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Collectors drive a spike in theft of indigenous plants in the Western Cape Share Cape Town - CapeNature says it has noted a worrying spike in the theft of indigenous plants in the province. It said it has begun to notice that crimes relating to the theft of endangered indigenous plants in the province had begun to steadily increase, even under strict Covid-19 restrictions. CapeNature spokesperson Petro van Rhyn said while there were several reasons why the illegal trade had picked up recently, ...

RENAISSANCE MAN Painter, sculptor, house builder, civil engineer, cartoonist, and airplane builder Arthur Van Rhyn (right) stands with friend and pilot Gordon Heinrichs in front of Legal Eagle, the single-person aircraft he built, which he donated to the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter. Buy it According to Christine Heinrichs, the book of Art Van Rhyns cartoons is "selling briskly through local outlets," which include Cambrias Cookie Crock Market, Cambria Drug & Gift, ...

The Stormers claimed a last-gasp win over the Lions in a thrilling PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA encounter at Ellis Park in Johannesburg

───   17:09 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 Madibeng local municipality mayor, Jostina Mothibe was removed on Friday following a motion of no confidence tabled by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and supported by other parties. DA caucus leader in Madibeng, Jan Van Rhyn, says Mothibes lack of leadership - which led to a collapse in service delivery, as well as the fact that the municipality failed to obtain clean audit reports from the Auditor-General for a number of years - was a key point to...

Western Cape Government Fishing and swimming should be avoided in the Breede River around Bonnievale, CapeNature has cautioned. The conservation group is still carrying out search operations to recapture an unknown number of crocodiles in the area, which escaped from a nearby facility. T o date, 80 crocodiles have been recaptured. Western Cape residents have been warned to avoid sections of the Breede River over the long weekend because an operation to recapture an unknown number of crocodiles ...

More crocodiles euthanised as search for escaped reptiles trudges along Share Cape Town - Officials have said that they can now account for 66 crocodiles after the reptiles escaped from a commercial breeding farm in Bonnievale, Western Cape, at the start of the month. A spokesperson for CapeNature, Petro van Rhyn, said while some crocodiles had been recaptured, the search continued, with teams conducting patrols every night. Authorities were alerted on March 3 - which coincidentally happened to...

CapeNature says 51 crocodiles have so far been accounted for after an undisclosed number escaped from a farm outside of Bonnievale last week.

Fifty crocodiles have been recaptured after escaping from a Bonnievale farm last week, but an unknown number are still on the loose.

Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the week from a large breeding farm in South Africa, the...

CapeNature says the crocodiles that escaped from a breeding farm outside Bonnievale can only be recaptured at nightfall.