An Australian firm has announced plans to search for gas in KwaZulu-Natal, this time in the Utrecht area near Newcastle.
Texas-based oil exploration company Rhino Resources has cut back on the scale of its proposed exploration bid in KZN after a major public backlash.
The new Ingula power station on the border between KZN and the Free State was put on the Eskom design boards 31 years ago.
Australia’s Mineral Resources Commodities bails out from its Xolobeni mining plan.
Some of the globe’s biggest corporations will go on trial before a “People’s Court of Mother Nature”, chaired by a South African attorney.
A senior Ezemvelo official faces a disciplinary inquiry for allegedly leaking information to the media.
Public outcry over coal mining next to Africa's oldest game reserve and wilderness forces mining group back to the drawing board.
The hunt for gas and oil in a massive strip of KZN is likely to be scaled down considerably after a major public backlash.
Steep hike in remuneration costs raises eyebrows at a time when Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife is trying to recover from “a year of dark clouds”.
Texas petroleum exploration firm with prospecting rights in SA attempts to find gas and oil in the mountains near Matatiele.
Environmentalists issue stark warning over proposed Ibutho coal mine on the southern border of the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.
Some farmers in Zululand are describing the drought in KZN as the worst in 150 years.
Plans for a new coal mine and power station near the small town of Colenso have raised fears about pollution.
KZN mine denies that stickers placed on the front doors mean occupants will definitely have to move out.
Rural villagers outraged after finding "demolition stickers" on their front doors, apparently placed there by a mining company.
Durban has opened the door for residents to reduce their electricity bills - and to sell surplus power to the municipality.
Life will never be the same for several thousand people next to Africa’s oldest game reserve if a massive new coal mine is blasted open near their homes, writes ...
The government must consider a total ban on sand mining in SA’s rivers to curb serious environmental damage, say researchers.
Plans for a massive sugar-to-petrol scheme in Maputaland have raised fears that protecting food supply, water and the environment.
Two of KwaZulu-Natal’s top estuary experts have voiced “astonishment” over the government’s decision to allow sand mining on the edge of the Mpenjati River nature ...
A large coal mine on the western boundary of KwaZulu-Natal’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi game reserve has been fined nearly R500 000 for operating illegally for almost 10 ...
American petroleum giant ExxonMobil has joined the hunt for oil and gas off the coast of South Africa.
Amafa KZN's board has almost tripled expenses since number of board members increased.
The proposed R2 billion logistics park at Clairwood racecourse in Durban has been rejected by the provincial government.
It is high time for the world to scrap the “dangerous” and out-dated economic measurement indicator known as GDP (gross domestic product).