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Life
Peter Ucko

The TRAGEDY of my birthday – 2021

Hindsight is 20/20. Perfect vision. In future “It was 2020” will be used for all things bad. “How was your day?” won’t be ‘crappy’ but “It was 2020” or “It was BLOODY 2020!”

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Environment
Andrea Abbott

Caring for marine life and people

Biodiversity conservation is often considered only in regard to terrestrial areas of our planet. But ocean ecosystems also urgently need protection. This is the goal of Marine Protected Areas.

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Life
Peter Ucko

Giving to Charity is a Myth

Do you give to charity? Do you donate money to Charities? Do you perform Charitable acts and give of your time to charities? Other than a little girl named Charity and in the title of several songs, Charity is a Myth. AaaaaaH – Do I hear you rebel and smugly think BS because you answered “Yes” to the questions? First, read on and you might change your mind. Charity doesn’t exist in its purest sense.

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From the Attic
Sam Basch

The allure of trout and flyfishing

By Sam J Basch

Flyfishing is an art – certainly a skill. Those doing it well are impervious to the cold and discomfort of venturing out on a chilly morning in Dullstroom to outwit the trout. This they do using a lure to resemble a real insect and calling them strange names like Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear and Red Eyed Damsel.

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Sam Basch
Sam Basch

Rescue of an amazing archive

By Sam J Basch
When it comes to valuable documentation in the country’s archives that may get lost or destroyed – as recently happened at the University of Cape Town – fate sometimes plays an amazing part to come to the rescue.

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