Cactus Pear as Livestock Feed

...   The soil should be well-drained, with a pH of 6.5 to 7.5 and a minimum depth of 300 mm. The planting site should preferably be flat, although slopes of up to 3% would be tolerated...
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Picture-perfect Town of Prince Albert

...Picture-perfect Town of Prince AlbertPicture-perfect Town of Prince AlbertJourney to South Africa's most sought after little Klein Karoo town of Prince Albert, with Travel Writer Carrie Hampton...
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What is Transpiration?

...In clay soil, small pores between sand particles, and saline soils, high salt content, the rate of transpiration is also lower. Crop Transpiration rate is also influenced by the type of crop the development stage of the crop...
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Samara Karoo Reserve

...You’ll hear stories of the rhino, cheetah, now-extinct quagga and the great Cape Lions that reigned over the land. You’ll be left in awe of the unlikely beauty and magic of this semi-desert land...
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The Medicinal Value of Honey

...The Medicinal Value of HoneyThe Medicinal Value of HoneyBeekeeping in South AfricaApart from being a nutritious and energy providing food, the medicinal value of honey has been around for many years, and was known since ancient times to be antimicrobial..
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How Poor Nutrition Affects Food Systems

...It may be useful to see certain elements of the food industry as polluters of the nutritional landscape and then find ways to make them contribute to cleaning up the problem...
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The Use of Carved Sticks

...The Use of Carved SticksThe Use of Carved SticksArts and Crafts in Rural South Africa©Dr Peter MagubaneAmong the Tswana, and elsewhere in South Africa, male initiates receive one or more carved sticks in recognition of their transition to manhood..
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Rabbit Baby Management: Weaning

...In high-level commercial rabbitries, all babies are weaned at four weeks because their mothers will have been re-mated within a couple of days of their birth...
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Corkbush

...pools of water...
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Velddrif

...©Chris DalyThe coastal town of Velddrif is an important fishing centre.Situated about 6 km upstream from the mouth of the Berg River, Velddrif has been an important fishing centre for over a century...
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Winnie and Nelson With Grandson Bambatha and Zindzi Mandela

...A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.” ~ Nelson Mandela..
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Sea Breams

...They can be as long as 1,2 m.Sea Breams IdentificationThe bodies of sea breams are flattened and deep. They have a small mouth and forked or concave tails...
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Hard Corals

...Corals are reef builders and are colonies of polyps which form a communal calcium carbonate skeleton. Polyps are connected by a fleshy tissue which holds zooxanthellae algae. This gives the coral its colour and aids the building of the skeleton...
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Soft Corals

...Each of their polyps has eight tentacles with which food is caught in the current. They have internal skeletons and use zooxanthellae as a food source...
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Temperature Influence on Marine Life

...They are dependent on the temperature of their surrounds to keep their metabolism in full working order. Locked into a specific set of thermal requirements, they respond immediately to change...
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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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Robberg Nature Reserve

...Visitors come to the area for its natural splendour and its abundance of marine life - hundreds of Cape fur seals, dolphins and whales frolic around the coastline...
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Goegap Nature Reserve

...It is a nature reserve probably unknown to 90% of South Africans, and is situated a few kilometres from Springbok, a town teetering on the beautiful edge of nowhere...
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Raspberries

...The purple varieties are highly vigorous plants developed out of a cross of black and red raspberries.   Cooling and the level of maturity also have an impact on the colour...
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Cederberg a Delight to Naturalists and Botanists

...Cederberg a Delight to Naturalists and BotanistsCederberg a Delight to Naturalists and BotanistsRare and Interesting PlantsToday, the Cederberg is one of the country’s principal catchment areas and one of its finest wilderness regions...
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Cape Vidal Fun

...The lovely stretch of beach at Cape Vidal is great for swimming and snorkelling at low tide is excellent. The rock and surf fishing is very good...
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Double-banded Sandgrouse

...They are found in the Northern Cape, Northwest and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa. The double-banded sandgrouse is a near endemic...
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Identification of Cape Clawless Otter

...Identification of Cape Clawless OtterIdentification of Cape Clawless OtterPredation Management in Livestock FarmingThe Cape clawless otter (Aonyx Capensis) derives its name from the fact that its front feet are adapted to digging and therefore clawless..
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Samango Monkey

...They prefer coastal forest regions of the St. Lucia estuary in KwaZulu-Natal, and in the Afro-montane forests of Mpumalanga. A subspecies of Samango monkeys occurs in the Afro-montane forests in the southern coastal regions of South Africa...
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Mafikeng

...MafikengMafikengMaftownMahikeng (still commonly known as Mafikeng), the capital of the North West Province, is situated some 260 kilometres west of Johannesburg and colloquially referred to as “Maftown”...
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