Cape Town, with its stunning landscapes, lush greenery and idyllic white sand beaches, is often voted one of the most ...

The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to ...

The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus ... On 18 March 2025, South Africa’s High Court ruled in favour of BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB, ordering 10-year no-fishing zones around six vital ...

By agreement between all parties pelagic fishing permits must be amended within 14 days to protect six key penguin breeding ...

BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB today secured a historic victory for South Africa's Critically Endangered African Penguin when the Pretoria High Court issued an order of court after a hard-won ...

Sanccob head of conservation, Nicky Stander, said: “The threats facing the African Penguin are complex and ongoing – and the order itself requires monitoring, enforcement and continued ...

A penguin inside a carboard box led to a helicopter crash in South Africa, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said in a ...

The African Penguin population – a species endemic ... African National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob) – had argued that the island closures currently in place ...

Nicky Stander, head of conservation at Sanccob, said the journey was far from over. "The threats facing the African penguin ...

Nicky Stander, conservation head at SANCCOB, commented: "Today's order is a significant step forward in our fight to save the African Penguin from extinction. We are immensely grateful for the ...