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Like stepping onto mars, everything on the road into Saldanha is red – trees, buildings, bushes, even some seagulls. Ominously called ‘the red dust’, this iron ore residue mined elsewhere is transported by train into Saldanha Port.

STEENBERG’S COVE, South Africa — For more than 40 years, the sea has been Anthony Stofberg’s livelihood. Stofberg, 62, is a fisherman, just like his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather before him, who used to go out into the waters in front of their home and harvest seafood. Species like snoek, Cape bream and […]

‘When foreign companies drill for oil in our oceans, fish die,’ say angry Western Cape fishers.

On Africa Day last Thursday (25 May), local fisheries were part of a public awareness and information campaign in Cape Town in a bid to stop further government investment in fossil fuels, particularly offshore oil and gas.

Searcher had filed an urgent application last week to have the court reconsider an interim-interim interdict against its seismic survey activities.

Coastal communities protest against Karpowerships, offshore oil and gas drilling By Kristin Engel Share Cape Town - Coastal communities recently gathered at various beaches to celebrate World Oceans Day and also to protest against the pollution and destructive consequences that industrial developments have on oceans and marine life. Saldanha Bay Coastal Links, Langebaan Coastal links, Save Langebaan Lagoon, Green Connection and the small-scale fishing community gathered at Friday Island Beach a...