Mike Loewe

East London, South Africa

Journalist at Daily Dispatch (South Africa)

Journalist, chief reporter, Daily Dispatch, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Long-time freelancer, ex news agency editor, community publisher.

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Articles

OFF TRACK | New biodiversity land linked to N2 Wild Coast Toll Road project

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | New biodiversity land linked to N2 Wild Coast Toll Road project Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 15 April 2025 A total of 15,000 hectares of Eastern Cape community land has been marked for biodiversity conservation, but critics are worried that the province is already struggling to protect and manage 15 existing provincial reserves...
OFF TRACK | It’s going well but climate and trash disasters a worry, says upbeat MEC

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | It’s going well but climate and trash disasters a worry, says upbeat MEC Pieters highlights cruise ship tourism and small harbour developments among several positives in policy and budget speech Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 15 April 2025 A picture of encouraging economic growth focused on the extraction of natural resources, job-creation and profit was presented by the provincial government — along with warnings of climate collapse and a disastrous build-up of trash across the...
NSRI plucks stricken Granny and Grandpa Grommet from pounding Kowie surf

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

The NSRI boat and crew plucked an elderly Granny Grommet body boarder and older “Gandpa Grommet” from pounding 1.5m off East Beach, Port Alfred, soon after 9am on Friday. A crowd of 60 people, including 52 Kowie Granny Grommets taking part in their much-loved Friday surf session, watched anxiously from the beach as Sjaan Rossouw, in her 60s, was swept out in a rip current.
OFF TRACK | Big, colourful recycling bins for BCM picnic areas put in place

2 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | Big, colourful recycling bins for BCM picnic areas put in place Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 08 April 2025 A surprising gift 12 of recycling bins and nine drums has added 37m³ of extra space for throwing litter away in busy public places in Buffalo City Metro...
Fury over ‘easy, cheap fix’ for Nahoon sewage disaster

2 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Sivenathi Gosa |Mike Loewe |Alan Eason

Fury over ‘easy, cheap fix’ for Nahoon sewage disaster Activists are calling on BCM to urgently release funds to address problems at Ihlanza pump station Premium By SIVENATHI GOSA and MIKE LOEWE - 07 April 2025 ..
OFF TRACK | Finance MEC Mvoko budgets hundreds of millions for climate victims and repairs

3 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | Finance MEC Mvoko budgets hundreds of millions for climate victims and repairs Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 01 April 2025 US president Donald Trump may dismiss climate change as a hoax, but the Eastern Cape government has taken wild, unpredictable weather seriously and allocated hundreds of millions to be spent on responding to climate damage and victims...
OFF TRACK | ‘Wish you were clear’ laments Save Nahoon pioneer

3 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | ‘Wish you were clear’ laments Save Nahoon pioneer Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 01 April 2025 “I wish you were clear,” says the man who has campaigned for decades to save Nahoon...
Hope for former Dispatch editor with cancer after plea for help

3 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

Hope for former Dispatch editor with cancer after plea for help Surge of public support for Andrew Trench, who is undergoing exorbitantly expensive immunotherapy treatment Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 31 March 2025 On Monday last week, leading SA journalist and media strategist Andrew Trench, 54, was at a low point as he faced impending mortality. ..
OBITUARY | Costa Gazi, social democrat unbowed

4 weeks ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OBITUARY | Costa Gazi, social democrat unbowed A man of compassion and integrity, he dedicated his life to SA’s liberation movement in the 1960s and, in the 2000s, turned on the new government when the state refused to supply millions of Aids sufferers with antiretroviral drugs Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 27 March 2025 “Costa Gazi” was uncompromising in the face of authoritarianism while hostile to apartheid racism and post-apartheid inequality...
OFF TRACK | Nahoon sewage spills contravene legislation

1 month ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Mike Loewe

OFF TRACK | Nahoon sewage spills contravene legislation Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 25 March 2025 Nahoon Beach-based teacher Dean Knox, director of Jonginenge Eco Adventure, who also chairs Tidy Towns Buffalo City, posted a message expressing dismay alongside a video showing the Ihlanza pump station aga spewing sewage into the Turdy River at 4pm on Sunday...