Words by Rona Van De Merwe and Steve Pike. The rare Orange Strandveld Lizard. Image: Chad Keates. In ironic good news for a threatened desert reptile, the striking Orange Sandveld Lizard is likely to be upgraded to the Red List.
15 December 2022 Moonstone mine in Doringbaai. Image by Sacha Specker. An urgent application to interdict a company from diamond mining near a critically important RAMSAR global bio-diversity hotspot at the mouth of the Olifants River estuary has been lodged
To illustrate the fight that PTWC has on its hands, yet another new prospecting application has been granted by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy over a vast area all the way from Elands Bay past Lamberts Bay and
Because the West Coast faces a deluge of prospecting and mining applications that require serious legal firepower to combat, PTWC has launched a crowdfunding campaign. Please help us fund legal action against mining companies on the Cape West Coast that
Words by Steve Pike. Image by Khaya Pullen. Alexander Bay, in the far Northern Cape was a thriving little town in 2001. The area, known for wealthy alluvial diamond deposits, was a vibrant economic zone, where the state-owned Alexkor mining
Diepkloof Shelter hand prints. The West Coast of South Africa is an open museum, where countless archaeological, palaeontological and historical sites can be found. You will see old mission stations, outposts, forts, whaling and fishing stations, historical monuments and other
Our CEO Mike Schlebach was interviewed up the West Coast on Afrikaans DStv channel Kyknet recently where he related how a 30 year career in surfing, and a deep love for the West Coast, led him and a small team
A recent book by prominent UCT botanist and environmental campaigner Doctor Peter Carrick provides a detailed outline of how to rehabilitate vast tracts of Namaqualand that have been destroyed by mining and farming. “Ekologiese Restourasie in Namakwaland: ‘n Praktiese Gids”
Image by Sacha Specker To mark International Cleanup Day and to cast our beady eye on a controversial new mining operation near Doringbaai on the Cape West Coast, PTWC met up with Sentinel Ocean Alliance, Gone Outdoor and local activists
Words by Rona van de Merwe. A black harrier looking for a tasty morsel below. Image by Megan Murgatroyd. One of the most prominent and iconic species to call the West Coast home is the graceful Black Harrier, Circus Maurus.
Mineral Sands Resources has prevented legal action, at least for now, over its West Coast operations. By John Yeld for Ground Up. https://www.groundup.org.za/ Researchers from the One Ocean Hub at the University of Cape Town and a GIS expert have
Words by Steve Pike and Jacque Smit. Protect the West Coast recently travelled up the West Coast for a special film tour of their film Ours, Not Mine, to help communities understand how to deal with heavy mineral sand mining
