WHEN the electric icebox was invented, thousands of ice haulers went out of business.  At the turn of the 20th century, nearly every family, grocer, and barkeeper in South Africa had an icebox. But ironically, South Africa's dependence on ice created the very technology that would lead to the dec...

Check out this posting from a blog called Integral Transformation, showcasing 5 environmental organisations making a difference in Cape Town 

DURING the struggle I was active on campus. Following the campus unrest at UCT, similar in many respects to the current youth revolt against the system, I enrolled in a course in environmental geoscience whilst also studying politics. It became clear the way forward was to ‘politicise ecology and...

Flawed Medicines and Related Substances Act https://issuu.com/odysseymag/docs/ody0116/14 SEE: Dr Motsoledi, I can't Breathe

IN 1991 I published a series of articles on sustainable development, introducing the term to South Africans who at the time were struggling under a corrupt apartheid state. The work commissioned by South Press and Grassroots, examined the findings of the Brundtland Commission and the report entit...