| Title |
Source |
Date |
| No magic cure to stop the beetle that is killing trees countrywide |
Business Live |
13 Aug 2019 |
| No magic cure to stop the beetle that's mercilessly killing trees across SA |
Times Live |
11 Aug 2019 |
| 10 things to know about the bug that's relentlessly killing SA's trees en masse |
Sunday Times |
1 June 2019 |
| Cape Town races to save trees from destructive beetle borer |
News24 |
16 May 2019 |
| The death of trees? |
The Witness |
6 May 2019 |
| Avobedryf dalk weerloos teen kewer |
Landbouweekblad |
15 April 2019 |
| Professor co-ordinating shot-hole-borer research discusses the necessary steps to control its spread |
Rosebank-Killarney Gazette |
13 April 2019 |
| Kewer hou bedreiging vir avokado's in |
Landbouweekblad |
11 April 2019 |
| Invasive shot hole borer beetle sighted in Somerset West |
Cape Argus |
9 April 2019 |
| Destructive shot hole borer beetle sighted in Somerset West |
www.capetown.gov.za |
9 April 2019 |
| Beware of the beetle! Tiny, but deadly, insect is wiping out SA trees |
Times Live |
8 April 2019 |
| Shothole country: Dangerous tree-killing, avo-destroying beetle found in the Cape |
The South African |
8 April 2019 |
| Invasive beetle species found in Somerset West |
Cape Town Etc |
8 April 2019 |
| Tiny Beetle Is Killing Forest In South Africa And There's No Solution |
NDTV |
7 April 2019 |
| A tiny beetle is killing South Africa’s trees – and there’s no solution |
Cape Business News |
5 April 2019 |
| Trees under threat from tiny ‘terrorist’ |
Newcastle Advertiser |
5 April 2019 |
| A tiny beetle is killing SA’s trees, and it is doing so at speed |
Business Day |
3 April 2019 |
| A Tiny Beetle Is Killing an Urban Forest and There's No Solution |
Bloomberg |
3 April 2019 |
| Beetle infestation is killing South Africa’s trees – and no one knows how to stop it |
BusinessTech |
3 April 2019 |
| Díé kewer kan die land kaal stroop (Radio interview with Prof. Wilhelm de Beer) |
Moneyweb |
3 April 2019 |
| South Africa: A tiny beetle is killing the trees and there is no solution |
Fresh Plaza |
3 April 2019 |
| A tiny beetle killing SA's trees may infest avocado's, grapevines, and pecan-nuts |
Fin24 |
3 April 2019 |
| Gevreesde kewers straks ook in Bloem se bome |
Volksblad |
2 Apri 2019 |
| George kan boomloos word |
George Herald |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Nuusdag om 8 - TV interview with Prof. Wilhelm de Beer (starts at 4min25s) |
eTV News |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Eikestad dalk binnekort sonder eike |
MatieMedia |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Imagine South Africa without trees (Radio interview with Darryl Herron) |
VOCFM |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Scientists admit defeat as beetle wipes out trees in Johannesburg |
Times UK |
5 Mar 2019 |
| How to manage the shot-hole borer |
Rosebank Killarney Gazette |
2 Mar 2019 |
| Gogga maak vir SA bang |
Rapport |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Beetle threat to Cape trees |
Weekend Argus |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Stompkopkewer bedreig Johannesburg se bome (Radio interview with Wilhelm de Beer) |
RSG Radio |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Bome vrek op 'n streep |
George Herald |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Bored to death: SA's mighty trees are dying a slow death |
Sunday Times |
17 Feb 2019 |
| The Bonnie and Clyde of the Beetle World |
HortGro freshNOTES |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Stad Kaapstad verklaar oorlog teen kewertjies |
Media24 |
9 Feb 2019 |
| City declares war on invasive beetle damaging thousands of trees |
Cape Times |
8 Feb 2019 |
| Invasive beetles: City can’t let it be |
www.capetown.gov.za |
7 Feb 2019 |
| Un scarabée tueur d'arbres venu du Vietnam menace la forêt de Johannesburg |
RTBF Radio (Belgium) |
29 Jan 2018 |
| FABI team has shothole borer in its sights |
SA Forestry |
13 Dec 2018 |
| How to save Joburg’s trees |
Saturday Star |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Update on City of Johannesburg’s dealings with the shot hole borer infestation |
Midrand Reporter |
8 Nov 2018 |
| Klein kewer kan groot skade veroorsaak |
ProAgri News |
6 Nov 2018 |
| Evicting Alien Borer Beetles - Carte Blanche |
