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Serious concerns over new environment bill

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The Minister of Environmental Affairs has just published a Draft Bill that if enacted will replace the existing 2004 National Environmental Biodiversity Act (NEMBA). This

SA and the ICJ: a lesson from the Zuma saga

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The reasoning of Judge Sebutinde in her dissenting opinion handed down in the International Court of Justice recently called to mind the stinging rebuke that

Middle East conflict: a proxy war over competing values

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There are many reasons why the war between Gaza and Israel should be of interest to South Africans. One reason is that many South African

Developing the key to adapting to climate change

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In days of yore, we looked to soothsayers for a glimpse of the future. They, according to the prevailing custom, rattled their bones or peered

The judgment that broke Sapref’s back

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Once upon a time, South Africa had four oil refineries capable of refining 508 000 barrels of oil a day. This, along with the 150 000

When words hurt

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My generation was taught to meet verbal bullying at school with the doggerel, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt

The myopia of belief

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Animal welfare is governed by legislation in South Africa. However, while our animal welfare laws make frequent mention of cruelty, they do not define what

The Wild Coast judgment: science triumphs

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The recent judgment refusing an interdict against Shell’s exploration 20 to 80km off the Wild Coast is interesting because the decision was based on the

The preservation of poverty

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My great grandfather arrived in the Transkei in 1862 and built a mission station near the town we now know as Tsolo. But there was

Rent-seeking neo-colonialism and conservation

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The American environmental historian Roderick Nash speaks of ‘wilderness’ as driving an economy made up of importers and exporters of a wilderness experience. On the