ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

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Proposed new walkway around Zandvlei – an exciting development

Zandvlei, the only functioning estuary on the False Bay Coast,  is an important natural resource and in order to realise its true potential, it needs to become more attractive and interesting by diversifying and developing.  The pathway The informal path […]

 
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Invasive wasps – European paper wasp and German wasp or yellow-jacket – help the City monitor their spread

Two highly invasive wasp species are expanding their range throughout Cape Town and the Western Cape. The City and its partners are calling on the public to help identify and report new colonies.

 
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Lower Silvermine River Wetlands: Flower of the Month February 2014 – CYPERACEAE

The Lower Silvermine River Wetlands' Flower of the Month for February 2014 is actually a sedge rather than a flower

 
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The South African United Fishing Forum invited by Holy Trinity Church, Kalk Bay, to discuss fishing rights crisis at public meeting Wed 12 Feb

“Our fishing community and the wider Kalk Bay will be seriously hurt by the outcome and it will bring all sorts of pressure to our community. If the crisis is not resolved, then fish will become a scarce commodity and children will be deprived of an important source of protein..."

 
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Launch of the Restore the Roodeberg Campaign in the Scenic South Peninsula

The Table Mountain Fund, SANParks and WWF have teamed up to raise funds to purchase two privately owned properties on Roodeberg in the Scenic South Peninsula for inclusion in the Table Mountain National Park, a World Heritage Site. The Roodeberg […]

 
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Garden in traffic circle in Fish Hoek grown by Akim Riemer of Green Guerrillas

I have watched with delight the garden growing in the traffic circle on Recreation Rd in Fish Hoek. The spinach is growing better than the carefully tended lot in my garden – mine is holey and not worth picking! So […]

 
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