Episode Details

Cape Town’s iconic Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens remain a breathtaking sight, but experts warn the institution behind the beauty is in quiet crisis. Collapsing systems, vanishing expertise, and suffocating red tape are undoing what generations built. Daily Maverick’s Don Pinnock explains.

Reporting by: Don Pinnock
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade 
Creative lead by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

Read more: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-kirstenbosch-a-south-african-national-treasure-is-going-to-seed-warn-experts/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-kirstenbosch-drowning-in-neglected-poached-plants/

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