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August 31, 2023

In a major victory for the future of the pristine Olifants River Estuary and surrounding communities of the West Coast, a crucial out-of-court agreement has been struck with mining company Trans Hex.

August 9, 2023

The Man Behind Artivism

In this edition of Shredding the Gnar, we explore the remarkable journey of Tre Packard, the visionary founder of the PangeaSeed Foundation and the driving force behind the Seawalls Artivism movement that is coming to Cape Town in November.

August 30, 2023

Landmark Art Initative for the Ocean

We’re celebrating World Oceans Day today with a special announcement! Wavescape has teamed up with the PangeaSeed Foundation and SJ Artists to bring the inaugural Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans project to Africa.

May 13, 2023

Waning Whale Food

In autumn, when right whales swim towards South Africa, they should be full of food. But in recent years, they are thinner as their food disappears with melting sea ice. This peer-reviewed paper was conducted at Aarhus University.

August 31, 2023

City Stink Story

The perennial problem of Cape Town's poo raises its smelly spectre every year about this time as the winds shift to westerly onshore. This article was written eight years ago by Spike. It's like Groundhog Day.

March 3, 2023

Movie at the Festival

The backstory of the Endless Summer, the most watched documentary of all time in any genre, will hold its official South African premiere at the Wavescape Surf & Ocean Festival in Cape Town next week.

March 3, 2023

Sky Waves

We've had some very strange examples of the Kelvin-Helmholtz effect, when clouds produce a billowing wave pattern just like sets of cross-sectioned waves breaking across the sky, writes Spike.

March 3, 2023

Poo Fighters

While the City of Cape Town considers the continution of its aniquated 122-year-old system of pumping 39 million litres of raw sewage into the sea, ActionSA and the NSRI are crying foul. This report by Groundup.

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