It is with sadness that we learnt of the death of Ross Gower after a long and brave struggle with cancer. Read more

National government has confirmed that the application to prospect for minerals in the Cape wineland has been officially withdrawn. Read more

It is extraordinary and totally unacceptable. A few days ago it seemed as though the apparent plans to prospect for minerals in various parts of the Cape winelands were off. But apparently not. Read more

The Cape Winemakers Guild has issued a "Statement with Regards to Prospecting and Mining within the South African Winelands". Read more

There has been a good deal of commentary on the idea of prospecting for minerals in parts of the winelands (people are more than welcome to add links to this page via the comments facility). (Click here for Grape's early article on this matter.) Read more