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Some Free State dams ‘completely dry’

At least 26 towns in the Free State are facing a water crisis, the Democratic Alliance said.

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Perlemoen poaching on the rise

Increased law enforcement failing to stem tide, committee tells Parliament.

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How cheetahs rely on agility

In order to successfully hunt, cheetahs need to be able to slam on the brakes and turn quickly, according to new research.

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Ruins of a house are seen on the beach of the village of Doun Baba Dieye, northern Senegal.

Climate change drowning ‘Venice of Africa’
May 28 2013 at 14:37

Senegal’s St Louis is anchored precariously between the fast-flowing currents of the swollen waterway and the fearsome breakers of the Atlantic.

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A rhino is dehorned by a veterinary surgeon and rangers to prevent poaching at the Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. Picture: Reuters

Dehorned, but rhino still butchered
May 28 2013 at 09:05

The poaching onslaught on Africa’s wildlife has reached a new level...

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In terms of the waste tyre regulations, all concerned parties are required to comply with the new approved plan within 60 days of its approval.

SA eyes recycling plan for tyres
May 28 2013 at 09:05

Sanco and the environmental affairs department have joined forces to implement a programme to get rid of waste tyres.

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Many traditional breeds of cows, sheep or goats have fallen out of favour, often because they yield less meat or milk than new breeds.

‘Loss of biodiversity is happening faster’
May 28 2013 at 09:05

A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies, says the UN.

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Our coastline accounts for nearly four percent of GDP from fishing, tourism and harbours. Picture: Ayanda Ndamane

SA coast ‘under pressure from development’
May 27 2013 at 14:20

Natural buffers against storms and rising seas have been paved over in some areas, putting people and property at risk.

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File photo: The newspaper reported that at least five South African lion farmers were mentioned in an investigation into cases where cubs were smuggled to lion farms in South Africa to cater for the international trophy-hunting market.

SA farmers involved in big cat smuggling - report
May 27 2013 at 09:37

South African lion breeders are allegedly part of an illegal network that smuggles lion and cheetah cubs from Botswana, says report.

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The Marbled Reed Frog, aka the Painted Reed Frog, is common in southern Africa and in the Kruger National Park.

Study shows Kruger jumping with frogs
May 24 2013 at 14:36

The many frogs that occur in the Kruger National Park are just as important, ecologically, as the traditional Big Five, writes John Yeld.

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Water trickles down the head of a 38-year-old female elephant named Mali. Recent statistics presented to a wildlife trade meeting suggest that no elephants had been poached in the Kruger National Park or other local parks for the past five years.

Ivory now on poachers’ shopping list
May 24 2013 at 09:01

An elephant has been gunned down in the Tembe Elephant Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal - heightening concern of surging black market prices for ivory.

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The aircraft Solar Impulse is prepared for the second leg of the 2013 Across America mission.

Solar Impulse flies again
May 24 2013 at 09:01

The flight set a new absolute world distance record in solar aviation, organisers said.

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A flag is placed in the foundation of a flattened home day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, Oklahoma, on the outskirts of Oklahoma City.

Twister ‘more powerful than Hiroshima bomb'
May 23 2013 at 14:11

The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in its destructive power.

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