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Divers in South Africa are risking their lives to provide marine delicacies to China

September 7, 2025

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 04, 2018, an employee holds a jar of dried products as she walks past shelves of jars containing dried abalone and other seafood goods (back L) in a shop in Hong Kong. - Demand for abalone by Chinese gangs has caused South Africa's stocks of the marine molluscs to be depleted at a record rate, costing the country 60 million USD annually, a report has warned. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

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Abdulateef Ahmed, Digital News Editor and; Research Lead, is a self-driven researcher with exceptional editorial skills. He's a literary bon vivant keenly interested in green energy, food systems, mining, macroeconomics, big data, African political economy, and aviation..