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IFP Youth Brigade chairperson and MP, Sanele Zondo. Photo @IFP-National/X

IFP places MP Sanele Zondo on special leave after ‘missing wife’ claims domestic abuse

Simenyiwe Dlomo-Zondo made the allegations of abuse on Instagram, but Zondo has also accused his wife of ‘assaulting’ him

Tank pipework onboard the Karmol LNGT Powership Asia floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), operated by Karpowership, viewed from the ship’s bridge whilst docked at Cape Town port in Cape Town, South Africa. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Groups appeal Karpowership environmental nod for Richards Bay

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Tank pipework onboard the Karmol LNGT Powership Asia floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), operated by Karpowership, viewed from the ship’s bridge whilst docked at Cape Town port in Cape Town, South Africa. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Karpowership gets another lifeline for gas-fired port facility

Barbara Creecy gives the Turkish company another opportunity to proceed with its application to provide power to South Africa from Richards Bay

In the face of severe load-shedding, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has started approving gas projects to help alleviate the pressure on the economy. (Luca Sola/AFP)

Nersa ready to approve gas projects

The national energy regulator believes gas projects will help reduce load-shedding

The urine affair: race reflections through the Stellenbosch incident

Furthermore, each time a black person speaks openly about race it is mistaken for a confrontation. Perhaps black people themselves are not socialised to be confrontational…

Fossil fuels: Exxaro’s coal exports to Europe have been declining, but have received a boost owing to the invasion of Ukraine. (Paul Botes)

Failing Transnet railway line threatens Exxaro’s coal exports

Coal orders from Europe have increased in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but dysfunctional local infrastructure remains a challenge

Future shock: Huge waves at Durban seafront were caused by tropical Cyclone Irina which hit in 2012. Ancient sediment from the seabed off the city’s coast provide evidence of extreme tropical storms, and modelling suggests this is likely to happen again. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP

Intense tropical cyclones could hit South Africa’s east coast in the future — study

Past climate conditions that led to intense tropical cyclones battering KwaZulu-Natal’s coast are similar to the ones projected now under global warming

The entrance of Richards Bay Minerals at KwaMbonambi, north of KwaZulu-Natal. Photograph by Mlungisi Mbele

Mining in Richards Bay remains a double-edged sword

Sociopolitical conflict persists in the area because mining operations go hand in hand with filthy lucre that divides communities while devastating their natural environment.

Offshore oil and gas development in South Africa is governed, among others, by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended in 2022, and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

Nersa approves Karpowership generation licences

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has questioned why Nersa has not immediately provided its reasons for issuing the controversial generation licences

Offshore oil and gas development in South Africa is governed, among others, by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, as amended in 2022, and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.

Karpowerships plead their case, but environmentalist argue SA doesn’t need powerships

The powerships will be more expensive for consumers than wind and solar energy and isn’t required for reliable electricity generation

A member of the Durban Metro Police looks at a looted retail store in central Durban, on July 11, 2021. – Several shops are damaged and cars burnt in Durban, following a night of violence. Police are on the scene trying to control further protests. It is unclear if this is linked to sporadic protests following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by – / AFP)

All public transport in KZN stops as looting spreads

More than 120 people have already been arrested for looting and public violence in the province

Karpowership SA’s applications for environmental clearance for its controversial gas-to-power projects failed to meet the minimum requirements for public participation under South Africa’s environmental legislation.

Karpowership decision shows ‘people’s voices do count’

Refusal of project shows there is ‘no space for tick-box exercises’ by environmental consultants

Richards Bay gearing up for investment opportunities

Eskom’s Richards Bay gas-to-power plant ‘regressive’ for action on climate change, say activists

Two environmental organisations have challenged the environment department’s rejection of the appeal against the project

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. (GCIS)

Killing follows KZN mine peace talks

A key negotiator was gunned down minutes after attending talks with Premier

Richards Bay gearing up for investment opportunities

Richards Bay gearing up for investment opportunities

Studies are being undertaken for importing liquid natural gas

Sithembile Mbuyazi (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Inkosi row reaches Concourt

Sithembile Mbuyazi will not give up until her son succeeds to the position of inkosi of KwaMbonambi in KwaZulu-Natal

The rumoured sale of just part of the Guptas’ Optimum Coal beggars belief

Reports that they stand to make R1.45-billion on a coal deal have left analysts gobsmacked.

Contingency plan in place after Richards Bay shipwreck

Efforts to transfer oil from a bulk carrier that ran aground off Richards Bay harbour are underway, says the department of environmental affairs.

Vietnamese banker Tram Be’s stuffed rhino photographed in his mansion after its horns were allegedly stolen by thieves.

Twenty rescued after Richards Bay shipwreck

More than 20 crew members had to be rescued by helicopter from a cargo ship carrying coal that ran aground in rough seas off of Richards Bay port.

Zuma: Need for debate on bail for rape, murder accused

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Friday said that the issue of bail for those accused of rape and murder needs to be debated. Speaking at the launch of the…