January 24
South Africa: Cape Fishers Worried About Declining Fish Populations
"The South African story has already been written in Namibia" where there was a three-year moratorium on sardine and anchovy catch because stocks were so low Read more »
December 11, 2023
South Africa: Picket Against Fossil Fuels At Muizenberg Beach
Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai Read more »
August 28, 2023
South Africa: Court Challenge to 30-Year Extension of West Coast Diamond Mining Rights #AfricaClimateCrisis
Fishers say they were ignored when the original rights were awarded between 1994 and 1998 Read more »
February 27, 2023
South Africa: Call for Govt to Save Durban's Contaminated Rivers
"Toxic" levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists Read more »
February 09, 2023
South Africa: 'Total Madness' - Fishers Protest Against Ocean Drilling
About 30 activists and fishers led by the Eastern Cape Environmental Network and Earthlife Africa protested outside TotalEnergies service station in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha on… Read more »
January 24, 2023
South Africa: Perlemoen Farm Gives Hope to West Coast Community
Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China. Read more »
December 20, 2022
South Africa: 'If They Are Coming to Drill Oil, Who Can Guarantee There Will Be Fish Left in 15 Years Time?' #AfricaClimateCrisis
West Coast fishers respond to TotalEnergies' plans to drill for oil and gas Read more »
November 24, 2022
South Africa: TotalEnergies About to Submit Its Application to Drill for Gas Along South Coast
French giant has completed a round of public meetings Read more »
September 09, 2022
South Africa: Sewage Seeps Into Vaal Dam As Mpumalanga Water Treatment Plants Fail
Gauteng drinking water could be threatened if crisis is not fixed Read more »
September 06, 2022
South Africa: New Fishing Quotas to Be Allocated
But only original applicants may apply for rights Read more »
September 01, 2022
South Africa: Seismic Judgment - Court Overturns Exploration Rights Granted to Shell
The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast Read more »
August 15, 2022
South Africa: Small Scale Fishers Call for Halt to Gas and Oil Exploration #AfricaClimateCrisis
"When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die" Read more »
July 19, 2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa's River Clean-Up Boycotted By Some Gqeberha Residents
"I can't hail Mandela Day when my children don't have a future" Read more »