The March 18 historic victory secured in the Pretoria High Court by BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB for South Africa’s Critically Endangered African Penguin is a cause for national celebration.

Nicky Stander, head of conservation at Sanccob, said the journey was far from over. "The threats facing the African penguin are complex and ongoing - and the order itself requires monitoring ...

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 ...

says it supports SANCCOB and BirdLife South Africa in their legal challenge, recognising that the fight to protect the African Penguin is also a fight for the rights of small-scale fishers and coa ...

Government has implemented island closures with immediate effect to enhance the conservation of South Africa’s penguin populations.

It said the agreement, reached between the commercial small pelagic fishing industry, BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob), ...

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 ...