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Namaqualand

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in SA are key to climate change and carbon storage studies
The Green Guardian
/ 18 June 2024

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in SA are key to climate change and carbon storage studies

There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial but still poorly understood role in the carbon cycle

By Michele Francis
LOOK: Namaqualand is a blooming beauty
The Green Guardian
/ 30 August 2023

LOOK: Namaqualand is a blooming beauty

A researcher has found that the wildflowers, a popular tourist attraction, are blooming earlier each decade

By Liezl Human and Ashraf Hendricks
Meet the queen working to keep South Africa’s Nama language alive
National
/ 5 September 2021

Meet the queen working to keep South Africa’s Nama language alive

Even in hardship Nama blooms.

By Eunice Masson
Of carrier pigeons and diamond smugglers
Friday
/ 13 August 2021

Of carrier pigeons and diamond smugglers

This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa

By Matthew Gavin Frank
Climate change threatens survival of endemic species the most
The Green Guardian
/ 17 April 2021

Climate change threatens survival of endemic species the most

If Earth warms by 3°C, a third of species living on land and about half of endemic marine species will become extinct

By Sheree Bega
Stop calling us ‘coloured’ and denying us our diverse African identities
Article
/ 2 August 2018

Stop calling us ‘coloured’ and denying us our diverse African identities

Khoi Revivalists denounce racist groups using its name and want the apartheid category eliminated

By Staff Reporter
Northern Cape Nama farmers fear expropriation of ancestral land
Article
/ 29 June 2018

Northern Cape Nama farmers fear expropriation of ancestral land

Where else would we go? ask Nama descendants who fret that communal land will be taken. Some still follow traditional ways, writes Carl Collison

By Carl Collison
Monitoring the impact of the weather on Northern Cape tourism
Article
/ 23 March 2018

Monitoring the impact of the weather on Northern Cape tourism

Some tourist sites like Namaqualand are weather-dependent; increasing the number of tourists is vital

By Thabang Setlhare

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