As a result of South Africa’s highest court rejecting a bid by the government to keep a ban on the sale of rhinoceros horn, it will soon be legal to buy and sell the land mammals’ horns in the country. This news comes just weeks after poachers broke into a rhino orphanage in South Africa, […]
As a result of South Africa’s highest court rejecting a bid by the government to keep a ban on the sale of rhinoceros horn, it will soon be legal to buy and sell the land mammals’ horns in the country. This news comes just weeks after poachers broke into a rhino orphanage in South Africa, […]
World Wildlife Fund Challenges in scaling implementation of renewable energy must be addressed if the target of 100 percent sustainable renewables by 2050 is to be achieved, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report. In the report, challenges inhibiting scaling up implementation in seven countries—China, India, Germany, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa and Spain—are […]
Greenpeace Africa Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a boardroom table. (Yusuf Omar, Twitter) Fourteen activists including groundWork‘s Bobby Peek, Earthlife’s Makoma Lekalakala and Greenpeace Africa‘s Melita Steele have been arrested while protesting at the Eskom megawatt park. Today, three campaigning organizations joined forces to put South Africa’s energy utility, Eskom, under “new management.” Activists confronted […]