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 | Behind the sad decline of Amalinda Nature Reserve

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

OFF TRACK | Behind the sad decline of Amalinda Nature Reserve Housing developments, vandalism and poaching could be linked to missing original proclamation document Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 06 May 2025 Game rangers have spoken out over the decline of the Amalinda Nature Reserve to vandalism, poaching, official wrangling and housing developments, and have called out the apparent disappearance of the reserve’s proclamation document...
Outrage after metro bulldozes ‘protected land’

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

Outrage after metro bulldozes ‘protected land’ Activists demand action after contractor allegedly ploughed through area inside Amalinda Nature Reserve Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 06 May 2025 Bulldozers employed by the Buffalo City Metro have allegedly torn into protected land adjacent to and “almost” inside the Amalinda Nature Reserve and activists are demanding that officials responsible be prosecuted...
Storm kills sea life at Nahoon

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

Storm kills sea life at Nahoon Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 25 April 2025 Enormous amounts of refuse and dead sea life have piled up in Nahoon Corner and beach following the week’s storms...
OFF TRACK | Dedeat MEC praises ‘collaborative actions’ as key estuary management plans

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

OFF TRACK | Dedeat MEC praises ‘collaborative actions’ as key estuary management plans Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 23 April 2025 Buffalo City’s sewage disasters destroying nature and threatening public health and tourism are a blight on the good work being done elsewhere in the province...
OFF TRACK | New protocol nudges authorities towards consulting with estuary forums and fostering public participation

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

OFF TRACK | New protocol nudges authorities towards consulting with estuary forums and fostering public participation Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 23 April 2025 The rise of river forums are a new feature in Buffalo City Metro’s shifting relationship with ratepayers...
OFF TRACK | Faecal sludge trucks add to damage to the Quenera River

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

OFF TRACK | Faecal sludge trucks add to damage to the Quenera River Pump station in constant overflow with honeysuckers from far and wide disposing their loads there daily Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 23 April 2025 T8 sits forlornly behind a screen of trees, hiding the dreadful secret it shares with its partner in environmental crime, scores of honeysucker trucks...
Third cut-off low pressure cell to unleash full orchestra of climate distemper

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

WHOMP: The neighbourhood around 140 Beach Road, Nahoon, echoed with a thump as 25m of high retaining wall collapsed onto the pavement at 4pm. A neighbour, who asked not to be named, said a pile of fresh bricks had been on the property close to the wall. It deluged in Nahoon in the afternoon. The metro is in the midst of a cut-off low storm. Homes are muddy and there has been pooling on roads. The Eastern Cape and much of SA heads into the third cut-off low (COL) storm in two weeks.
‘Remember, eyes wide open, listen to the earth and bre-e-e-athe!’

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

Granny Grommet leader's passion for nature photography ‘Remember, eyes wide open, listen to the earth and bre-e-e-athe!’ Premium By MIKE LOEWE - 18 April 2025 It takes patience and diplomacy to keep 132 over-50 feisty East London matriarchs in the line-up at Nahoon Corner with their body boards every Friday...
OFF TRACK | New biodiversity land linked to N2 Wild Coast Toll Road project

1 month 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 month 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...