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 | Broken owls tell story of human folly and cruelty

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

OFF TRACK | Broken owls tell story of human folly and cruelty Even in modern times, people continue to obliterate these fabulous hunters of the night Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 24 June 2025 Rats bothering you in Gonubie? ..
Another storm warning for Eastern Cape, this time for gales

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

The next storm front is on its way but this time it is the gales arriving on Thursday and Friday which will be the main danger. Flying roofing and trees falling are among the effects expected by the SA Weather Service. “Strong and gusty winds over the interior may cause localised damage to structures and uproot trees,” SAWS stated in a general warning on Monday.
OFF TRACK | No going back, says anti-pollution activist

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

‘I needed a starting point, in our case, the end point really, the Ihlanza pump station at Nahoon beach’ OFF TRACK | No going back, says anti-pollution activist Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 17 June 2025 Soon after May 1, Kevin Harris, a campaigner to protect the natural coastal area in and around Buffalo City, arrived home in Nahoon from a trip to Gqeberha “and it stank”...
Slow, hippy, happy life for turtle Gloria who was blinded and jaw broken by a boat

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

Slow, hippy, happy life for turtle Gloria who was blinded and jaw broken by a boat Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 11 June 2025 Gloria is hard to spot at first. But East London Aquarium manager and marine biologist Siani Tinley knows that she will come up for the titbit of sardine clutched in the blue plastic feeding stick made right here in the facility...
OFF TRACK | SHOALS MOVE SOULS

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

OFF TRACK | SHOALS MOVE SOULS Sardine Run rocks Eastern Cape coastline with more players in the marine orchestra than ever before Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 10 June 2025 They stare, nod their heads, cry, and come back three times in a month...
Big snow and deluge as cut-off low storm looms

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

Big snow and deluge as cut-off low storm looms Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 06 June 2025 Big weather is expected to arrive on Monday and Tuesday...
Respected media veteran at forefront of SA’s digital transition

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

Respected media veteran at forefront of SA’s digital transition Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 02 June 2025 Andrew Trench had an all-South African educational start to journalism — he left his journalism diploma studies at Durban Technical due to financial difficulties — and went on to have a soaring 35-year career, unlikely to be matched for its creativity, breadth and depth...
Natural-born journalist, innovator and former Dispatch editor Andrew Trench dies

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

Andrew Trench at the Daily Dispatch in 2008. SA media innovation and thought leader and former Daily Dispatch editor Andrew Trench, 54, has died, finally struck down by a vicious throat cancer. Loved for his warm, thoughtful nature and precise decision-making, the journalist passed away in Cape Town at 7pm on Friday with his wife and best friend, Gill Moodie, and their daughter Gemma, by his side.
EL Aquarium staff rush to save fish after vandals break power and water supply

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

The East London Aquarium was plunged into an emergency and closed after burglars struck, vandalising the water and electricity supply and putting the life of marine animals at risk. The aquarium’s chief biologist and manager, Siani Tinley, said they were coping and though many of the items damaged were covered by insurance, right now “any help from the public in terms of repairs or donations would be great”.
OFF TRACK | Back to the garden works wonders for Beacon Bay residents

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

OFF TRACK | Back to the garden works wonders for Beacon Bay residents Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 27 May 2025 If you want to attract a public buzz around your new community park, you need a gardener to grow the flowers...