From Chalk to Click: Nhlengelo Primary School’s New Era
15 September 2025
We are a community newspaper based in Hoedspruit, South Africa, that has its bias towards wildlife and conservation. We aim to have local, original, and relevant content that is both thought provoking and educational. We also strive to maintain a high standard of journalism.
We are in the centre of the UNESCO officially ratified, Kruger to Canyons Biosphere. Hoedspruit is generally considered to be the ‘safari capital’ of South Africa, within close proximity to the renowned and famous Kruger National Park, the Blyde River Canyon, the Timbavati, Klaserie and many other private game farms and reserves. Some of Africa’s most luxurious game lodges are also close by.
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The consequences of this unfolding tragedy are many, with its swirling currents flowing from global markets to transnational organised crime networks preying on the poverty of young men who scrounge for gold. One upshot is critical water systems fouled by a toxic combination of sediment and chemicals.
The dust rose in golden swirls as the convoy of vehicles wound through the warm embrace of the bushveld, sunlight bathing the bush in gold. It was as if nature itself was rejoicing. The air was alive with the sound of rhythmic drumming and joyful voices. Against a crisp blue sky, over 100 guests arrived to celebrate a long-awaited milestone in conservation: the grand reopening of the newly renovated Koru Camp.
The Safari Guide of the Year – an annual event powered by the Field Guides Association of southern Africa (FGASA) – was held recently at Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. This was the first time the event has been held in that province, and it acknowledges and confirms the strides FGASA has made as the golden standard in nature guiding in southern Africa and beyond, more particularly the progress made in the Eastern Cape.
A bold new solution for Africa’s safari industry has arrived. Born in the heart of the bushveld, WildHire is a game-changing platform connecting lodges and tour operators with freelance professionals across Southern Africa – fast, directly, and seamlessly.
A new computer laboratory has opened at Nhlengelo Primary School in Burlington, Acornhoek – capping a decade-long, community-driven effort that pulled together international funders, local NGOs and a determined set of volunteers to give rural learners a digital foothold.
On the 7th of September, the world bore witness to a moment of celestial theatre as the Sun, Earth, and Moon took to the cosmic stage.
On a bright veranda surrounded by Lowveld trees at the Wits Rural Campus on 7 August 2025, a traditional leader, a social science professor and a young activist engaged in a vibrant discussion about waste and the lack of waste management services in rural Bushbuckridge. Though they came from very different worlds, they soon realised they were all speaking about the same urgent challenge – how to turn this environmental and social issue into opportunities by unlocking value from what is typically considered just “trash”.
September invites recalibration. With the Sun moving through detail-driven Virgo and then balancing Libra, it’s a month for fine-tuning your life – from health and habits to relationships and goals
August is Women’s Month – so let us all take a moment to admire, thank and be grateful for all the wonderful women in our lives. They are the mothers of the earth and without them the world would be a dismal place. Happy Women’s Month to all you women out there.
The dust rose in golden swirls as the convoy of vehicles wound through the warm embrace of the bushveld, sunlight bathing the bush in gold. It was as if nature itself was rejoicing. The air was alive with the sound of rhythmic drumming and joyful voices. Against a crisp blue sky, over 100 guests arrived to celebrate a long-awaited milestone in conservation: the grand reopening of the newly renovated Koru Camp.
On the 7th of September, the world bore witness to a moment of celestial theatre as the Sun, Earth, and Moon took to the cosmic stage.
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