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Somkhele families count the R80m cost of coal | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
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A new analysis of historical survey data from 115 households affected by the Somkhele opencast coal mine in northern KwaZulu-Natal has found that they have suffered more than R80 million in quantified losses to land, crops, livestock and water since mining began. The researchers calculate that the R3.65m in compensation has been paid by Tendele Coal Mining represented 4.7% of the quantified immediate losses among the surveyed households. The findings are contained in Just Compensation: An Asset-
Information Regulator to engage Gauteng over e-Panic Button data breach | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
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The Information Regulator is to engage the Gauteng department of e-Government over a reported security breach involving the province’s e-Panic Button, after confirming that it has not received a notification of the incident from the department. Regulator spokesperson Nomzamo Zondi told the Mail & Guardian: “Given the severity and sensitivity around the alleged security compromise, we will engage with the responsible party (eGovernment Department) to establish details around the alleged breach an
EU pesticide rule changes raise concerns for South Africa | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
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A proposed relaxation of Europe’s pesticide regulations could have consequences far beyond the European Union, scientists warn, as South Africa grapples with its own ageing pesticide laws and the use here of substances no longer approved in Europe. An open letter signed by 30 epidemiologists, medical doctors and public health scientists from Europe and around the world, including University of Cape Town public health researcher Paola Gabriela Viglietti, has raised concerns about the proposed EU
Kruger rainfall: 2026 was exceptionally wet but not a record | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
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The heavy rainfall that swept across parts of the Kruger National Park at the beginning of this year caused widespread flooding but the park-wide rainfall average for the year was slightly lower than that recorded during the major 1999/2000 flood year, according to a new analysis by SANParks scientists. Dr Tercia Midzi, the senior manager for systems ecology, and Judith Botha, the science manager for knowledge support, said Kruger’s long history of rainfall monitoring provided an important persp
Trophy hunting study finds positive outcomes — but governance matters | Mail & Guardian (opens the original)
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What struck Dr Hayley Clements about the debates around trophy hunting was that they rarely presented evidence and when they did, it was often anecdotal and drawn from individual places. “I therefore wanted to know what the scientific evidence base presented as a whole. To my surprise, no one had yet attempted to identify and summarise all the evidence,” she said. Clements, the Oppenheimer-Jamma research chair in African wildlife economies at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenb
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