Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life ...

Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life ...

According to the World Health Organization, the most hazardous pollutant gets deep into the lungs and can cause serious health problems. This calls for coordinated efforts to improve the quality of ...

In “Atlas of the New World,” photographers Edoardo Delille and Giulia Piermartiri capture what life could look like in 2100, ...

By combining environmental data, population statistics and locations of critical infrastructure, geojournalism paints a vivid picture of who is most affected by South Africa’s coal pollution crisis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are calls to preserve Memphis’ reputation for having some of the cleanest water in the country. This weekend, the non-profit, Protect Our Aquifer, is telling peop… ...

The associate director of advocacy and strategic communications at The Nature Conservancy Africa, Victor Nyambok, talks to The EastAfrican’s Fred Oluoch about plastic pollution in Africa. What is the ...

Africa needs bold, coordinated, and health-centered leadership to break our dependency on plastic. What now? First, we must recognise plastic pollution as a public health emergency. National health ...

Vereeniging is one of the most polluted cities in the world. This is according to Bloomberg Green analysis of data from non-profit OpenAQ.

Sewage and pollution continue to devastate the Hennops River, as advocacy group WaterCAN calls for accountability and urges the prosecution of officials responsible for the crisis.

The state of South Africa’s sewage treatment and resultant pollution of rivers is “of great concern” as it also affects local produce and livestock. That many municipalities extracted drinking water ...

Water pollution in South Africa, as in other developing countries, poses a significant health and economic threat.