Articles for Liezl Human
Final decisions on fishing rights only in October
Many fishers will be left stranded for months while waiting
By Liezl Human
News | 1 February 2023
UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock
The trade union is the largest at the university, representing 1,200 staff
By Liezl Human
News | 26 January 2023
Video: This abalone farm is starting to thrive
Inside a partly community-owned perlemoen farm that’s now producing 60 tonnes of the pricey gastropods every year
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 25 January 2023
Perlemoen farm gives hope to West Coast community
Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China.
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 24 January 2023
Stocks of snake antivenom are dangerously low, experts warn
Doctors wait at least six months for orders of vital snake polyvalent antivenom
By Liezl Human
News | 18 January 2023
SASSA owes millions in outstanding municipal bills
One of the offices in Durban owed over R6-million in rent
By Liezl Human
Brief | 17 January 2023
“If they are coming to drill oil, who can guarantee there will be fish left in 15 years time?”
West Coast fishers respond to TotalEnergies’ plans to drill for oil and gas
By Liezl Human
News | 20 December 2022
Video: Snake handler has caught twice as many snakes this season. He explains why
Dry weather and habitat loss in the Western Cape are possibly making human encounters with these beautiful creatures more common
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 15 December 2022
SASSA beneficiaries left stranded on Friday morning
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 December 2022