CULLINAN - On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres from their natural home at ...
A South African flag-coloured King Protea flower – symbolising hope and regeneration – is the chosen logo for this year’s G20 Leaders’ Summit, taking place on African soil for the first time. “ Now is ...
The King Protea’s status offers it some protection but almost half of South Africa's other protea species face extinction because of pressures on their native habitats in the mountains of the Cape, ...