Since July the Southern Right Whale (SRW) has been back in South African waters, breeding. Once abundant, it was hunted to near extinction, until in 1937 a ban was introduced (the then Soviet Union continued to hunt illegally until the early 1960s, in spite of the prohibition). SRW numbers are starting to climb, albeit very [...]
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As we start the countdown to the first Skydive for Rhinos event of 2012 – at Skydive Rustenburg, 27 – 29 July – the campaign’s chief fundraiser, marketer and communications officer, Sheelagh Antrobus, reports that 272 rhinos have been killed by poachers this year. That’s one rhino dead every 15 hours. But Sheelagh also said [...]
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I bumped into a wonderful blog by Koekalooks whose real name is Jenny Mason. Her reminiscing of her childhood holidays in Knysna made me smile. She’ll make you smile too. When i jokingly asked her to spice up the story with a photo of the urban legend of a great white shark in Knysna Estuary [...]
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Eon Englebrecht I’m beginning to get paranoid. Last night I was invited to a party to celebrate the 23rd birthday of one of my fellow KnysnaFM presenters, Eon Englebrecht. I didn’t get a chance to say much to Eon other than the usual ‘many happy returns’ because I was soon closeted with a very interesting [...]
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Knysna is suffering a crisis or two. Top of the pops is the state of our economy. Businesses are closing as fast as you can say Julius Malema. Much of the malaise is externally driven. So when conflagration in Libya and now American jaw-jaw in respect of Iran pushes up oil prices (it seems exponentially) [...]
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King of Spain, Juan Carlos elephant hunting in 2006 It has long been the preserve of the rich and famous to go and bag an elephant or two. Never mind the suffering. Balls to those who oppose the ‘hunt.’ Let’s just get on with the killing. And of course, Royalty is usually at the head [...]
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Why I’m glad our Knysna school kids don’t live in the Karoo. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending no ordinary school play at Chris Nissen School in White Location, one of Knysna’s township areas. There was both a fun and a serious side to it. The kids’ singing was charming, [...]
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If I could secure 50 cents from everyone who said to me ‘Oh, I’ve been meaning to buy your book,’ by now I’d be pretty damned pleased. If I was able to pocket an additional 25 cents from people who repeated this twice or three times, I could take a fortnight’s holiday in Mauritius. Please [...]
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Mike Wood found it wasn’t straight forward when he first moved to Knysna in South Africa… Readers of a certain age will doubtless remember the Monty Python sketch: Young newly- weds rush to a store, panting, gleeful and just a little red faced. They were greeted by Mr Verity. “Can I help you,” he asked. [...]
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