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It’s a bird’s life: Members of the Mpumalanga-based organisation have added the Cape parrot to the items they crochet and sell.
BIRDLIFE

Women at Ukuthunga Handmade crochet for conservation

Women make ‘knitties’ of the endangered Cape parrot and earn money

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Photo by Pierre Pistorius
BIRDLIFE

Global study highlights effect of plastic pollution on foraging seabirds

The presence of plastic particles in the birds has potential implications for human health

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
The Cape parrot is an endangered species largely because of human activity such as logging the forests where they are found. (Wild Bird Trust)
BIRDLIFE

Meet the 2023 Bird of the Year

The Cape parrot is an endangered species largely because of human activity such as logging the forests where they are found

  • Gemma Gatticchi
2 min read
BirdLife South Africa, a bird conservation organisation, is working on compiling a list of bird names in isiZulu. (Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
BIRDLIFE

Bird conservation group compiles bird names list in isiZulu

The group says what better way to raise awareness about birds and birding than to name birds in South African languages

  • Lesego Chepape
5 min read
ACCEDE

Water worries for Musina-Makhado special economic zone

More than 20 organisations, concerned individuals sign an open letter to Ministers Barbara Creecy and Ebrahim Patel calling for integrated assessment of coal-based mega-project

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read