Early Missionaries in the Richtersveld

...For both groups, the ancestors (spirits of deceased relatives) provided a link between the living and the gods (who were often depicted as half-human and half-animal)...
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Basotho Religion and Beliefs

...They believe these can be cured by appeasing the spirits and restoring good relations, by sacrificing an animal, or by performing a neglected duty...
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Harvesting of Freshwater Fish

...sorted in uniform sizes prior to harvest and starve the fish for 3 - 5 days prior to harvesting, sometimes even longer if the water temperature is low, slower metabolism advises Henk Stander principal technical manager of Aquaculture: Department of Animal..
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Drakensberg: UNESCO World Heritage Site

...But as vast streams of lava poured out of fissures in the ground, all the animal and plant life within reach was destroyed...
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Renosterveld of the Cape Fold Mountains

...Dr Anton Pauw, a specialist in the ecology and evolution of plant-animal interactions, points out that the true glory of renosterveld lies hidden beneath the shrubs...
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Things to Do in Nature's Valley

...This nature conservation protects over 116 varieties of giant trees including the Outeniqua yellowwood, stink wood, iron wood, hard pear and candle wood as well as all the unique bird, animal and insect life they support...
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Abalone Products

...In China, abalone is known as bàoyú.Abalone Products from South AfricaThe South African abalone industry produces products of extremely high quality and is well-developed; from using advanced locally-formulated abalone feed, effective breeding..
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Sea Turtles of KZN

...  But what had the greatest impact on sea turtles was the slave trade: nothing was easier or cheaper than to feed that sad human cargo with turtles and eggs loaded up from all the remote beaches and islands of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans...
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Fixing Our Relationship with Food

...This could be the high street in just about any city in Africa, with hungry people bustling about on its streets, and those in the business of food setting up shop to feed their appetites...
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Fertilisation of Pastures

... ©Wald1siedelHere pastures are fertilised with liquid manure.The aim with pasture fertilisation is to ensure that a pasture contains the nutrients needed for animal production and produces enough dry matter for feeding livestock...
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The Endangered Geometric Tortoise

...With the geometric tortoise, it's too late to get authentic baseline information because the animal's habitat and numbers have shrunk so dramatically that all science can do is record its current status, precipitously close to being gone forever..
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K2 People of Mapungubwe

...A number of strange ‘beast burials’ containing shattered animal bones and broken pottery were also found, and they are thought to have spiritual significance. Accommodation at K2 would have been divided up according to social status...
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What Social Structure does Eland Have?

...The hierarchy is maintained by subtle ritualized threats which, if not responded to appropriately by an inferior animal, are followed through with persuasive jabs of the horns...
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Preparing the Evening Meal

...the digestive tract until they end with the crop, a bloated punctuation mark where the transparent membrane is pulled drum-taught over the bird’s last meal: whole maize kernels, looking like they have only just arrived on the other side of the animal..
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Poultry Markets in South Africa

...Standards to sell birds as free-range will also differ between retailers and be even higher if you want to sell the birds as free-range organic, as this will have an impact on the type of feed and medicines that may be given to the birds.Slaughter Age..
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Nature's Valley Attractions

...benevolent and balmy climate means minimal variation in weather between seasons, although most of the rain is in winter.Champion Yellowwoods©Roger de la HarpeThe Tsitsikamma Forest in Nature's Valley.Even though Yellowwood trees were heavily cut down to feed..
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Guide to Wildlife Viewing in South Africa

...Rangers appreciate questions, which give them an idea of your range of knowledge and of how much detail to include in their animal descriptions...
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Generational Farming

...Generational FarmingGenerational FarmingPassing on the Baton©Eric MillerJan Scheepers and his wife Amelia.Keeping commercial farmers in the business of growing food is key to a nation’s ability to feed itself...
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The Hides of Wild and Domestic Animals

...Skin-working involved a number of processes: flaying the animal, fleshing, dressing, cutting and sewing. In the past, men did most of this work, but women assisted with the dressing of skins...
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Things to Do in Kei Mouth

...riding trails.For maybe as long as 1 500 years, Xhosa people have been herding their cattle up and down the Wild Coast beaches and among the hummocky seaside hills, from grassland patch to patch, village kraal to kraal, creating a network of narrow animal..
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Charles Hopkins

...He had intended on studying animal husbandry, merely taking viticulture as a subject out of interest...
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Alpaca Production

...The high-altitude South American Quechua people still eat alpaca meat, but the animal is not commercially used for meat or milk. The alpaca has very small teats - the size of pencil points - and it is very difficult to milk them by hand...
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Western Cape Hiking Ethics

...This may seem extreme, but it invites invader Argentine ants (these displace the indigenous species, which play a role in germinating fynbos seeds). It also makes baboons aggressive and troublesome, and just looks bad...
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The Value of Nature

...The Cape honey bee pollinates R1.8 billion worth of agriculture in the Western Cape every year, including berries, fruit, seeds, nuts and vegetables...
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Thick-Tailed Bushbaby

...The pads of thickened skin at the end of its fingers and toes gives grip in grabbing branches.Thick-tailed Bushbaby DietThick-tailed bushbabies are largely gumivorous and frugivorous, meaning they feed on the gum and saps of trees, insects and fruits...
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