Safrea Chronicle
Message from the Editor:
In Johannesburg, the jasmine is likely blooming. In Tshwane, the jacarandas are purpling. And the wild flowers are rioting all over the Western Cape. Like buds bursting out all over despite the cold snap, this week's Chronicle is blossoming with colour, life, variety, and noise. Enjoy.
Feature:

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we vaccinate!

Author: Niki Moore

Do the Anti-Vaxxers have a point? Let us just hope it is the sharp one with a syringe on the other end....

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Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we vaccinate!
Afrikaans Feature:

Daar is Stropers in my Voorhuis

Author: jedrie harmse

Dit was verskriklik om te sien hoe jou land se mense plunder en verniel. Dit is maklik om te oordeel en te veroordeel, moeilik om te soek na iets goeds, maar as jy hard soek, sal jy altyd iewers die lig sien deurskyn.

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Daar is Stropers in my Voorhuis
Environment:

Arbor Week 2021: a time to plant trees that feed black rhinos, butterflies, and bees.

Author: Andrea Abbott

Arbour Week 2021 is a great time to plant an indigenous tree. A great choice is the Common Tree for 2021 - the Sweet Thorn, South Africa's most widespread tree.

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Arbor Week 2021: a time to plant trees that  feed black rhinos, butterflies, and bees.
Around the Block:

Chenee Seeberath on guest relations

Author: Denise Mhlanga

Guest relations personnel such as Chenee Seeberath from The Leonardo are responsible for ensuring that hotel guests have a memorable stay.

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Chenee Seeberath guest relations
On Safari:

Chobe and photography of nature’s beauty

Author: Andrew Aveley

Photography of nature’s beauty in Chobe - The intoxicating flavour of Africa draws tourists to Chobe in their thousands and photographers in numbers, all keen to savour an experience that is replicated nowhere else in the world.

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Chobe Wildlife
Business Training:

More important things in writing than flawless grammar?

Author: Tiffany Markman

Grammar Police can be mean. We care about language and communication, and we want to ensure that people are understood clearly. But we often overstep the boundaries of appropriate correction.

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More important things in writing than flawless grammar?
Health and Wellness:

Olive leaf extract - the extraordinary infection fighter

Author: Delilah Nosworthy

Olive leaf extract is an extraordinary remedy in fighting infection. With its numerous health benefits, it's worth keeping a bottle this wonderous functional medicine in stock at home.

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Olive leaf extract - the extraordinary infection fighter
Peter's Punchbowl:

Fun in the 60's apartheid army? Part 1

Author: Peter Ucko

You might cry. I hope that you'll laugh. Forced into military service kids found the 1960s apartheid army a cesspool of craziness & fun.

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Army apartheid nuns
Bookworm:

Beyond Touch - Poems by Arja Salafranca

Author: Helene vd Westhuizen

Beyond Touch by Arja Salafranca was published in 2015, so, I am so late to this party, everybody else has gone home! Nevertheless, I give you my first impression of the first part of her collection. It must be just as good, still, as it was back then.

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Photograph of 'Beyond Touch' by Arja Salafranca and the text of one of the poems in the book: The Sandwich Eater
Featur:

Let them eat cake: how idioms originate

Author: Iza Grek

When Marie Antoinette shouted, "let them eat cake" the world stood aghast. It's interesting to learn how idioms come about and how they borrow from each other.

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Multi-layer cake with icing
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