Video: South Africa’s new poaching problem
Over 1.5 million succulents have been removed from the wild in the past 3 years
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 8 March 2022
Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market
Plant poaching is on the increase, say police
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 7 March 2022
Treasury to bail out Northern Cape municipality over unpaid workers
Court gives Eskom go-ahead to recoup R105 million
By Liezl Human
News | 21 January 2022
Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations
Environment department lays charges against state diamond miner over use of “coffer dams”
By John Yeld
News | 19 January 2022
Why we need the James Webb Space Telescope AND the SKA
The two are very different
By Amish Patel
Science | 18 January 2022
Elections 2021: Fragile coalitions erode basic services in Nama Khoi municipality
R205 million in irregular expenditure in 2020, R201 million in 2019, R198 million in 2018
News | 10 June 2021
Elections 2021: Despite scandals and huge wastage, the ANC council looks secure in Hantam
This Northern Cape ward covers a massive amount of territory and only has 22,000 people, but it exemplifies the local government problems across the country
Feature | 26 May 2021
Upington municipality breaks promise to protesters
Dawid Kruiper mayor and speaker “not available” for promised council meeting
News | 10 December 2020
Green Scorpions probe coastal dams
Diamond mining technique on Namaqualand beaches under scrutiny
By John Yeld
News | 26 June 2020