What makes South Africa so special
Being transported from the Melkbosstrand area through to Cape town at a cost of about R4 million rand. The boat is impressive in size out of the water, but guess in the water very small considering it was the Capes notorious storms that sent this boat sand surfing in the first place.
Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed
NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the
tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong
bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal
facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about
300 kilograms (650 pounds), […]
Three contractors - one from Soweto, another from Pretoria,
and the third from Benoni - are bidding to fix a broken fence at
the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
They go with a Union Buildings official to examine the fence.
The Pretoria contractor takes out a tape measure, does some
measuring, and then works some figures with a pencil.
“Well,” he says, […]
Many have been forced to flee Zimbabwe. Millions have suffered years of threats, poverty and intimidation at the hands of Robert Mugabe’s men.
Is this a glimpse of what South Africans can expect in the near future?
Black Power Farm is now used as a headquarters for the war veterans in the area.
First Zimbabwe, next South Africa. […]