SOUTH AFRICA – Cape Town – 19 June 2021 – The Protect The West Coast (PTWC) Beach Access Protest Activation is aimed at highlighting the growing issue of coastal mines on the West Coast, who are increasingly blocking public access to the beaches and coastline, often with no real apparent right to do so.The protest was held at a dozen or so of Cape Towns most popular beaches from 9 am on Saturday June 19, where signs resembling those used by these mining companies were placed at high traffic access points. Hout Bay Picture – Tracey Adams/African News Agency (ANA)Cape Town. An aerial shot of the Cape Town harbour area. Picture Ian Landsberg.South Africa – Durban – 02 April 2020 – The Caring Sisters Network (CSN) visited the community of Palmiet near Clare Estate to handover 500 food hampers donated as a campaign to curb the spread of Coronavirus in informal settlements. Picture: Motswari Mofokeng/African News Agency(ANA)South Africa- Cape Town- 23-June-2021- Police crime scene experts are still scouring the scene in NY 79, Gugulethu where five people were shot dead by yet-to-be identified suspects who later fled in a vehicle. Two other individuals were wounded in the shooting incident. They were rushed to a medical facility for treatment where they later died. MASS killings have become a commonoccurrence in Gugulethu, says the Gugulethu Development Forum, followingthe killing of seven people.The men, believed to have been ata traditional ceremony, were murderedexecution style. Police have since instituted the 72-hour activation plan for the mobili sation of resources in search of gunmen.Photographer Ayanda Ndamane/ AFrican News Agency(ANA)Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on earth. This pangolin is one of the lucky ones. He was picked up by chance by Mpumalanga veterinary surgeon, Dr. Helena Rampf on a district road near Hoedspruit, bordering The Kruger National Park. Abandoned, confused, dehydrated and showing signs of concussion from possibly being run over or hit by a car judging by the black rubber marks, this week-old male pangolin weighed only 1.7kg. It’s possible he fell out of a poacher’s car. After many months of care, he was transferred to the conservation team at The &BEYOND Phinda Private Game Reserve. Over months this little pangolin gained weight to a point where he was ready for release into the wild. The & BEYOND Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal offers various conservation experiences for guests who would like to get involved with assisting in the conservation of their endangered species. This conservation experience was made possible by Lottoland South Africa. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)South Africa- Cape Town – 22-June-2021 Long jump star Luvo Manyonga, who was handed a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures.Olympic star Luvo Manyonga speaks about some of the issues that he is going through.Photographer Ayanda Ndamane/African News Agency(ANA)
A selection of images by ANA photographers around the country of the week that was,
