ROAD TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Former ANC Western Cape leader Neville Delport’s defection a ‘net win’ for DA 5 min 0 By Suné Payne
AUGUST BY-ELECTIONS Ward battles — PA delivers huge scare for ANC, DA in Vanrhynsdorp and Knysna nailbiters 8 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
AN ARID EDEN OP-ED Unique fauna and flora under siege on South Africa’s west coast 8 min 0 By Steve Pike
DIGGING IN DRYLANDS Drylands under siege as farming communities fight to protect what cannot be replaced 10 min 0 By Kristin Engel
QUIET REVOLUTION South Africa’s Drylands are being transformed through community-led conservation 9 min 1 By Kristin Engel
GIANT COMEBACK Whale superhighways along the West Coast — a conservation success story 8 min 0 By Gunnar Oberhosel
SEA CHANGE SA cracks down on ship pollution amid suspected shipwreck oil spill off the West Coast 6 min 2 By Kristin Engel
NOVEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Patriotic Alliance piles pressure on DA, ANC as its growth surge continues in Western and Eastern Cape wards 8 min 5 By Wayne Sussman
GROUNDUP West Coast owl orphanage rescues thousands of birds in face of ‘so much cruelty’, huge costs 3 min 1 By Ashraf Hendricks
TRACK OF TIME Finding the stark and derelict on a long walk along the West Coast 7 min 5 By Larry Dolley
GROUNDUP SA’s ‘rock libraries’ gain global acclaim with World Heritage Site status for three Stone Age sites 5 min 1 By John Yeld
CAPE OF STORMS West Coast oil spill — inside the emergency response effort and salvage operation 6 min 1 By Kristin Engel
SHIP BREAKS APART South African Maritime Authority works to avert disaster after West Coast oil spill 5 min 0 By Kristin Engel
PHOTO ESSAY Coastal Communities on the front line of the climate crisis — Struisbaai 5 min 0 By Barry Christianson
APRIL BY-ELECTIONS Patriotic Alliance shocks ANC, DA in Western Cape wards, local party bags historic win 20 min 25 By Wayne Sussman
GROUNDUP DMRE rejects West Coast prospecting bid over lack of environmental impact planning 4 min 1 By John Yeld
FLOWER POWER West Coast flower season blossomed with joy and an influx of tourism 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
GROUNDUP Piketberg landowners block Bongani Minerals access to protected West Coast area as court battle looms 5 min 14 By John Yeld