Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was using them as cupboard space instead. In his backyard stood a stack of empty ...

The decline of South Africa’s freshwater fish mirrors a global trend. A 2021 World Wildlife Fund(WWF) report found that freshwater biodiversity is being lost at twice the rate of forest or ocean ...

Moller, the owner of Mogi’s hiking trail, said the salvinia have clogged up and damaged boat engines and also hurt fishing communities over the nine years that he has lived in the area. South Africa’s ...

Community members fish along the Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa, on March 17, 2025, near Hyacinth plants in the water. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...