M-Net Carte Blanche |
4 Nov 2018 |
| Beetle Mania: The Nasty Insect That Is Killing the Trees of Johannesburg |
Yale Environment 360 |
16 Oct 2018 |
| De minikever doorboort het Afrikaanse stadsbos Johannesburg |
De Verdieping Trouw - The Netherlands |
1 Oct 2018 |
| Stompkopkewer en die bedreiging wat hierdie kewer vir ons land se bome inhou: Radio interview with Prof. Wilhelm de Beer (1:30 to 13:00 on soundclip) |
Landbouradio |
1 Oct 2018 |
| Tiny beetle causes a giant crisis |
Mail & Guardian |
21 Sep 2018 |
| Feared borer beetle wreaks havoc in George |
George Herald |
20 Sep 2018 |
| Beetle that kills SA trees: Prof. Wilhelm de Beer (YouTube video) |
SABC News |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Borer threatens trees |
The Witness |
7 Sep 2018 |
| A beetle that threatens trees: Prof. Wilhelm de Beer (YouTube video) |
SABC News |
7 Sep 2018 |
| Tiny beetle is killing SA's trees – and nothing can stop it |
News24 |
5 Sep 2018 |
| Kewer se swam rig dalk groot skade in Noordkaap aan |
Netwerk24 |
1 Sep 2018 |
| A tiny beetle is threatening one of the world’s top urban forests |
The Nerve Africa |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Detection of a new pest in South Africa: the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer |
ProAgri News |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Authorities worry about shot-hole borer beetle on Johannesburg trees |
Rosebank Killarney Gazette |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Kewer moet landswyd bestry word |
Landbouweekblad |
27 Jul 2018 |
| Shot hole borer beetles threat to trees on the North Coast |
North Coast Courier |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Borer beetle a danger to trees |
George Herald |
11 Jul 2018 |
| Stompkopkewer saai verwoesting |
Landbouweekblad |
9 Jul 2018 |
| Watch out for Shot Hole Borer in Trees (p. 10) |
The Edge Community News |
13 Jun 2018 |
| Steer clear of dying trees in George area |
George Herald |
30 May 2018 |
| A 2mm beetle is laying waste to George's trees |
Sunday Times |
30 May 2018 |
| Bly weg van besmette bome maan munisipaliteit |
Netwerk24 |
30 May 2018 |
| New pest and disease threats discovered in SA |
SA Forestry |
22 May 2018 |
| Boom- en neutbedryf hou asem op kewer |
Landbouweekblad |
5 May 2018 |
| Shot Hole Borer: Radio interview with Prof. Wilhelm de Beer on the programme The Science Inside |
WITS Radio |
2 May 2018 |
| ‘n Kewer bekend as PSHB maak landwyd amok: Radio interview with Prof. Wilhelm de Beer |
RSG Landbou |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Klein kewer rig groot skade aan 50 boomspesies al aangeval |
Beeld newspaper |
21 Apr 2018 |
| Expert investigates beetle plague |
George Herald |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Saving one of the world's largest urban forests from a killer pest |
The Star |
19 Apr 2019 |
| Groot poging om bome te red |
Netwerk24 |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Beetles, not the Fab Four, invade suburbs |
Rosebank Killarney Gazette |
18 Apr 2018 |
| Killer beetle invades Knysna trees |
The Citizen |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Kenners bekyk verwoestende boomplaag |
Landbouweekblad |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Shothole borer infestation looms |
Sandton Chronicle |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Soektog na boorkewers in Tuinroete se bosse |
Netwerk24 |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Knysna's dying oak trees in spotlight |
Knysna-Plett Herald |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Beetle infestation puts Joburg's tree canopy at risk |
Sunday Times |
11 Apr 2018 |
| Boorkewer bedreig nie Knysna woud |
Beeld |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Boorkewer bedreig bome in George |
Netwerk24 |
5 Apr 2018 |
| Shot hole borer in SA, but not yet the Cape |
Bolander Lifestyle and Property |
14 Mar 2018 |
| A tiny beetle and its deadly fungus is threatening South Africa’s trees |
Mail & Guardian |
1 Mar 2018 |
| UP werk aan planne om boomkewer te bedreig |
Netwerk24 |
21 Feb 2018 |
| Pesky bug brings a plague to the city trees |
Sunday Times |
18 Feb 2018 |
| Shothole borer infestation looms |
The Citizen |
12 Feb 2018 |
| PSHB found in South Africa |
ANR Blogs California |
7 Feb 2018 |
