Articles for John Yeld

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Developer of R300m Stellenbosch housing estate fights back

Botmaskop Fynbos Estate says a court interdict stopping construction will be “catastrophic”

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News | 11 April 2025

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Sedgefield developer sues Knysna municipality for more than R2.5-million

A local environmentalist is also being sued

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News | 7 April 2025

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Good news for leopard toads: anonymous donor buys crucial habitat in Cape Town

The property in the heart of Noordhoek will also be an open space for the community

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News | 27 March 2025

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Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5-million

Tessa Joubert, blamed for delaying the development, says the lawsuit is designed to silence her and others

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News | 19 March 2025

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Court limits fishing to protect African Penguins

By agreement between all parties pelagic fishing permits must be amended within 14 days to protect six key penguin breeding areas

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News | 18 March 2025

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Settlement reached in African Penguin case

Government, environmental groups and fishing industry agree to new no-fishing zones around penguin breeding grounds

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News | 12 March 2025

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New plant discovered in Stellenbosch

“Miracle” iris emerges after decades under a pine plantation

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News | 4 March 2025

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Parties hold their breath in battle over R300-million Stellenbosch mountain estate

Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes

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News | 24 February 2025

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Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

Conservation groups challenge minister’s decision on no-fishing zones around penguin colonies

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News | 17 February 2025

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Wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy confirmed as source of West Coast oil spill

Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response

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News | 7 February 2025

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West Coast beaches polluted by oil spill

Source of the oil not yet confirmed, but locals suspect the wreck of the MV Ultra Galaxy

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News | 3 February 2025

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Massive SLAPP suit against environmentalists withdrawn

Gauteng property developers were suing environmentalists for alleged costs from delays to their projects caused by objections

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News | 24 January 2025

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Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation

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News | 11 December 2024

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COP16: Will humanity live in harmony with nature? The stakes have never been higher

The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in South America this past fortnight

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News | 1 November 2024

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African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”

The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations

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News | 29 October 2024

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‘Missing link’ added to Table Mountain National Park

Two properties have been added to join the centre and south of the park to form the Kommetjie-Noordhoek wetlands land chain

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News | 24 October 2024