Mike Loewe

5 days 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...

5 days 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.

6 days 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”.

1 week 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...

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

OFF TRACK | ‘God’s own classroom’ Teaching legend invites schoolchildren and teachers to study and learn in the great outdoors Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 27 May 2025 One Sunday in Beacon Bay in 2022, the lunch conversation turned to a wild but socially impacted piece of bush in the heart of suburban Beacon Bay...