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02 Jun
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Why wake up?
19 May
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Hippo in the City Limits – Whoa!
I cannot believe we are so lucky as to live in a place like this… I cannot believe more people don’t visit Rondevlei Nature reserve… I cannot believe more people don’t join FOZR ( Friends Of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei) email – deecrans@netactive.co.za now that you have decided to join us!
20 Apr
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Problem Toads – PROTECT OUR INDIGENOUS SPECIES
Help prevent the spread of an aggressive invader, the Guttural Toad The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Branch, in partnership with CapeNature, is embarking on a project to protect our indigenous toads and frogs. An aggressive invader toad species, the Guttural Toad, is rapidly establishing and spreading in our area and we need your […]
05 Nov
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EXTRACT NOTES FROM FALSE BAY ECOLOGY PARK STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING 29 OCTOBER 2009
Note 1. See 4. below and please deliver asap. Note 2. Send any good photographs at high resolution of local flora, fauna, educational, social, sporting features or events around ZV or at ZVYC, ZVSC, ZV Pen Sec or Friends to baigrie@mweb.co.za or laurianne@interACTnow.co.za for CTCC FBEP promotional publicity leading into and during 2010. Major sponsorships […]
23 Sep
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Pelican Rescue Zeekoevlei
So there we were doing a high speed run past the power boat club on Sat 19 Sep 2009. My young crew of Liam,Jordan, Jamie, Byron and Ashwin were egging me on to go faster. As we passed the rowing club, a young group of “girl” rowers started waving at us. We thought we were […]
16 Sep
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Sewerage works taken over by a plant
A very important birding area on the Peninsula is under siege from water hyacinth, the Strandfontein sewerage works. This very invasive weed is originally from South America and is known to have caused billions of dollars worth of damage throughout Africa. The City of Cape Town has confirmed that they just don’t have the resources […]
09 Sep
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We dont need another shopping centre – we need grass and trees
Dear Zeekoevlei Community On a voluntary basis the Zeekoevlei and surrounding areas residents and the Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei are joining with the GCTCA Alliance, other civic bodies around Princess Vlei as well as the Cape Flats Wetland Forum and the Zandvlei Trust to save Princess Vlei as a priceless treasure for the future, […]
30 Jul
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Dredging R.O.D. Zeekoevlei
Dredging Zeekoevlei Given the Go-Ahead The province has issued a positive Record of Decision (ROD) on dredging Zeekoevlei. This is the latest milestone in the long road to rehabilitating Zeekoevlei. To date, agriculture and urbanization have destroyed or severely degraded between 35% and 60% of South Africa’s wetlands. Wetlands help purify South Africa’s water, control […]
20 Mar
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Something smells around here…
After ongoing complaints from local residents about the stench from the Strandfontein sewerage works, the Friends of Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei and the Zeekoevlei Civic Association undertook a site visit to the treatment works on 4 March 2009. These pictures are a selection of what they found in the back dunes north and east of the […]
19 Mar
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