Since the first African Penguin Biodiversity Management Plan gazetted in 2013, major efforts have been made to identify and attend to all possible threats affecting penguins' breeding success and survival, writes Lorien Pichegru.
In an unequal society such as ours with millions unemployed and close to or below the poverty line, top-down attempts to conserve the environment and protect biodiversity will ultimately lead to conflict and it is crucial to not only show one-side in the media, writes Kevern Cochrane.
Doug Butterworth writes in response to a column by Melanie Verwoerd in which she reflected on the dwindling African penguin numbers, asking if the evidence is clear that it is the fishing industry that is contributing to the loss.