For the past 30 years, the strident call of the giant kingfisher flying up the lower reaches of the Liesbeek River could be heard. Now that call may be silenced forever by the proposed River Club development.
Two young crocodiles are still at large while the others that escaped from a breeding farm in Bonnievale have been recaptured, and some have been euthanised.
Alexander, who has a robust research and outreach program based in Botswana, has garnered a significant international reputation as an expert in wildlife diseases.
‘Deadly Air’: A case about real lives and real people
by Andiswa Matikinca, Daily Maverick
June 2, 2021
‘Deadly Air’: A case about real lives and real people
by Andiswa Matikinca, Daily Maverick June 2, 2021 Promise Mabilo has been living at the epicentre of the world’s largest coal-fired power plant emissions hotspot for the past 22 years. Her son was diagnosed with asthma in 2008, which has affected his studies and his childhood.
Mabilo is one of the applicants in the landmark “Deadly Air” case heard in the Pretoria High Court on 17 and 18 May. She gave an emotional account following the conclusion of the hearing about how the air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area in the northeast of South Africa has affected her.