Environment
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
Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines
Here’s what government can do about it
Opinion | 20 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
Families flock to Cape Town’s historic tidal pools
Some people came as children, now they bring their own children
Photo Essay | 18 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
Gqeberha beachgoers will have to wait for the municipality to fix these filthy buildings
New Brighton beach facilities have been left to ruin
Brief | 14 December 2022
Saldanha Bay residents voice support for Karpowership
The controversial company, which uses fossil fuels to generate power from ships, claims it will create 240 jobs in the West Coast town
By Liezl Human
News | 2 December 2022
Is Cape Town’s mayor winning the war on sewage?
Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert
News | 1 December 2022