High court offers hope for lesser flamingos at ‘cesspool’ Kamfers Dam
/ 22 April 2025

High court offers hope for lesser flamingos at ‘cesspool’ Kamfers Dam

BirdLife South Africa celebrates the ruling to save imperilled site

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Sewage crisis at Kamfers Dam causes ‘biodiversity nightmare’ for waterbirds
/ 15 January 2025

Sewage crisis at Kamfers Dam causes ‘biodiversity nightmare’ for waterbirds

Lab findings suggest botulism as the cause of the bird deaths, made worse by sewage from the Homevale wastewater treatment works

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Work to save SA’s most threatened endemic bird species takes flight
/ 21 May 2024

Work to save SA’s most threatened endemic bird species takes flight

There are only about 340 individual Botha’s Larks left in the wild

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Creecy hauled to court over ‘irrational’ closures around penguin colonies
/ 27 March 2024

Creecy hauled to court over ‘irrational’ closures around penguin colonies

The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds

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R450m project to remove invasive mice from Marion Island
/ 14 June 2023

R450m project to remove invasive mice from Marion Island

Seabirds, many of them globally threatened, are sitting ducks for the rodents who are eating them alive

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Creecy must decide on island closures to either save penguins or retain fishing
/ 3 August 2022

Creecy must decide on island closures to either save penguins or retain fishing

The population of the endangered seabirds has plummeted to a record low

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Pioneering project to help save African penguins takes off, bringing renewed hope for the endangered species
/ 12 July 2022

Pioneering project to help save African penguins takes off, bringing renewed hope for the endangered species

So far, 148 juvenile African penguins have been released at De Hoop Nature Reserve in a bid to establish a new breeding colony

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Moratorium lifted on ship-to-ship refuelling in Algoa Bay a threat to marine life
/ 24 February 2022

Moratorium lifted on ship-to-ship refuelling in Algoa Bay a threat to marine life

Over the past six years, three oil spills have occurred as a direct result of fuel ship-to-ship bunkering

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