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Port Nolloth

Photo essay: Among the forgotten mountains and deserted mines of the Northern Cape

Africa

Photo essay: Among the forgotten mountains and deserted mines of the Northern Cape

By Kristin Engel

Northern Cape charm — a magical port, stargazing with sheep, a lost goat and thirsty soldiers in bonnets

South Africa

Northern Cape charm — a magical port, stargazing with sheep, a lost goat and thirsty soldiers in bonnets

By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit

Karoo Keepsakes – Bull Dancing, Line Dancing, Sea Cowboys, Coldstream Guards & the Magic of a Shearing Shed

South Africa

Karoo Keepsakes – Bull Dancing, Line Dancing, Sea Cowboys, Coldstream Guards & the Magic of a Shearing Shed

By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit

Golden mole that swims through sand is rediscovered in South Africa after 86 years

Maverick Life

Golden mole that swims through sand is rediscovered in South Africa after 86 years

By Samantha Mynhardt

Good times in Port Jolly – the cowboy town at the edge of the sea

South Africa

Good times in Port Jolly – the cowboy town at the edge of the sea

By Chris Marais

Three years of research reveals SA’s small-scale fishing communities are under threat on multiple fronts

Politics

Three years of research reveals SA’s small-scale fishing communities are under threat on multiple fronts

By Estelle Ellis

Fishers and environmental activists express concern over proposed drilling off SA’s West Coast

South Africa

Fishers and environmental activists express concern over proposed drilling off SA’s West Coast

By Tembile Sgqolana

The sea cowboys and diamond divers of Port Nolloth

Magazine

The sea cowboys and diamond divers of Port Nolloth

By Chris Marais

Adrift in a sea-washed Karoo of succulent and Sperrgebiet

TGIFood

Adrift in a sea-washed Karoo of succulent and Sperrgebiet

By Tony Jackman

The slow squeeze on Port Nolloth’s fishermen — walled in and fenced out by mining

South Africa

The slow squeeze on Port Nolloth’s fishermen — walled in and fenced out by mining

By Barry Christianson

TRAINSPOTTER: Alexkor Meltdown – Northern Cape’s state-owned enterprise non-gift that keeps on taking

Scorpio

TRAINSPOTTER: Alexkor Meltdown – Northern Cape’s state-owned enterprise non-gift that keeps on taking

By Richard Poplak for Scorpio

GroundUp: Rough diamonds, Part One – Ten dead men

South Africa

GroundUp: Rough diamonds, Part One – Ten dead men

By GroundUp