Climate

Floods hammer SA a day after climate deal is signed

Homes were washed away and lives lost in KwaZulu-Natal just hours after world leaders promised to act on climate change.

Four provinces hit by lightning, hail and dangerous flooding

Severe storms and extreme weather are hammering parts of South Africa, with more rough conditions expected across four provinces.

World backs South Africa as G20 deal passes without the USA

South Africa ends its first G20 presidency with a declaration agreed by all attending leaders, even as the United States refuses to join the talks and skips the summit entirely.

Climate Media Awards salute Africa’s climate champions

Scrolla.Africa is thrilled to announce the outstanding journalists and content creators who've won this year's Climate Media Awards for excellent climate change reporting across Africa.

“Climate change is the single biggest threat to global food security”

South Africa's Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has warned that the impact of climate change on farming is the single biggest threat to global food security.

Severe storms and flooding batter Gauteng today

A level 9 weather alert has Gauteng bracing for floods, hail and chaos on Sunday.

2025 Climate Media Awards finalists 

The finalists for the 2025 Climate Media Awards have been selected.

People power: Off-grid communities light up

In Nomzamo, an informal settlement in the coal heartlands of Mpumalanga province, energy is no longer something handed down from Eskom. Families relocated here after floods in 2016 now power their homes through modular solar systems.

Inside renewable energy land deals

Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but how are these deals structured, and are communities seeing their share? #PowerTracker investigates.

Climate Media Awards close with record response

Thank you to everyone who entered. Everyone who shared. Everyone who encouraged a colleague, a friend, a fellow journalist to submit their work. This wouldn't have happened without you.

Morero backs clean energy plan and calls for ‘power to the people’

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says the city is ready to lead South Africa’s clean energy shift.

Real Politics: Turning backyards into farms can end hunger and save the planet

Fighting hunger in Africa needs more than handouts — it needs land, skills, and support for millions to grow their own food, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

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