The Damara Trail is the ultimate destination for both ‘soft adventurers’ and seasoned hikers looking for a new way to explore the Western Cape’s natural heritage.
The mining company has applied for a marine diamond mining right offshore of two eco-sensitive areas and a ‘multi-commodity prospecting right in multiple concessions’, which basically means that they want to go prospecting for minerals along a third of the entire western seaboard of the Western Cape.
A media crew from Protect The West Coast just revealed the true scale of the illegal mining industry in some of South Africa’s supposed pristine coastal areas.
Working a boring nine-to-five is not an option for those looking to hit the jackpot up the West Coast.
Properties along the West Coast have become hot property in recent years with the COVID-19 pandemic only speeding up the semigration trend.
The Cape Town holiday home creep up the West Coast started quite some time ago, and has really sped up in recent times.
One of South Africa’s biggest drug busts, which took place in March along the West Coast, has seen three Bulgarian nationals sentenced.
Police intercepted a fishing vessel off the coast of Saldanha yesterday evening, and came away with a massive cocaine haul.
Residents of Saint Helena Bay, which is approximately 150 kilometres north of Cape Town, woke up on Sunday to the rare sight of a giant squid stranded on Britannia Bay Beach.
Local authorities are cutting down on illegal crayfish trading, and this has landed one restaurateur in seriously hot water. Even a bribe didn’t work.