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At risk: Dolphins (above) swim in Algoa Bay and a volunteer (left) helps a rescued baby African penguin. Conservationists are concerned about ships refuelling at sea in a marine biodiversity hotspot. (Marco Longari/AFP)
ALGOA BAY

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

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Protestors at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Battlelines drawn over new seismic survey on the West Coast

The Legal Resources Centre and Richard Spoor Attorneys are heading to court for urgent interdict against Searcher Seismic, an Australian exploration outfit

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
A scene showing the rich life on the reef below the kelp canopy in False Bay
ANTIBIOTICS

Voltaren found in False Bay wastewater treatment water

Study reveals how high concentrations of pharmaceutical products are ending up in False Bay’s marine environment

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read