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Help save Cape vineyards under threat from mining

Author:  Sarah Duff Multimedia: Images, Documents: pdf -  Published:  05 March 10
A government-owned mining company has applied for prospecting rights on a number of wine estates in the Cape Winelands.
 

Are there any low airfares for the World Cup period?

Author:  Sarah Duff Multimedia: Images Published:  26 February 10
Airlines are charging exorbitant prices for flights in South Africa during the World Cup. Budget airline kulula has issued a challenge to airlines to lower their airfares.
 

Insuring against football fans

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  19 February 10
Before you rent out your home to tourists for the 2010 World Cup, it is advised that you check important details of your insurance cover.
 

Taking your pets on holiday

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  19 February 10
It’s probably easier than you realise to take your best friends along on your travels around South Africa.
 

Controversial sale of lion bones

Author:  Sarah Duff Multimedia: Images Published:  17 February 10
The government of the Free State has granted a permit to a farmer allowing him to sell lion bones, which has enraged environmentalists.
 

Fires ravage the Garden Route

Author:  Getaway Multimedia: Images Published:  09 February 10
Dramatic photos of the forest fires raging along the coastline of the Garden Route.
 

One step at a time

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: ImagesAudio Published:  09 February 10
On 1 January 2000, French journalists Sonia and Alexandre Poussin set out on an incredible journey. Alone and unassisted, they walked from the Cape of Good Hope to the Sea of Galilee.
 

Delta floods bring openbill bonanza

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  15 January 10
An aerial survey showed about 2 000 nesting openbilled storks in Lake Liambezi and a nesting site of about 2 500 openbills on the Chobe/Zambezi floodplains.
 

Big BRU watching baboons

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  15 January 10
After more than 350 years of being threatened by habitat erosion, urban sprawl and agriculture, the Cape Peninsula's baboons could soon be under less threat, thanks to the University of Cape Town's...
 

SA coast now protected by law

Author:  Alison Westwood Multimedia: Images Published:  15 January 10
Good news for the conservation of South Africa's coastline: the long-awaited Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Act came into effect on 1 December 2009.
 
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