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PHOTOS Kalahari Dunes Covered with Ice!

By SAPeople Contributor 25-04-20 12:17

An intense hail storm on farms in the vicinity of Uhlenhorst in the Kalahari Desert last week, to the south-east of Rehoboth, covered a large swathe of land with a thick layer of ice and turned the countryside into an instant winter wonderland… writes Niël Terblanché from Informanté. The huge amount of falling ice flayed […]

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Conservation Bodies Worldwide Call for Ban on Wildlife Markets

By SAPeople Contributor 09-04-20 17:08

South African-based Blood Lions and the Humane Society International are two of the 241 conservation bodies around the world that have appealed to the World Health Organisation to publicly confirm the serious threat of live wildlife markets to human health, as evidenced by the Coronavirus pandemic. In a joint interview this week, some of them […]

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Heritage Western Cape Slams River Club Development Plan

By Guest Contributor 20-02-20 16:21

Heritage Western Cape has slammed the study on which the developers based their proposed R4-billion property development at the River Club in Observatory, Cape Town. The Heritage Impact Assessment conducted by Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust, which owns the land, is inadequate, flawed, unsubstantiated, problematic, and fails to address the requirements of the Heritage Resources Act, […]

Soiled Milnerton Lagoon Cannot Wait Three Years, says OUTA

By Guest Contributor 14-02-20 13:21

Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has demanded that the City of Cape Town take immediate action against the sewage pollution in Milnerton lagoon. OUTA announced on 11 February that it had sent a letter to the City to ask for a meeting. The objective of the meeting is to present residents’ solutions to the pollution […]

WATCH ‘Toxic Waste’ Pours into Cape Town Ocean. City of CT Responds.

By Jenni Baxter 29-04-21 18:13

Western Cape YouTuber Adam Spires posted a video last week appearing to expose the pollution being washed into the Atlantic Ocean in iconic Cape Town. Spire’s aerial footage (which he calls “shocking”) seems to show sewage pouring into the ocean of one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world… BUT, according to the […]

SA Government Ignored its Own Team to Redefine 32 Wild Species as Farm Animals

By Guest Contributor 30-01-20 21:26

In listing 32 wild animal species as farm animals under the Animal Improvement Act in 2019, the Department of Agriculture went against the recommendations of the government’s own scientific authority. The scientific report on wildlife breeding was called for by the former Minister of Environmental Affairs (DEFF) and authored by 14 of the country’s top wildlife scientists. […]

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Fire Extinguished in Alberton After Gas Explosion

By SAPeople 31-12-19 17:00

The City of Ekurhuleni has confirmed in the past hour that the Ekurhuleni Disaster Management Services team has managed to extinguish the pipeline fire that caused havoc today in Alberton, South Africa. Residents in about 40 homes, living near the pipeline had to be evacuated as a precautionary measure. Ekurhuleni said it was “glad that […]

WATCH Barrydale Parade Highlights Climate Change

By SAPeople Contributor 18-12-19 22:48

The joyous occasion in the beautiful Western Cape town in South Africa was marked by a serious and frightening theme. Barrydale held its annual giant puppet parade and performance on Sunday. Music, dance, dress-up and puppets brought the town to life as it celebrated the tenth year of this event. Titled “The Final Spring”, the […]

South Africa’s Karoo Drills and Prays as Taps Run Dry

By Reuters 30-11-19 02:09

South Africa’s Karoo region has always been parched – it means land of thirst in the language of its earliest inhabitants, the Khoisan hunter gatherers. Yet nothing prepared residents of its oldest town, Graaff-Reinet, for their worst drought in more than a century. As the dry spell entered its fourth year, tap water turned brown […]

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Morocco and South Africa Cosy Up After 15 Years of Iciness

By Ted Botha 17-10-19 18:30

Two of Africa’s largest economies and its two biggest tourist destinations, South Africa and Morocco, put the official stamp on the re-establishment of diplomatic relations this week, when ambassador Youssef Amrani presented his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Amrani called it a “watershed.” Morocco’s last ambassador left 15 years ago, and relations have been icy, […]

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20 Friends Run Cape Town Marathon with Saplings Strapped to Their Backs

By Reuters 15-09-19 14:30

As if marathons weren’t hard enough already, today in South Africa, an accountant, an entrepreneur and a boxing executive were among 20 friends running the Cape Town Marathon – with saplings strapped to their backs. The group are promoting the planting of native trees amid a nationwide push to replace invasive species with indigenous one […]

Cradock Community Cleans Up, Making Town A Better Place For Everyone

By Jenni Baxter 10-09-19 17:47

With several violent and tragic incidents occurring around South Africa recently, it’s a welcome relief to see there’s one corner of the country where the people are uniting to make things better… voluntarily. Where the locals are creating more than just a better, prettier town. They’re building pride and hope. Karoospace.co.za writer and local Karoo […]

Rising Sea Levels Already Causing Problems For Cape Town

By SAPeople Contributor 30-08-19 11:34

Sea level rise caused by global warming is already causing damage to public and private coastal property in Cape Town. In some areas retreat to higher ground may be necessary. The coast at Milnerton particularly is being affected by erosion, with the public beach under City of Cape Town jurisdiction already having been washed away […]

Stolen Lion Cub from Northern South Africa Rescued from Home in Cape Town

By Ted Botha 22-08-19 13:39

Three people were arrested after a lion cub was found in their possession in a home in Athlone, Cape Town, the South African Police Services said in a statement today. Detectives from the Organised Crime Investigations unit followed up on information about a cub that was being transported from Thabazimbi, in Limpopo, to the Western […]

All-Women Anti-Poaching Team near South Africa’s Kruger Park Notch up More Awards

By Ted Botha 25-07-19 19:37

The crack all-women anti-poaching team the Black Mambas, who have helped reduce poaching in their territory near Kruger National Park by 75 percent, and their founder have won two of four prestigious awards at a world tourism conference in Johannesburg, once again highlighting their environmental successes. At the African Resilience Summit, which was held yesterday […]

Kruger Park Visitor’s Message for Good Samaritans Goes Viral

By Jenni Baxter 06-06-19 21:49

A message of gratitude from a visitor to the Kruger National Park for a couple, who quite literally may have saved her and her partner’s life, has gone viral on social media in South Africa and abroad. It was only Mbali Zitha’s second visit to the Kruger when the unthinkable happened – a flat tyre. […]

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