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Mthatha – In the Heart of Mandela Country

The town, which lies in the heart of the Eastern Cape, is often merely glimpsed from the window as travellers speed through on the N2, en-route to destinations such as East London or Port Elizabeth. One of the larger towns in ...
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Lea Jacobs
23 Nov 2011

Rich History and Attractions Aplenty in Forest Town

As its name implies, Forest Town was established in a forest: the largest man-made forest in the world in point of fact. According to records, trees were originally planted in the area at the end of the 19th century to provide ...
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Lea Jacobs
23 Nov 2011

Fourways High School – Always Excellent

Fourways High School has developed a firm reputation as a happy school of conscientious learners, where excellence that spans Academic, Sporting, Cultural and Leadership life of the all pupils. The school has a commitment to ...
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Claire Fraser
23 Nov 2011

Acid Mine Water a Very Real Threat

Johannesburg owes its very existence to the discovery of gold. In the relatively short period from the discovery of this precious metal in 1886, vast tracts of the Witwatersrand have been mined, bringing great wealth to its ...
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Jacqueline Gray
22 Nov 2011

The Emotional Cost of Retirement

Unless something drastic has happened, very few of us can sell a home, shut the door and walk away without feeling at least a twinge of regret. The emotions that tie us to a property run deep and although there may be some level ...
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Lea Jacobs
22 Nov 2011

It’s Hip to be in J-Bay

Once regarded as a ‘hippie hangout’, this small seaside town in the Eastern Cape has shrugged off its somewhat shaggy image and has gone onto to become a ‘hip’ place to be. This once sleepy hollow of a fishing town has over time ...
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Lea Jacobs
21 Nov 2011

Coastal Bliss in Umtentweni

This well established, leafy garden suburb has long been the area of choice for those opting to make the South Coast home and, unlike its more commercial neighbours, comprises approximately 80 percent permanent ...
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Lea Jacobs
21 Nov 2011

Pringle Bay - At the Foot of Hangklip

This coastal village marks the south-eastern point of False Bay and is proudly located in the heart of the 100 000ha UNESCO Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (KBR). Poetic nature lovers describe it as a ‘zig zag ribbon of narrow ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
18 Nov 2011

Are we Going to Reap what we Sow?

It is one thing to hear Julius Malema, the former president of the ANC Youth league stating that the state should be given powers to take over land without having to compensate the owners, but it’s quite another when the deputy ...
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Lea Jacobs
18 Nov 2011

Smart Living, Smart Savings

Climate Smart Cape Town is a public action campaign aimed at the city becoming a more compact, lower carbon and resource efficient environment adapting to the impacts of climate change. The City’s Energy and Climate Action Plan ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
17 Nov 2011