered birds has been threatened by offshore oil and gas exploration near Port Elizabeth.
The drug is effective against resistant parasites and shows no adverse side effects, researchers say.
The Marikana stand-off will not be an isolated incident if South African mining companies continue to ignore their corporate social responsibilities.
The "macho culture" at platinum mines in North West is a major social ill behind the flare-up of violence that has left at least 10 people dead.
The birth control vaccine for elephants has been shown to be 95% effective and is far more preferable to culling, researchers say.
Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.
Pet owners in Asia are snapping up ‘pocket’ primates provided by traders in South Africa. Fiona Macleod reports
A plan to alert consumers to ecofriendly products has ended with the closure of a government agency, writes Fiona Macleod.
Even proof of the routes used between Botswana and South Africa has not alarmed the authorities, writes Fiona Macleod.
Fishermen believe the new ‘experimental’ permits are an ANC ploy to gain their votes. Fiona Macleod reports.
Struggle veterans and suburbanites have come together to save ancestral land from development. Fiona Macleod reports.
The United Nations has agreed at the Rio+20 conference to formally adopt a set of development goals, writes Fiona Macleod.
President Jacob Zuma’s office has been drawn into the fight to halt the proposed mining of the Wild Coast dunes, writes Fiona Macleod
The government has called in conservation’s "Mr Fix-it", former SANParks CEO Mavuso Msimang, to find a way to stop the unabated slaughter of rhinos.