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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We hope you enjoy the read and we look forward to welcoming you to Hoedspruit, our community, and our world of wildlife and conservation.
Residents of Hoedspruit are paying property rates at a tariff of 0.012 cents in the rand – double that of Cape Town at 0.006, and significantly higher than Johannesburg at 0.009 and Tshwane at 0.011. That comparison alone would be remarkable. What makes it a structural crisis is what lies beneath it.
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Minister Godongwana’s tax proposals signal a shift in focus by government. Rather than introducing shocking new tax rates (2025 with three budget proposals was only but last year), the changes refine technical areas of legislation, close planning gaps and aim to encourage regulated savings. Generally personal income brackets were adjusted for inflation.
The loud, guttural growl of a lion shredded the stillness ahead. A sound that bypassed thinking to fuse directly into my nervous system.
The loud, guttural growl of a lion shredded the stillness ahead. A sound that bypassed thinking to fuse directly into my nervous system.
magine a state-of-the-nation address delivered without triumph or ceremony. The President rises, not to announce renewal, but to offer thanks. He thanks the households for installing solar panels that kept the lights on when the grid could not. He thanks parents who found ways to send their children to private schools as public classrooms became more crowded and less reliable. He thanks communities that drilled wells when taps ran dry, and businesses that paved roads, fixed wells, installed streetlights, and hired private security as policing quietly retreated. Applause is restrained, even respectful. The speech sounds practical and appreciated. It also reads as a quiet admission that the state has withdrawn from the everyday work of holding society together.
Elephants are steadily reducing the number of mature marula trees in the park, while regeneration has all but collapsed due to browsing from other herbivores. By allowing their numbers to remain at current levels we are choosing short-term comfort over long-term ecological integrity.
Across many rural parts of South Africa, an often overlooked but growing environmental and public health crisis is brewing, requiring urgent attention. It is a crisis shaped by everyday necessities, limited services and difficult choices, and it centres on the disposal of disposable nappies and sanitary products, known collectively as Absorbent Hygiene Products, or AHPs.
This month has Valentines Day – but it has always fascinated me as to where did it originate and why?
Valentine’s Day is now synonymous with roses, chocolates and candlelit dinners. But it has roots far less polished – and far more intriguing.
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Jupiter is currently visible in our night sky as a steady, golden point of light that outshines almost every star around it. To the naked eye, it looks calm and unchanging. But aim a simple pair of binoculars at it, and something remarkable happens. Four tiny pinpricks of light appear alongside the planet. These are Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. They shift position from night to night, quietly orbiting their giant host in a celestial dance, first noticed by Galileo over 400 years ago.
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