Articles for John Yeld

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African Oystercatcher bucks the trend in crashing bird populations

The species has gone from ā€œNear Threatenedā€ to ā€œLeast Concernā€ on the Red Data List

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News | 16 April 2024

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Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

The state mining company is challenging an environmental compliance notice

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News | 12 April 2024

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Ministerā€™s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists

Conservationists mount legal challenge to environment ministerā€™s decision on fishing around breeding islands

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News | 22 March 2024

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Meticulous Eastern Cape effort to keep vultures from extinction

Vultures disabled by powerline collisions are taken care of and given a place to breed

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News | 25 January 2024

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Aussie mining company ā€œSLAPP suitā€ partly settled out of court

Six South African defendants have reached an agreement with Mineral Commodities Ltd

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News | 22 November 2023

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Itā€™s ā€œToad versus Roadā€ in the Cape High Court

Environmentalists challenge road extension that threatens endangered Western Leopard Toads

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News | 7 November 2023

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Mining department refuses West Coast prospecting bid

Government turned down Limpopo-based Nekwana Trading Enterpriseā€™s application because of shortcomings in basic impact assessment

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News | 19 September 2023

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Farmer seeks ā€˜pardonā€™ for illegally enlarging dam

The application raises concerns over water use in the Western Cape

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News | 12 September 2023

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11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining

A major legal battle over the extension of 30-year mining rights has been averted

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News | 1 September 2023

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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

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News | 28 August 2023

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Big cats among victims as snare trapping spreads in Western Cape

Plan launched to deal with problem, which is partly driven by food insecurity

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News | 3 August 2023

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Cheetah spotted in Djibouti for the first time in over 30 years

Team headed by Cape Town researcher makes exciting discovery during a biodiversity survey

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News | 3 August 2023

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Piketberg landowners block mining companyā€™s access

New salvo fired in decades-old opencast tungsten mine proposal

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News | 28 July 2023

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In photos: new hope for West Coast vlei after seven year drought

But the future of this West Coast jewel is not yet assured, despite record rains this year

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News | 25 July 2023

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Mining companies eye the last unspoilt strip of the Western Capeā€™s west coast

Concerns over cumulative impact of new prospecting

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News | 4 July 2023

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Environmental activists revise pleas in ā€œSLAPP caseā€ brought by Australian miners

Marathon legal battle against R14.25-million defamation case continues

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Law | 1 February 2023