CyberTracker’s international evaluator community is gathering this week (24–31 August) for the first time in the organisation’s 30-plus year history – hosted outside Hoedspruit. This was all made possible thanks to the organisers, Kersey Lawrence and Lee Gutteridge.
On 9 August 1956, more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest the apartheid pass laws, demanding dignity, equality and freedom. Women’s Month gives South Africans an important moment to remember those women, the courage of their stand and the rights for which they fought.
Waste management remains a significant challenge in parts of Bushbuckridge, where limited formal waste collection, inadequate recycling infrastructure and a history of illegal dumping place pressure not only on communities, but also on rivers and water sources in the area.
South Africa is experiencing a significant shift in its property market, one that is increasingly reshaping both rural areas and secondary towns. Two trends are driving this change: the growing movement of urban professionals investing in customary (communal) land, and the migration of middle-class families from major metropolitan areas to smaller regional centres in search of affordability, lifestyle benefits and greater flexibility.
The appeal speaks to the fact that this has been the most anticipated El Niño event in history against the backdrop of improved forecasts that increasingly see it becoming one of the most intense ever, and growing awareness about its impacts.
Rob and Monique of – Koti Services have been making other people’s mess disappear for three years – and they’re not done yet.
Illegal land occupation has become one of the most contentious issues facing the Maruleng Local Municipality, with residents, landowners, conservation groups, water users and civic organisations warning that the problem is placing increasing pressure on public services, environmental resources and local governance.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is changing the way the world works. Computers, robotics, artificial intelligence, automation and digital systems are becoming part of everyday life. Children growing up today will enter a world where coding and problem-solving will be as important as reading and writing. But how do we prepare learners in rural South Africa for this future when most schools have no or limited access to expensive technology? The answer may be lying inside a simple domino box.
Every year, nearly two million wild herbivores cycle through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem spanning Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa on the greatest terrestrial migration on earth. This isn’t one undifferentiated river of life. It’s a sequence – a modular procession of species, each occupying a distinct role. Zebra are the first to move, cropping the tall upper inflorescences of the grasses. Wildebeest follow days later, grazing the mid-level leaves exposed by the zebra’s work. Thomson’s gazelle trail behind, selecting the short, protein-rich regrowth and low-growing forbs revealed by both preceding waves. Each species processes the grassland differently, and the temporal separation between them creates boundaries – modules within the migration – that prevent direct competition from collapsing the system.
The countdown is over as Safari Guide of the Year (SGOTY) 2026 prepares to welcome South Africa’s top field guides to the Greater Kruger for one of the most anticipated events on the safari industry calendar.
