Gold Plated Crocodile Studs

...The symmetry of the studs’ design creates balance on the wearer's face by reflecting the shape on each ear. Cast in silver and plated in gold, these crocodile studs are a tribute to the unrecognised regality of these animals...
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Efficient and Sustainable Farming

...A study showed that 40% of the coffee’s carbon footprint lay in the fertilisers used by farmers to grow the crop, and another 30% lay in the brewing of the cup of coffee itself...
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Hans Merensky in Namaqualand

...Instead, the government stopped the prospecting on crown lands and transferred all mineral rights to the crown. The only exception to this was the private farm Kleinzee, which was offered to the government for £200...
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Sweet Piquanté Peppers

...The harvest is subject to stringent quality control, as the fruit for bottling needs to have a uniform size. Before the fruit is pickled or bottled, the seeds are removed to reduce the spiciness of the peppers to more palatable levels...
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Kruger's Evolution

...Kruger's EvolutionKruger's EvolutionCreating the ReserveIn 1902, just after the end of the Second Anglo-Boer War, feisty Scotsman Colonel James Stevenson-Hamilton was sent to the Lowveld to run the Sabi Game Reserve...
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Brood Parasites

...These are the Cuckoos, Honeyguides, Indigobirds, Whydahs and the Cuckoo Finch (part of the weaver family)...
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Overberg Activities

... ©Jacques MaraisHiking the Hawequas Mountains in the Overberg.De Hoop Nature Reserve has a great diversity of natural habitats and offers three basic types of walk: along the coast, up the Potberg, and around the edge of the vlei...
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Accommodation in MalaMala

...The atmosphere is cosy and subtle, retaining the feel of the old family hunting lodge it once was...
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Woodbush Forest Reserve

... ©Shem CompionThe Cape Parrot is regularly spotted at the Woodbush Forest Reserve.It is the second largest indigenous forest in South Africa. The 14 km forest drive is regarded as one of the best birding areas in the country...
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Boomslang

...coasts to Cape Town in South Africa.BreedingMating for the boomslang occurs during the spring in South Africa...
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Fugitive's Drift Mountain Biking Trails

...One of the many perks of cycling here is fantastic over-the-bars game viewing, with giraffe, zebra, blesbok and wildebeest all around on the ride to these famous Anglo-Zulu war battlefields...
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Accommodation in Madikwe Game Reserve

...Restocking the reserve involved the largest relocation of wild animals ever undertaken, of which the wild dogs are the stars, while the spin-off from tourism is now the region's mainstay...
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Villiersdorp

...Pieter De Villiers was a farmer and magistrate who envisioned and planned the layout for the town, as we know it today. The town has retained its rural character and atmosphere...
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The Third Decade of Cellarmasters

...  This has been a challenge as the Cape Winemakers Guild has, by necessity and intent - to accurately reflect the burgeoning number of winemakers over the past decade - grown substantially in membership over the past 10 years: 45 by the time of..
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Liz Mafekeng

...She was one of the founder members of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). In 1957, Mafikeng became the vice-president of the ANCWL...
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Aberdeen Attractions

...Most of the terrain on these trails have rocky sections that become very muddy after the rains, and grasslands, with some steep inclines and descents on the rocky areas...
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Balule Nature Reserve

...It shares an unfenced border with the Kruger National Park and is part of the Greater Kruger Park area...
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Excavations at K2 Mapungubwe

...As certain people got rich, however, the social dynamics would have changed within the society until the rich became a political elite...
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Climate Change: The Science

...It won’t be the end of the world, but it’ll be the end of the world as we know it.By Leonie Joubert..
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Northern SA Walking Safaris

...  The Lonely Bull Backpacking Trail starts in the western part of the Kruger at Shimuwini Camp. Here, hikers will explore the area surrounding the Letaba River...
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Fighting with Sticks

...Among groups like the Sotho, who still practice initiation, stick-fighting skills are perfected during the period of seclusion in the initiation lodge...
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Meeting the Grannies

...Before the event, the grandmothers arrived at the Tygervalley Shopping centre, dressed beautifully for the occasion, greeting the southAfrica.co.za staff with broad smiles and inviting hugs...
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History of the South African Rabbit industry

...Any pelt not good enough for the fur trade was sold at the agricultural shows like the old Goodwood show in Cape Town, the Rand show and Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg. The South African Rabbit Council was formed around 1950 in Johannesburg...
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Modern Conservation of the Kruger National Park

...Modern Conservation of the Kruger National ParkModern Conservation of the Kruger National ParkConservation the Scientific WayAfter James Steven Hamilton retired in 1946, the scientists broke into the mainstream...
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How Poverty Shapes Food Systems

...The racist policy pushed the artisan and working classes out onto the edges of the city, creating enclaves of poverty that still exist today...
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