Tony Carnie

News that the country's largest fuel refinery is to be reopened - and expanded considerably - has stirred Durban fence-line communities who fear a resumption of noxious petrochemical fumes seeping in to their homes and lungs.

Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational ‘discovery' of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest.

Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational ‘discovery’ of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest. Now, more than 125 years lat…

Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational 'discovery' of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest.

What happens to the people ‘relocated' from their homes and land to make way for major coal-mining ventures? Do they get a fair deal to compensate them properly for what they lose?

What happens to the people ‘relocated’ from their homes and land to make way for major coal-mining ventures? Do they get a fair deal to compensate them properly for what they lose? In the case of the …

Criminal charges have been laid after officials in Durban halted the shipping of several specially protected South African baobab trees, allegedly destined for a ‘landscaping project' in the Black Sea nation of Georgia.

The sudden spike in malaria cases in Gauteng earlier this year – with more than 400 infections and 11 deaths in the first three months of 2026 – has

The sudden spike in malaria cases in Gauteng earlier this year - with more than 400 infections and 11 deaths in the first three months of 2026 -

South Africa's baobab export row deepens as five trees languish in Durban, a landscaper faces charges and links emerge to a billionaire tree collector in Georgia.