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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17 Nov 2011