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R230m superyacht marina set for V&A Waterfront. The dual-purpose facility will support year-round catamaran exports, said V&A Waterfront CEO Graham Wood.
VAWATERFRON

Cape Town to enhance marine economy with new R230 million marina at V&A Waterfront

Plans for a new R230 million superyacht marina at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront promise to boost the local marine economy, accommodating an increasing number of superyacht visits…

  • Staff Reporter
  • Tara Isaacs
3 min read
Helen Lockhart, Two Oceans Aquarium conservation and sustainability manager, celebrates the Two Oceans Aquarium’s False Bay Hope Spot co-champion announcement during the Mission Blue Paddle Out.
BEACH

Two Oceans Aquarium hosts trash bash

Join the Two Oceans Aquarium on September 20 for a Trash Bash beach cleanup at Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg, in honour of World Cleanup Day and ocean advocate Sylvia Earle’s 90th…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
The OceanXplorer stopped at the V&A Waterfront Harbour for the first time on Wednesday February 26.
SANPARKS

OceanXplorer reveals Africa's deep sea wonders

State-of-the-art research vessel OceanXplorer makes history in Cape Town, revealing undiscovered marine ecosystems and mapping vast underwater territories during its pioneering…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
9 min read
Award-winning National Geographic photographer and Save Our Seas Foundation director of storytelling, Thomas Peschak during a presentation at the Labia Theatre.
CAPE TOWN

Telling stories of South Africa’s Great Seaforest

South Africa’s Great African Seaforest, which stretches north for more than 1 000km into Namibia, is a wonderland of abundance and rich biodiversity. It is home to many creatures…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM

Teachers treated to Ocean Campus tour, activities at aquarium

The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation launched its new Ocean Campus with a celebration of teachers and the ocean on World Teachers’ Day, marked annually on October 5. Ocean Campus…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
5 min read
Two Oceans Aquarium staff and volunteers with rubbish collected last Saturday at Monwabisi beach during World Clean-up Day. PICTURE: BHEKI RADEBE
KHAYELITSHA

Trash bash at Monwabisi beach

The Two Oceans Aquarium hosted a Trash Bash at Monwabisi beach as part of World Clean-up Day last Saturday, September 21. World Clean-up Day started in 2008 in Estonia to create…

  • Bhekizizwe Radebe
2 min read
Sea Harvest’s MFV Lepanto sank off Hout Bay’s coast on Friday.
FISHING

Hope lost for 11 on doomed trawler

Sea Harvest, the company that owned the fishing vessel that sank 34 nautical miles (nearly 63km) off the coast of Hout Bay, says it is working closely with the South African…

  • Tamlynne Thompson
2 min read