West Coast Beaches Polluted by Oil Spill
Source of the oil not yet confirmed, but locals suspect the wreck of the MV Ultra Galaxy
Lamberts Bay
Wupperthal: The Town Where You Can Sleep Outside on Your Stoep
But jobs are scarce in this small Cederberg mission town
Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction
Namibian breeding colonies decimated by predation
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
Court challenge to 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights
Fishers say they were ignored when the original rights were awarded between 1994 and 1998
Pygmy Sperm whale humanely euthanised
Avril Mocke, NSRI Lamberts Bay station commander, said: At 11h26, Friday, 2 June, NSRI Lamberts Bay duty crew were alerted to Pygmy Sperm whale beached at Lamberts Bay Beach inside of the small breakwater. The whale was alive and appeared to have laceration injuries possibly from drifting over rocks before beaching. The West Coast Marine …