Cost-effective crèche design
I got a call from a mining company in the Natal Midlands. For their mining licence to be renewed, certain socio-economic services and structures were required. A crèche was one...
Cosy log-building in Gonubie
Bev and Dave have bought into a gated housing development, overlooking the Gonubie River and the ocean beyond. However, while views always take precedence, that...
Thatched Game farm home near Vryburg
Gill, Adele and Dick gave me a call to see the proposed development site on their 5000ha game farm near Vryburg.
The old professor, Ben Engelbrecht
Careful observation and experimentation made theology professor Ben Engelbrecht an expert lure fisherman at a time when nobody knew very much about the art, writes Abré J Steyn.
Farm-style favourite
Barry and Carol called in to see me. They have a newly-acquired game farm in the Thabazimbi area, and require a new homestead there. issue date: 13 August 2010
Catch & release – alive!
As the tigerfish is our premier inland gamefish and because its numbers are dwindling, Abré J Steyn feels strongly about the art of catch-and-release. But with this fish, successful release...
The scaly wings
Moths are not as popular or admired for their beauty as their cousins the butterflies. However, they have an essential ecological role as pollinators and are essential to life on...
Old Platanna
Chameleons may look like mini dinosaurs, but they're a highly evolved kind of lizard with unique abilities, "modifications" and "specs". But their numbers in South Africa are declining, writes Abré...
Danger! Don’t mess with me!
It was almost midnight. The big crowned eagle was restless and her weight on my heavily gloved left arm was becoming a burden.
HOT & STICKY CHICKEN
Chicken, the universal bird of Africa, lends itself to cooking over a fire. And this is the hot and sticky way I like it �Issue Date: 28 September 2007
When the old man was a boy
The battle between land and sea has taken place since the time the world began. The clash of wave against rock has always fascinated me in a way I can't...
The sad demise of our ‘flat dogs’
Like claws, my fingers groped in vain to catch something to hang onto. Having lost my balance, I was falling backwards overboard in 10m-deep croc-infested water. I plunged head-first into...
Sharks beware! Humans in the bay!
'The nets were never designed to keep the sharks away from the beaches but merely to kill them.'
The art of tree extraction
Today Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. But he died in poverty. I can't really judge his art, but recently some of his...
Animal rightists
Notice has been given that A a referendum will occur in a month's time. A growing number of elderly lions, leopards and hyenas have found it increasingly difficult to hunt...
Kruger’s Jungle
When you're a child you dream a lot. You live in a world of your own. Much of my own dream time was spent with Tarzan in the jungle. It...
Swifts & jets
Over the years I've rehabilitated many birds of prey. Most of them have survived as I never released any raptor that was unfit. Only a super-fit hawk or eagle can...
ANT LIONS – a closer look
Many people I know have installed one of those non-selective electronic insect shocking devices on their verandas. Issue date 15 June 2007
The wrong tool for the job
Biodiversity literally means the variety of living organisms, both large and small. In theory it sounds good to safeguard or to restore the biodiversity of what is left of our...
Red-letter days: memory gateways to the past
When parts of a message are important, we highlight the letters in red and when a certain day is special we call it a red-letter day.Issue Date: 30 March 2007
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