DICT Celebrates African Penguin Awareness Day October 15, 2017 Dyer ISland Conservation Trust The Dyer Island Conservation Trust team embraced African Penguin Awareness Day with education, a penguin release and a fun concert by DICT’s environmental education group. Pinkey Ngewu and Mervin Visagie visited the local Gansbaai primary schools where they enlightened students about the plight of this endangered species by [...]
Posing for Penguins August 09, 2017 Brenda du Toit There was preening and fluffing of feathers, not at the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS), but for the ten winners of the Pose for Penguins makeover. This fundraising initiative for APSS was the brainchild of Nicolene Richards and Karin Franken and in just a couple of weeks raised an incredible R10 200 [...]
Shark Awareness Day 2017 July 14, 2017 Brenda du Toit The main purpose of the annual Shark Awareness Day is exactly that – creating awareness of sharks as a critical part of our oceans. Sharks are a large group of fish that have inhabited the oceans for over 400 million years. There are over 500 species of sharks in the ocean [...]
67 Minutes for Mandela Day July 18, 2017 67 Minutes for Mandela Day The Marine Dynamics team thinks 67 minutes for Madiba is too short a time to do all the good that needs to be done and so makes it our way of life. When Madiba day comes along, we believe in keeping it local and where best to start [...]
PAAZA Conference 2017 - Conservation Award May 31, 2017 Brenda du Toit The Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) was excited to receive the PAAZA Conservation Award dedicated to our founder, Wilfred Chivell. The Conservation Award is given to those individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the conservation of African species diversity or ecosystems. DICT is a conservation partner [...]
Penguins Loved By La Pentola March 07, 2017 Brenda du Toit One of our favourite supporters, Shane Sauvage, of the famous restaurant, La Pentola visited the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS) leaving behind a legacy of R10 000.00 Shane has been a staunch supporter of the Dyer Island Conservation Trust for some years now with a special fondness for our great [...]
African Penguin Release 23 Feb 2016 | African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary February 23, 2017 Theanette Staal Four adult penguins named Siân, Dippy, Patat and Mr Penguin Infanta were released today from Dream Catcher, Dyer Island Cruises' vessel, in the bay near Dyer Island where these penguins will now continue to live following their annual moult. They say a leopard can’t [...]
A Token of Appreciation February 17, 2017 Pinkey Ngewu After DICT and APSS received a generous donation of R6000.00 from the eager students of Okkie Smuts Primary School in Stanford, the day has finally arrived to take them on a marine adventure with Dyer Island Cruises. This will be a token of appreciation for the generous and great work they are [...]
Chick Season at the Afican Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary November 16, 2016 Anwynn Louw It’s that time of the year again. The APSS team in conjunction with CapeNature removed abandoned penguin chicks from Dyer Island. So, why take penguin chicks away from the island? Well each year the African penguin goes through a molting process, which takes place after the breeding [...]
Schools Donate to The African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary November 28, 2016 Pinkey Ngewu OKKIE SMUTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PENGUIN DONATION DICT was once again invited by Okkie Smuts Primary school in Stanford to receive a donation on behalf of the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary - APSS. As part of the school’s social development programme, the principal and learners started a [...]
