environment - Oxpeckers

Powering up investigative environmental journalism

What we do: Peer review by NiemanLab and the Global Investigative Journalism Network of Oxpeckers tools and investigations...

03 August, 2020

New visions at Alternative Mining Indaba

Deliberations at the 11th Alternative Mining Indaba focused on environmental damage and climate change caused by the extractives industry. Andiswa Matikinca was there...

14 February, 2020

Sweeping water permit violations at mines across SA

New data reveals a radical increase in the number of mines flouting water regulations. Mark Olalde & Andiswa Matikinca investigate...

17 May, 2019

Mining opponents operate in ‘environment of fear’

'We know our lives are in danger': Attacks on anti-mining activists and environmental defenders documented in a new report. Andiswa Matikinca investigates...

16 April, 2019

Millions of UN dollars fail to reach villages fighting to survive in Mozambique

Estácio Valoi exposes how the failure of UNDP funding intended to combat environmental destruction left Mozambican communities to battle cyclones, floods and drought alone...

29 March, 2019

Richtersveld diamond deal leaves locals with the dirt

Tensions mount in the diamond-rich Richtersveld after the sale of mines by Trans Hex left a multi-million-rand rehabilitation debt. Yolandi Groenewald investigates...

18 March, 2019

Directors targeted for Mintails mess

Executives at Mintails and DRDGOLD scramble to avoid liability and the possibility of criminal charges for R460-million environmental mess on the West Rand...

12 December, 2018