1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (845+ words) The news of a major investment in land restoration through a partnership between the government and multinational corporations came as I was finalising the proofreading of my forthcoming book. Though the book is primarily about the formation of amaRharhabe, it…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (779+ words) US technology giant Amazon has backed a R1.5bn environmental restoration project in the Eastern Cape expected to create more than 11,000 sustainable long-term jobs over the next decade while helping revive one of SA’s most threatened ecosystems. This investment has already created…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (251+ words) The people who saved the flood-stranded fish on the Sunshine Coast were applauded, but the actions of the men who plundered the trapped animals was both immoral and illegal. “Well done to the gentlemen who helped set the stranded fish…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (729+ words) The Eastern Cape is hoping to turn its wildlife, tourism and natural resources into a major economic driver through an ambitious new biodiversity project expected to attract investment and create jobs in rural communities. The scope of the project, known…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (879+ words) Eastern Cape nature reserves are under mounting pressure from chronic underfunding, failing infrastructure and deteriorating tourism facilities, raising fears for the future of conservation in the province. But both the board of Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism (ECPTA) and the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (466+ words) The beautiful, biodiverse Mkambati Nature Reserve has finally received its official Ramsar Site certificate from the Ramsar Secretariat in Switzerland. A Ramsar site is a wetland designated as internationally important under the international treaty, the Ramsar Convention, to which SA…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (306+ words) The loss of 70 giant river crabs to suspected poachers on Wednesday night has been met with dismay, but there is delight that arrests have been made, Green Ripple environment and climate group spokesperson Div de Villiers says. De Villiers, a…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (909+ words) Scores of homeless people are squatting in the bush in the Nahoon Point Nature Reserve. They are a mix of harmless tragic stories, including abandonment, addiction and mental illness, to hardened criminal elements, activists and local councillor Jason McDowell says....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (285+ words) In a a major medical milestone for Limpopo, conjoined identical twins born at Mankweng Tertiary Hospital have been successfully separated. “We are pleased to report that the babies are now separate, alive and well. The mother is overwhelmed with joy,…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (752+ words) An elephant’s trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal’s life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000 whiskers covering the trunk are central to its utility, highly specialised for…...