Overberg Geoscientists Group (OGG) – Harold Porter Gardens and Betty’s Bay Beach Field Trip  

(Meeting Point: 14.00 at Harold Porter Gardens Parking area at 2.00pm) 

The Endangered Satyrium hallackii Bolus subsp. hallackii 

Satyrium is a genus of 91 species of which 88 occur in Africa (41 occur in South Africa) and 3 in Asia. The mountains of the Rift Valley, Drakensberg and the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) are the three main areas of diversity and the CFR has the highest concentration of 32 species1.

Approval of proposed developments within (or in) close proximity to watercourses revised

Recently, an application to develop a property in Pringle Bay zoned as Residential 1 caused major upheaval since the erf in question was classified as a “watercourse” based on the National Wetland Map 5 (NWM5).