After fifteen years of fighting to protect the rich natural resources, environment and landscape of Zambia, Peter Sinkamba, president of Citizens for a Better Environment has decided it is time to swap his activist hat for a politician’s.

Drought has struck Namibia again – and families are struggling to make do.

Growing up in a country where the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate and malaria were high, it was inevitable not having to hear or read of any of the two on local TV, radio or in the newspapers. It was almost as if news of these two diseases was intentionally shunned.

The death toll from wet and icy weather in the Western Cape has risen to at least three.

In 2012, the MEC for the Department of Economic Development and Tourism KZN, Michael Mabuyakhulu, announced plans for a cableway in the uKhahlamba region of the Drakensberg mountains, touting it as a potential tourism boost to the province.

The project was launched earlier this month at the Gugas’thebe Arts & Cultural Centre in Langa and aims to encourage entrepreneurship and assist the local community with access to sustainable livelihoods.

European environmental activists have warned that the oil and gas industry “cuts corners” when drilling for shale gas through hydraulic fracturing.

The City of Cape Town, not for the first time, wants to re-draw the “urban edge” – a hypothetical designation of where urban development must stop, in order to protect the agricultural land beyond it.

Japan marked the 68th anniversary Tuesday of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a somber ceremony to honor the dead and pledges to seek to eliminate nuclear weapons.

The rapid rate of urbanization around the globe has heightened the urgency of addressing sustainable development challenges, according to a new UN report.

The green supermarket rolled up their sleeves this Mandela day to help communities and celebrate ten years of service to vulnerable communities.

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dlomo says contaminated water and infant formula are not the cause of the diarrhea outbreak that resulted in the death of 30 infants at three Durban hospitals.

This is the true story of Exodus, the inevitable journey of the last of the First People, as they leave the Great Sand Face and head for the modern world and cultural oblivion.

A 16 year old hero from Brits in the North West Province who was paralyzed on Old Year’s Eve when he tried to protect his friend during an attempted robbery, has become the latest recipient of a wheelchair thanks to the Breadtags for Wheelchairs Project.

Training and education are vital for moving towards a green economy, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said at the Green Economy National Youth Summit in Cape Town.

The City of Cape Town has installed a number of FreeCall lines across the city to bring municipal services closer to residents, no matter where they live.

Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended recently with the death toll at a staggering 1,127.

The little girl, who died on Sunday, was playing with a group of friends near a set of bags which had been illegally dumped on the road near her Delft home.

South African environmental campaigner Jonathan Deal was today awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work in the fight against hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo.

The Tanzanian government has just announced that it plans to kick thousands of Maasai families off their lands so that wealthy tourists can use them to shoot lions and leopards.