Bird Monogamy

...Birds have to catch food and feed their chicks directly as they have no internal source of nourishment like the mammary glands of mammals...
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Lady Grey - Salomon SkyRun

...An impressive list of fauna and flora - including over 650 plant and 80 animal species – will add to a true lifetime event here within the incredible UKhahlamba region.The Trail©Jacques MaraisThe Salomon SkyRun trail has a steady climb to the..
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Soweto History: The 1900s

...However, today the township stands as a beacon of hope that the struggle for liberation is never in vain, and the people of Soweto are as resilient as they are vibrant.The Seeds of Apartheid are Sown: 1904 to 1930©Andile Bhala1904: A plague breaks..
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Real Life Story: Culture and Family Influence on Health

...At Easter, he would make doughnuts and hot cross buns – enough to feed the whole street. ‘We’re not Christian, but we celebrate anything and everything,’ she says almost gleefully...
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Climate Change and the South African Farmer

...But how a farmer runs his business - and whether he keeps it afloat - is critical to a country's ability to feed itself. Albert Whitfield admits that he is a cautious farmer...
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The Male Pedi Initiation Process

...initiation in Pedi society, both to educate, and also to position candidates within the structure of the group.Bodika Initiation ©Dr Peter MagubaneCircumcised boys prepare for the final stage of bodika by applying letsoku, a mixture of red clay and animal..
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Increased Temperatures: Coral Bleaching

...coral but inhibits its reproduction and persistent bleaching events such as those predicted for twenty to forty years' time may mean that corals that are not killed will fail to reproduce - with obvious consequences.Increased TemperaturesIf a coral animal..
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Scenic Mountain Passes in the Western Cape

...So, when the first national road plan was being drawn up in the 1930s, it became apparent that the old Montagu Pass, which had carried animal-powered traffic for 80 years, could not be upgraded to modern specifications...
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History of South African People

...But, in the caves that pock the Drakensberg's sandstone base, their shamans painted the walls with animal, human and mythical figures. This legacy of cave paintings has been called the greatest art gallery in the world...
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Destination South Africa

...South Africa has a wealth of plant and animal life splayed across its variegated climactic zones. And has much to offer anyone with a deep interest in history, too...
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The Sobantu Floods of September 1987

...quot;) meets the Baynespruit.The Force of Water©Leoine JoubertOne of the many Sobantu residents whose home was completely lost under the flood waters of 1987.Days of steady rain saturated the catchments, spilling downhill into the streams which feed..
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Informal Trading in South Africa

...Steel argues that small-scale local markets are key to a city being able to feed itself...
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Urban Based Food Insecurity

...And it isn’t something people speak about, probably because there is an element of shame in not being able to feed your family. If you’re without a house or running water, that’s a service delivery problem with the state...
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Wildlife of Marion Island

...extraordinary animals is only now being understood, even as their numbers dwindle on the sharp end of long-line fishing hooks.Sub-Antarctic Seals©Leonie JoubertElephant seals on Marion Island.The largest mammal found here is the southern elephant seal, an animal..
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The Urban Malnourished

...The Urban MalnourishedThe Urban MalnourishedDietary ParadoxesFirst, there was the French paradox: the world of dietary science was transfixed by the apparent enigma of how a nation could indulge in a diet high in artery-clogging animal fats, and yet stay..
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South African Initiation Figures

...The tlopo, which consists of a mixture of clay and animal fat rubbed into the head and shaped into a helmet-like structure, appears to have strong associations with notions of fertility and therefore with the continuity of the group...
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Youth of Soweto

...Essential services in the city had ground to a halt, with garbage lining every street, sometimes standing two metres high and littered with reeking, decaying animal carcasses...
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Tracking an Elusive Pangolin

...William took a walkie-talkie from the console and set off following the spoor, while Jolyon and I drove in a square pattern to see whether the animal had crossed up ahead.A Promising Burrow©Nigel DennisPangolin.A call came through on the walkie-talkie..
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Real Life Story: Born on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

...The glinting steel arteries that oxygenated De Aar’s economy for decades still run through the town, but their chugging locomotives do not stop as often as before to feed the town the lifeblood they once did...
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