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Don Pinnock

Don Pinnock is a Daily Maverick journalist specialising on environmental issues.

Latest Work

Across the Sahara to Mali: Ibn Battuta’s never-ending trip

11 March 2021

Across the Sahara to Mali: Ibn Battuta’s never-ending trip

5 min

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On geological timescale and travelling backwards

1 March 2021

On geological timescale and travelling backwards

4 min

2

Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries blows nearly R3bn in irregular expenditure

21 February 2021

Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries blows nearly R3bn in irregular expenditure

3 min

15

Something to hide? Department of Environment takes the path of least disclosure

15 February 2021

Something to hide? Department of Environment takes the path of least disclosure

7 min

8

Antarctica's water wonder

14 February 2021

Antarctica's water wonder

7 min

9

No shade, no company, no exercise – that’s no life for sad elephant Charlie

6 February 2021

No shade, no company, no exercise – that’s no life for sad elephant Charlie

4 min

8

Wild steeds of the great Namib desert

1 February 2021

Wild steeds of the great Namib desert

7 min

3

Namibia selling 170 wild elephants despite outcry

28 January 2021

Namibia selling 170 wild elephants despite outcry

4 min

1

The wasp that cares a fig

27 January 2021

The wasp that cares a fig

6 min

6

A flying guru and a cockatoo make a little musical magic

19 January 2021

A flying guru and a cockatoo make a little musical magic

3 min

6

Sunken ivory trove highlights historic decimation of forest elephants

14 January 2021

Sunken ivory trove highlights historic decimation of forest elephants

4 min

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How to vanish: A staring zoologist and the art of being invisible

12 January 2021

How to vanish: A staring zoologist and the art of being invisible

5 min

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