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I am not able to support young protesters who throw soup at world-famous art. Art is important. It contributes to creating a better humanity. Surfing is something like that too.

The River Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed is a powerful, earthy and harrowing story of how, in the early 2000s, a community in northern El Salvador fought together with international allies to prevent the Canadian gold mining giant, Pacific Rim, from destroying their country’s main water source, the Lempa River.

When I headed down for a swim in the Gqunube River at Tidewaters the other day, and the grass was freshly-mowed and the trees neatly trimmed, I wondered what herbs I had eaten in my lunchtime salad. Seriously. Someone had solved the urban jungle problem! I could see my feet! A whole convoy of white bakkies with trailers was assembled and an orchestra of weed-eaters was in mid-concert.

Wildlife is dying off in the once-pristine dense forests, bush, rivers and beaches which have made lush Buffalo City a lifestyle choice for investors and businesses. From the Samango monkey, which is clinging to existence in the Umtiza Nature Reserve between Scenery Park and the King Phalo Airport, to the indigenous freshwater fish Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii) and the ray-finned fish Border barb (Pseudobarbus trevelyani) — all 100,000 species of wildlife in the metro are under ...

The Ngangeduku river once flowed through Gonubie, offering swimming spots and a thriving haven for wildlife. Today, blocked manholes on municipal land spew piles of foul white foam and sewage into the Ngangeduku, which in Xhosa means “the size of a knobkerrie”. Dismayed and angry residents spoke of their multiple attempts to get Buffalo City Metro to listen to their warnings.

We race past the secrets of the natural world. Reading an environment takes a bit of slowing down and “leaning in”. If we want to restore degraded parts of East London, we first need to understand the ecological problems, yes?

Swimming in the dirty Vaal River to raise awareness of its contamination By Staff Reporter Share Johannesburg - Four open water swimmers swam two stretches of the highly-polluted Vaal River near Standerton in Mpumalanga to raise awareness of its contamination and to help seek solutions. Andrew Chin and Craig Bishop from Cape Town, along with Mandy Uys and Joy Roach from East London bravely took on the challenge as part of the “Swim for Rivers” campaign, which highlights the deteriorating st...