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Daily Maverick digs into what has been described as one of the most intense wildfire seasons in the Western Cape so far.

If they continue to look to elements of the dying order to solve their problems, whether it be politicians, academics or technologists, it may well be the beginning of the end of social organisation and our extractive economy as we know it — the end of the Holocene — and the acceleration of eco...

In a Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) update at 10.50pm, the DRMC said that officials on site at the fire along the Glencairn Expressway advised that the area was inundated with smoke and asked residents close to the blaze to close doors and windows to mitigate the risk of any health impa...

Residents fuming over death of Philemon the raiding baboon By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku Share Cape Town - Conservation lobby groups are fuming over the City’s decision to euthanise Philemon, a Smitswinkel Bay male baboon, last week after its raiding behaviour put other baboons from the area in danger. The groups questioned whether the protocols had been followed to the letter, attractants dealt with and data collection verified. Baboon Matters founder Jenni Trethowan said the authorities have killed nearly 80 baboons on the Cape Peninsula alone, yet baboons continued to seek easy food rewards i...

Raiding baboon euthanised in Cape Town 08 April 2021 - 16:24 A male baboon "entered the urban area on more than 40 occasions" between October 1 2020 and February 28 this year, the City of Cape Town said, and in February alone entered houses on more than 10 occasions while residents were inside. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/zixian Frequent raids by a baboon on homes in Cape Town’s southern peninsula came to an end after he was euthanised on Thursday. It was the end of a journey for the baboon, which left his Plateau Road troop and went on to lead a splinter group of ba...