World Nature Conservation Day: South Africa’s natural heritage is disappearing quietly
Daily Maverick | 28.07.2026 06:41
Just outside Jeffreys Bay lies Papiesfontein – three parcels of state-owned land, totalling 528 hectares, that contain one of the last intact remnants of Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld. More than 90% of this endangered vegetation type has already disappeared beneath agriculture and development elsewhere along the Eastern Cape coast.
