Why are Blue Wildebeest Also Known as Brindled Gnu?

...During the hottest parts of the day they will seek refuge in the shade and if this is not available, they will face into the prevailing breeze and allow the wind to cool the blood flowing through the bosses of their horns...
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King Prawns Recipe

...And the slight sweetness softens the bite of the chilli and lemon. By Wendy Toerien..
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Minced Alikreukel Recipe

...  Meanwhile, make the rice. In a separate saucepan with a lid, combine the olive oil, onion, and garlic and saute until just glassy. Mix the saffron and turmeric into the not water and add that and the rice to the saucepan...
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Fertilisation of Wheat

...Phosphate applications should be guided by the planned production per hectare and the amount of phosphate available in the soil...
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1684 The Copper Mountain of Namaqualand

...Valley by moving through the Sandveld to the west, thus avoiding the barrier of dry, rocky plains that came to be known as the Knersvlakte (so named because of the sound the wagon wheels made when ‘gnashing’ over the pebbly quartzite)...
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Venda Initiation

...Through ceremonies and dances, they could break with the mistakes of the past and embrace the future. The ceremonies also invoked the support of the ancestors and strengthened the initiates through magic...
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History of The Strand

...The climate is dry and sunny in the summer, and usually fairly mild in the winter. The Strand has been sought-after since the mid-1800s, when it was the traditional summer holiday resort for farmers from the Stellenbosch area...
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Pottery as an Art Form

...Clearly intended as decorative rather than functional pieces, the flattened shape of these pots is very distinctive, as are the delicate, impressed triangles Mbonambi used to decorate the shoulder of her works.Azolina Mamncube Ngema.A member of the Ibandla..
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The Pedi

...Other Northern Sotho subgroups, over many of whom the Pedi once held sway, are the Lowveld Sotho along and below the Drakensberg Escarpment, and the Eastern Sotho in the Mapulaneng district, towards Lydenburg...
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Drive into Elands Bay

...The displays begin shortly outside the town of Eendekuil, which can be accessed from the N7 at the foot of the Piekenierskloof Pass...
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Northern Cape Attractions

...©Roger de la HarpeThe Kimberly Mine Museum features the main attraction - The Big Hole.The Big Hole, found inside the Kimberley Mine Museum, is the largest human-made hole in the world, simply called "The Big Hole", and dug during the biggest..
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Pilanesberg Geology

...Millions of years of erosion have reduced the mountain to rolling plains and exposed the hard rock - the cooled magma - that is what we now know as the Pilanesberg...
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History of Genadendal

...It is with pleasure that we learned about the completion of the restoration project due to the assistance of the Dutch Government...
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Cape Peninsula - Southern Suburbs Routes

...Not to be confused with the Southern Suburbs in Joburg, the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town are the sedate and settled heart of the suburban bourgeoisie...
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The Makuleke Land Claim in the Kruger Park

...The Makuleke Land Claim in the Kruger ParkThe Makuleke Land Claim in the Kruger ParkChanging Attitudes©Roger de la HarpeLeopard (Panthera pardus), Kruger National Park.In the beginning, the National Parks Board was resistant about the Makuleke&rsquo..
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Increased Temperatures: Coral Bleaching

...The more extreme the bleaching event, however, the greater the mortality of corals. And the more frequently these events happen, the more dire their future. Corals may recover if the bleaching is only partial...
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Health Benefits of Rooibos Tea

...in the regions where the herb was grown and the way in which the tea is prepared...
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Ntwana Rites of Passage

...The byale is directed by the chief's principal wife, older women and initiated girls...
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Soweto: Colourful Urban Sprawl

...From the footbridge of the largest hospital in Africa, the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, you get a panoramic view of Soweto. A mix of affluence and drabness can be seen, reflecting the changes that are occurring in South Africa...
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The Venda

...Today, as a result of land seizure by white settlers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the apartheid policies from the 1960s, they are centred in the north-east, mainly around Louis Trichardt and Sibasa in Northern Province...
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Wolseley

...It is a stone’s throw away from Tulbagh, and lies in the heart of the Breede River winelands, with a favourable position on Route 62, which is the longest wine route in the world...
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Explore Kimberley

...Dunluce (part of the McGregor Museum), Rudd House (a period museum portraying the life of the diamond magnates) and the Alexander McGregor Museum, with its extensive collection of rocks and minerals and displays on the archaeology of the Northern Cape..
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Fantastic Views from Franschhoek Pass

...the best route from Cape Town to the Overberg region...
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Cape Town's Wind Soothes the Day

...Even though the tablecloth tumbles over The Mountain in a thick plume, the water evaporates in the warmer air and it never reaches the city.By David Fleminger..
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Around the Cape to Cape Point

...Around the Cape to Cape PointAround the Cape to Cape PointSelf Drive Route From Cape TownIf you have only a day or two in Cape Town on your South African holiday, this self-drive route around the Cape to Cape Point covers the greatest hits of the Mother..
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