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While South Africans pay billions in environmental taxes each year, National Treasury admits that it has never measured whether these deliver environmental benefits.

Rising temperatures are making KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga more vulnerable to malaria, but experts say prevention can still outpace the threat.

South Africa’s electricity pricing policy will be updated for the first time since 2008, bringing tariff transparency and a new regulatory framework as the power sector shifts from Eskom’s monopoly to a competitive market.

Rooibos seeds will be sent to the International Space Station later this year as part of a pioneering experiment exploring how the plant responds to microgravity and space radiation.

A study from UCT warns that a critically stressed geological fault beneath the Karoo could trigger earthquakes if fracking proceeds. The lead researcher urges careful monitoring before any shale gas exploitation begins.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says enhanced monitoring and coordination are under way as South Africa prepares for a climate phenomenon historically linked to the country’s worst droughts.

In an exclusive interview with News24, Amazon chief sustainability officer Kara Hurst responded to concerns about water and energy use as the e-commerce and web services giant expands its footprint in South Africa.

Scientists say a potentially historic El Niño is already emerging, bringing an increased risk of drought, crop losses and pressure on South Africa’s already fragile water system in the months ahead.