ClimaTracker story wins international award
Story about Patricia de Lille’s struggle to access climate funding for drought-stricken Cape Town wins United Nations contest...
02 November, 2018
ClimaTracker Investigations
Cape Town shines at climate summit
Cape Town’s ‘Day Zero’ sets an example for other cities faced with doomsday climate scenarios. Yolandi Groenewald reports...
03 October, 2018
Where are Cape Town’s climate funds, asks De Lille
Three years after drought-stricken Cape Town applied to the global Green Climate Fund, the city’s application is still pending. Yolandi Groenewald reports...
17 September, 2018
Why Africa’s ‘trees of life’ are dying
The death of ancient trees in southern Africa not only affects biodiversity but will have a huge impact on society in general, reports Louise de Bruin...
04 July, 2018
When more plants is bad news
Ground-breaking termite study shows climate change is altering Africa’s savannahs, and how ecosystems could stop functioning as a result. Louise de Bruin reports...
07 June, 2018
Pioneering multimedia tech for climate change
Lessons we learnt from experimenting with savvy storytelling tech to tell visually strong and impactful multimedia investigations...
10 November, 2017
Science and ‘social learning’ key to reduce climate disaster risks
Disrupting the Future: How communities and experts work together to reduce flood disaster risks in Limpopo. A multimedia #ClimaTracker investigation by Anina Mumm When the Western Cape experienced its worst storm in...
25 July, 2017
When towns run dry
Adapt, or die: How do people survive when there's no water in their taps and the dams are bone-dry? A multimedia investigation by Yolandi Groenewald and Johnny Miller...
05 May, 2017
Can land reform feed South Africa?
President Jacob Zuma is talking tough about radical land redistribution and the expropriation of farms. If reform is not well targeted it may threaten food security and benefit only the...
26 April, 2017
Northern Cape gears up to tackle malaria
The Northern Cape is mostly a dry province, but preventing malaria is one of the measures it is taking to adapt to climate change, reports Rehana Dada...
29 March, 2017