In his whirlwind tour of South Africa for his BBC show, Clive Myrie makes a special stop to visit one of the world’s most endangered seabirds in Cape Town.
Cape Town, South Africa (04 June 2026) – The SANCCOB centre along the outskirts of the Mother City recently welcomed an esteemed guest all the way from the UK.
Clive Myrie, best known for his reporting and news anchoring for the BBC, visited the seabird hospital to meet the African penguins.
Found only along the coast of South Africa and Namibia, there are sadly fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs of the species left in the wild. The reality is that the African Penguin is facing extinction in the wild within our lifetime, but there is still hope through collective action.
Organisations like SANCCOB strive to rescue, rehabilitate, and conserve the vulnerable and protected species, amongst other species.
Through its seabird survival, education and empowerment, research and science, advocacy and policy change, and emergency preparedness and response programmes, the organisation continues to work towards securing a future for one of the world’s most endangered seabirds.
That work has captured the attention of Myrie, who once worked in Johannesburg as a news correspondent.
Now, he’s back with his show, Clive Myrie’s African Adventure with the BBC.
The show featured three South African stops, in which Clive hit the streets of Jozi and Soweto, joined an anti-poaching team in the KZN, and landed in Cape Town for unbeatable views, music, and food – with a visit at the seabird nursery to feed the penguins.
“Clive’s final destination in South Africa is a place he never grows tired of – Cape Town. It’s one of South Africa’s three capitals, and it has perhaps the best views of any city on the planet.” shares the BBC. “While he’s there, Clive serves lunch to the waddling residents of the city’s penguin rehab centre and discovers how the team nurses sick penguins back to health. He heads to the candy-coloured houses of the city’s famous Bo-Kaap district to learn the flavour-packed art of Cape Malay cooking, and he feeds his passion for jazz by joining a jam with up-and-coming singer-songwriter Q Ntshinka. Finally, he gets a lesson in the art of trapeze with the multicultural crew of the Zip Zap Circus.”
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