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More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup
ESG & Sustainability
Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability
Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended

5 Feb 2024

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from
ESG & Sustainability
Requirements for environmental authorisation for renewable energy facility published

6 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. The service station on the N12 in Potchefstroom in the North West is up for auction.
Property
South African investors eye petrol-station real estate amid fuel-consumption surge

23 Oct 2023

Source: Image rendered. Protea Village, situated on Erf 242, comprises 86 stands, each approximately 300m² in size.
Property
One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants

Matthew Hirsch 2 Oct 2023

One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants
Legal
One less obstacle for Bishopscourt land claimants

Matthew Hirsch 26 Sep 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
Unpacking the National Biodiversity Offset Guideline

Garyn Rapson, Paula-Ann Novotny and Nonhlanhla Mnengi 21 Aug 2023

#PropertyRevamped: 5-star Shawu's Hills Wildlife Estate offers refuge from city life
Property
#PropertyRevamped: 5-star Shawu's Hills Wildlife Estate offers refuge from city life

Sindy Peters 28 Jul 2023

Wildtrust develops oil spill model for SA risk assessment
ESG & Sustainability
Wildtrust develops oil spill model for SA risk assessment

5 Jul 2023

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ESG & Sustainability
First National Biodiversity Offset Guideline published

26 Jun 2023

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Legal
Creecy extends term of appointment of the EAPASA

15 Feb 2023

Environmental authorisations may no longer be required for solar PV installations
Energy & Mining
Environmental authorisations may no longer be required for solar PV installations

Garyn Rapson and Nonhlanhla Mnengi 28 Sep 2022

Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why
ESG & Sustainability
Environmental impact assessments don't work in Nigeria: here's why

Synda Obaji 7 Sep 2022

African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay
ESG & Sustainability
African penguins endangered by shipping noise in Algoa Bay

Wendell Roelf 17 Aug 2022

Members of the Goringhaicona and others opposing the River Club development celebrate the dismissal of an urgent application to depose Tauriq Jenkins (centre) as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council. Together with the Observatory Civic Association, the council has led litigation against the development. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp
Legal
River Club contempt of court hearing pushed back another week

Steve Kretzmann 28 Jul 2022

Landowner consent requirement withdrawn for mining-related EA applications
Energy & Mining
Landowner consent requirement withdrawn for mining-related EA applications

Garyn Rapson and Tendai Bonga 11 Mar 2022

Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector
Agriculture
Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector

Dr Keith Du Plessis 9 Feb 2022

Shell seismic tests approval complied with rules, Mantashe says
Energy & Mining
Shell seismic tests approval complied with rules, Mantashe says

Tim Cocks 14 Jan 2022

River Club was not on Amazon's shortlist - court papers
Construction & Engineering
River Club was not on Amazon's shortlist - court papers

Steve Kretzmann 2 Dec 2021

270,000 sign petition to stop Shell's seismic surveys on the Wild Coast
ESG & Sustainability
270,000 sign petition to stop Shell's seismic surveys on the Wild Coast

25 Nov 2021

The proposed N2 Toll Road will cut through Sigidi village. Map: Lisa Nelson
Construction & Engineering
Should the proposed N2 toll road through the Wild Coast be moved?

Daniel Steyn 4 Nov 2021

Repurposing coal stations - a circular economy energy solution
Energy & Mining
Repurposing coal stations - a circular economy energy solution

Wayne Glossop and Tord Johnsson 3 Sep 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Energy & Mining
Ramaphosa lifts embedded generation threshold to 100MW

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2021

Wessel Badenhorst, office managing partner, Hogan Lovells
Energy & Mining
How to get SA's foreign direct investment in mining right

Wessel Badenhorst 8 Jun 2021

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Agriculture
Department, emerging farmers talk water challenges

7 Jun 2021

Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel
Energy & Mining
Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel

20 May 2021

Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining
Energy & Mining
Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining

Janine Espin 5 May 2021

Environmental management plan published for adoption
ESG & Sustainability
Environmental management plan published for adoption

15 Apr 2021

The Inyanda-Roodeplaat wind farm site in the Eastern Cape, taken from the cover of an Environmental Impact Report.
Energy & Mining
Controversial Watsons' wind farm approval overturned on review

John Yeld 24 Mar 2021

Gillian Niven and Kirsty Kilner
Energy & Mining
Incentivising renewable energy development: moving one step closer, or two steps back?

Kirsty Kilner & Gillian Niven 9 Mar 2021

Nature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?
ESG & Sustainability
Nature: how do you put a price on something that has infinite worth?

Tom Oliver 8 Feb 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata
Energy & Mining
Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

We can shape the climate future we want
ESG & Sustainability
We can shape the climate future we want

Amy Giliam 10 Dec 2020

EAPASA, SACNASP sign MoU to promote syngery, cooperation
ESG & Sustainability
EAPASA, SACNASP sign MoU to promote syngery, cooperation

7 Dec 2020

Photo supplied
Energy & Mining
Climate change and its impact on mining project planning

19 Nov 2020

Much of the West Coast between Elands Bay in the south and Alexander Bay in the north is, or has already been, the target of mining operations. Photos: John Yeld
Energy & Mining
Court challenge to West Coast beach mining

John Yeld 13 Nov 2020

How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa
ESG & Sustainability
How fracking plans could affect shared water resources in Southern Africa

Surina Esterhuyse 19 Oct 2020

The West Coast One wind farm near Vredenburg has operated since 2015. Environment minister Barbara Creecy says the wake effect on this facility of a proposed new neighbouring wind farm must be investigated before it can also be approved. Photo: John Yeld
Energy & Mining
Creecy upholds appeal against giant West Coast wind farm

John Yeld 9 Sep 2020

Communities protest drilling
Energy & Mining
Organisations object to offshore oil and gas drilling

24 Aug 2020

Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision
Construction & Engineering
Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision

John Yeld 31 Jul 2020

#StartupStory: Burying social ills to create a brighter future
Entrepreneurship
#StartupStory: Burying social ills to create a brighter future

Evan-Lee Courie 28 Jul 2020

Why is Durban splurging R50m on a sea pier extension?
Construction & Engineering
Why is Durban splurging R50m on a sea pier extension?

Tony Carnie 15 Jul 2020

Aurecon designs 'duckbill' spillway while raising Garden Route Dam
Construction & Engineering
Aurecon designs 'duckbill' spillway while raising Garden Route Dam

15 Jun 2020

The map shows the location of the new Juno Wind Farm. Graphic: from the Supplementary Heritage Report by Sarah Winter and Nicolas Baumann (July 2019)
Energy & Mining
Giant turbine farm set to harvest West Coast wind

John Yeld 11 May 2020

New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy
Construction & Engineering
New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy

John Yeld 3 Mar 2020

The view looking east across the West Coast with the village of Paternoster in the foreground. The recently approved Boulders Wind farm will stand on the hills in the background, directly in this view. Photo: John Yeld
Energy & Mining
Wind farm says massive new rival could cost it "hundreds of millions" in lost energy

John Yeld 19 Feb 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Energy & Mining
Environmental considerations for self-generation regime

Gillian Niven & Paula-Ann Novotny 18 Feb 2020

The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) has conditionally approved the Boulders wind farm project. Image from the Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report by CES (copied for fair use).
Construction & Engineering
Huge West Coast wind farm approved

John Yeld 22 Jan 2020

Huge West Coast wind project generates strongly opposing views
Construction & Engineering
Huge West Coast wind project generates strongly opposing views

John Yeld 18 Dec 2019

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition
Energy & Mining
Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

NJ Ayuk 18 Nov 2019

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