Claire Keeton Senior features writer

Claire Keeton is a features writer who has earned awards for her HIV and mental health coverage, and has reported on Covid, including as a vaccine trial volunteer and from inside a Covid ICU. She has spent 30 years exploring SA and been to more than 60 countries reporting on human rights, civil conflicts and environmental threats, as well as doing adventure travel

Climate march on Human Rights Day demands water, food and energy for all

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Chanting and singing, hundreds of climate activists spanning more than a city block marched in Cape Town on Thursday to ...

We have 9,789MW of renewable energy applications in our hands: Barbara Creecy

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Forestry, fisheries and environment minister Barbara Creecy said on Friday that 9,789MW of renewable energy ...

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'Positive feedback' in pursuit to release SA hostage Gerco van Deventer

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The Gift of the Givers has engaged the captors of paramedic Gerco van Deventer, who has been held hostage in Mali since ...

South African cheetahs darted ahead of historic flight to new home in India

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Two of 12 cheetahs to be flown from South Africa to India in an ambitious transnational relocation project were darted ...

SA helps achieve fair sharing of natural resources in global deal

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The world is a step closer to fairly sharing natural resources following the UN global biodiversity summit, which ended ...

Climate summit a 'success overall', says environment minister Barbara Creecy

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The biggest achievement was the 11th-hour global agreement to set up a loss and damage fund to assist countries hardest ...

World supports SA plan to wean off coal with just energy transition

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South Africa’s just energy transition plan — to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and pursue low-carbon renewable ...

Light exercise reduces risk of depression among women: study

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A small amount of exercise — as little as half an hour of moderate physical activity, 5,000 steps or one gym visit a ...

Right-to-die activist free, will fight for law change in Tutu’s honour

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“It’s been three years and I’m free,” says Sean Davison, the right-to-die activist whose three-year house arrest ended ...

SA paraglider flies off Mount Everest

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Johannesburg paraglider and climber Pierre Carter became the first person to legally fly off Mount Everest in Nepal ...