The Importance of Soil Texture

...Loamy soils are considered the best soils for most crops.Improving Soil TextureBoth sandy and clay soil can be improved with the addition of organic matter such as compost, crop residues, animal manure, old leaves, prunings and vegetable peels.By Marinda..
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A South African Sangoma Story and Climate Change

...The groundwater isn't accessible enough to feed to crops...
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More Exploring the Ivory Route in Limpopo

...He always divided the meat among local people, so the animal never went to waste. He respected his prey: big tuskers who’d charge him like a tornado, flattening the bush...
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Western Cape Explorers

...These canny businessmen were always looking for a way to get ivory, gold, animal skins and fat cattle away from the local tribes-people. Sometimes they used beads, sometimes they used persuasion, sometimes they just used force...
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Benguela Current Phytoplankton

...them, greenhouse gases would build up in the atmosphere much faster than it has been over the years.Upwellings Bring Food©Jean TresfonRed tide and bronze whaler, Algoa BayOnce the marine algae have bloomed, the microscopic herbivores move in to feed..
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Real Life Story: Life in a Township

...The idea, according to the city, is to control each household’s allocation of six kilolitres of water each month through a trickle-feed system...
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Shrinking Farmer Numbers

...events, volatile global markets and oil prices, and even land grabs in many parts of Africa is driving them off the land (for instance, China is securing access to vast farmland, and associated water rights, in order to grow food here to ship back to feed..
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Freshwater Fish Farming in South Africa

...Fish farmers, especially the smaller scale operators, also tend to be everyone and everything to their business, from the driver delivering fish and collecting feed, to the pump technician, fish health specialist, human resource specialist and financial..
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The Mapungubwe Collection

...of these objects have a local origin and there is no evidence that any of the materials were cast.Bead Crazy©Roger de la HarpeAs testament to this native African gold industry, the collection contains two incomplete gold rhinos, a number of gold animal..
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Exploring Elands Bay

...The upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water was all very well for planktonic plant and animal organisms (vital in the rich food chain hereabouts), but decidedly unpleasant for humans pretending to be seals...
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A Township Tour in Cape Town

...A wealthy tourist was so taken with Rosie's dedication to feed undernourished children and inform them about HIV and AIDS, that he now donates a monthly sum to keep her going.Sheep Head DelicacyDuring our Langa walkabout, we met Patricia, whose roadside..
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Sickle Bush

...The seeds pass out of animal’s gut untouched and are deposited in a ready-made pile of compost especially if deposited by elephants!..
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Why We're Getting Heavier: The Obesity Pandemic

...‘Think, for instance, of the alpha males in those David Attenborough specials on television – the most powerful animal is the one who eats the most, getting access to the felled antelope before anyone else...
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Ndebele Initiation and Rites of Passage

...Before leaving for the chief's residence, where the abakhethua from nearby homesteads meet, each is given an isititirimba - loincloth, from the Afrikaans stertriem, made for them by their grandfathers from an animal skin, and a single, often threadbare..
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Legend of Harry Wolhuter

...This was pretty strange behaviour for a reedbuck and, just as he was pondering the peculiarity of nature, the animal broke from its cover and revealed itself to be a lion. The lion charged at Wolhuter, who sharply pulled his horse to the left...
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Barberton's People and Culture

...If you are a devoted animal lover or simply enjoy reading a well-written book, look no further than Jock of the Bushveld...
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Why Children are Vulnerable to Unhealthy Eating

...The stronger or more developed the workings of the neocortex, the better the individual will be at delaying gratification, Parker explains.Reward Centre Overrides Rationality©Andile BhalaChildren and adolescents are more likely to impulsively feed..
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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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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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