Guardian Angel Wildlife and Marine Trust

🦴🌿 Wildlife, Just as Nature Intended

Two beautiful moments from the wild, one capturing the tender bond between a hyena mother and her young, as her cub suckles and plays around her, and the other showing a curious hyena investigating and sniffing a tree branch. 🐾

We love watching these incredible animals in their natural state, not performing, not disturbed, simply living, exploring and interacting with their environment as nature intended.

From the love between a mother and her cub to the simple curiosity of a hyena exploring its surroundings, every moment in the wild tells a story. ❤️🌍

Save a fishie

Beach clean-ups 🌈✅️🇿🇦🌿🔊

🌊 COAST 2 COAST 2026 IN 6 | CAPE TOWN, IT’S OUR TURN! 🌊

The countdown is on! And this leg is a little extra special for us because Cape Town is home. 💙

After taking Coast 2 Coast 2026 in 6 to communities around the country, we’re excited to spend a week cleaning up and celebrating our own beautiful coastline, and we’d love for you to join us!

📍 12 September – Strand Beach
📍 13 September – Macassar Beach
📍 14 September – Hout Bay
📍 15 September – Sea Point
📍 17 September – Derdesteen Beach
📍 18 September – Sunset Beach, Milnerton
📍 19 September – Lagoon Beach, Milnerton 🌍 International Coastal Cleanup Day / World Cleanup Day South Africa

And the timing couldn’t be more perfect! Our Cape Town leg takes place during International Coastal Cleanup week and finishes on International Coastal Cleanup Day itself. 🌍🌊

It’s going to be a fantastic week of cleanups, community, connection and raising awareness about the importance of protecting our oceans and coastline, culminating in a global day of action right here on our home shores.

We’re looking forward to seeing old friends, new friends, Girl Guides, schools, organisations, volunteers, sponsors and supporters out there with us. 🙌

A huge THANK YOU to all our sponsors and supporting organisations for helping make this campaign possible. Your support allows us to keep taking action and inspiring communities along the way.

Thank you to: Polyco PRO NPC, Premier FMCG Pty Ltd, Premier Hotels & Resorts, TotalEnergies, Dove Cotton, Blue Ribbon Bread, Manhattan Sweets, Plastics|SA, BB Bakeries and Pick n Pay! 💙

💙 Want to get involved? Check out the flyer for all the details, choose your cleanup, bring your friends, family or team and come join us!

📲 Questions? WhatsApp us on 084 060 5812

Cape Town, our coastline needs us. Let’s make some waves! 🌊♻️

City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis TygerBurger Expresso Morning Show - SABC 3 Eco-Logic Awards Dr Zahid Badroodien - MMC Water and Sanitation - City of Cape Town

Scouts South Africa

Don’t just tell young people they are the future. Give them the tools to shape it. 🌍⚜🛠

Too often, we tell Africa’s youth that they are “the leaders of tomorrow”. But what if we stopped waiting for tomorrow? At the 2nd Africa Scout Moot, hosted by SCOUTS South Africa, more than 300 young people from over 40 countries came together under the theme “Phezulu Nangaphezulu”. They came for adventure, friendship and new experiences, but they left with something even more powerful: the opportunity and the skills to practise leadership today. 💪🌍💜

Through the Africa Development Village, Rovers explored conflict resolution, innovation, environmental responsibility, health and wellbeing, digital citizenship and community service. They pitched ideas, solved problems, worked across cultures, made decisions and learned by doing. And that is what youth empowerment looks like. It is giving young people the skills, confidence, responsibility and opportunities to take action and not simply telling them that one day they will lead. ⚜👏💜

As we celebrate Women’s Month under the theme “Empowered women empower the nation”, this message is especially important. ⚜💜👑🌱 When girls and young women are given opportunities to lead, speak, make decisions and serve their communities, they are not preparing to lead someday. They are leading now.

And when young men grow up alongside capable female leaders, they learn that equality, respect, collaboration and shared responsibility are simply part of building stronger communities. 💪🌍

At SCOUTS South Africa, we believe young people should never have to wait for permission to make a difference. Give them the tools. Give them responsibility. Give them a voice. Give them the opportunity to act. Then watch them move Phezulu Nangaphezulu , Higher and Higher. 💜⚜👏

👉Read the full article here: https://www.scouts.org.za/2026/08/11/giving-women-and-men-tools-lead-together/

📷Blade Hanger

📰 Newspaper Series | Part 8: Organisations Unite to Tackle Alexandra’s Growing Drug Problem

Real change happens when organisations come together with a shared purpose to give young people hope, opportunity, and a better path forward.

This feature highlights the collective effort to address Alexandra’s growing drug problem and the importance of providing youth with positive alternatives, mentorship, discipline, and purpose.

Mandela Day 2026 showed what is possible when communities and organisations unite in service. Guardian Angel Wildlife & Marine Trust was proud to be part of that collective effort, helping create opportunities that empower young people and build responsible citizens.

📖 Read the full article and discover how collaboration can help change lives and strengthen communities.



Organisations unite to tackle Alexandra’s growing drug problem https://www.citizen.co.za/alex-news/news-headlines/local-news/2026/05/06/organisations-unite-to-tackle-alexandras-growing-drug-problem/

Organisations unite to tackle Alexandra’s growing drug problem | Alex News Organisations come together to confront the growing substance abuse crisis among young people in Alexandra, with calls for discipline and collective action.

🪽 A Sea of Gulls… in the Heart of the Highveld! 🪽

Ever wondered why you might see 50–100 gulls gathered around Alzu Petroport on the N4? It’s far more than a random gathering of birds.

These Grey-headed Gulls 🐦 have found a perfect inland ecosystem, combining water, food, agriculture, livestock activity and human food waste all in one location.

From the waterhole and wildlife enclosure to the surrounding agricultural fields, cattle feedlots and piggery operations, the area provides everything these highly social birds need to feed, rest and gather.

And there’s even more to discover. July to November is breeding season, when Grey-headed Gulls gather in large colonies around wetlands, dams and reed beds across the Highveld.

Nature has a remarkable way of adapting to the landscapes we create. 🌍

At GAWMT, we believe that understanding the wildlife around us is the first step towards protecting it. Every species has a story, sometimes you just have to stop and look up. 🐦🌿