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’n Groentetuin wat kinders ook kan help dra Ek het na Charlotte Jones se bekostigbare groentetuinvideo gekyk en gehou van die eenvoudige uitgangspunt: ’n gesin hoef nie eers ’n groot erf, duur houers of ’n volledige plan te hê voordat hulle iets kan plant nie...
’n Klein produsent se kontantvloei is nie ’n besonderheid nie Wanneer ek met klein voedselprodusente werk, praat ons dikwels oor watergebruik, toerusting en produksiekoste. Minder gereeld kom ons by die eenvoudige vraag uit: wanneer word die faktuur betaal? V...
At 07:12, with a cool northerly breeze moving through the garden, a Cape Bulbul landed on the washing line and began preening. I raised the camera, then lowered it. Some observations are better recorded as three details: grey head, yellow vent, remarkably unt...
A Better Field Companion for Curious Naturalists A useful technology update for Cape Town walks: iNaturalist’s new Computer Vision and Geomodel v2.33 now covers 122,046 taxa, including more than 1,500 additions. I would still treat its suggestions as a starti...
Banyana Banyana se oorwinning wys weer hoe belangrik groot wedstryde is Daar is wedstryde wat lank ná die eindfluitjie bly hang, selfs al het jy dit nie self in ’n stadion beleef nie. Banyana Banyana se 2-1-oorwinning oor Nigerië op 13 Augustus 2026 is een da...
The Tree Is Often Easier to Identify Than the Bird On a calm winter morning in Cape Town, I spent ten minutes trying to locate a soft, repeated call in a strand of milkwood. The bird stayed hidden. The tree did not. That was the useful clue. Once I noticed th...
Wanneer ’n idee uiteindelik ’n voorwerp word Ek hou van uitstallings wat nie net vra of iets mooi is nie, maar ook hoe dit gemaak is. Welgemeend Art Month, wat van 1 tot 31 Augustus 2026 in Kaapstad plaasvind, kyk juis na die pad van ’n eerste idee tot ’n fis...
Ek het Saterdag by ’n tweedehandse boekwinkel ’n dun Suid-Afrikaanse roman gekry met iemand anders se potloodstrepe in die kantlyn. Party notas was net vraagtekens, ander het ’n sin onderstreep wat ek self sou miskyk. Ek wonder altyd: lees julle sulke merke,...
A Winter Evening at Cabo Beach I am usually more interested in what is moving in the shrubs around the V&A Waterfront than in crowded evening plans, but this local listing caught my attention for a different reason. The Feastival Winter Edition is scheduled f...
A cheap smartphone can carry an expensive privacy risk Budget phones are often bought for the whole household: children, parents, shared devices, sometimes one handset used for banking and WhatsApp. That makes privacy a family issue, not merely a technical on...
A Pause Is Not an Acquittal: What the Ramaphosa Ruling Actually Does The Western Cape High Court’s decision to temporarily pause Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa is significant, but it is narrower than some pol...
A Kalk Bay Garden Full of Sunbird Detail I enjoyed this short film about Steven Benjamin’s sunbird photography project in a Kalk Bay garden during lockdown. The setting is modest: garden plants, a nearby slope of Table Mountain, and the small daily movements...
’n Klein tuin hoef nie ’n klein verskil te maak nie My balkon is nie groot genoeg vir ’n indrukwekkende tuin nie, maar dit is groot genoeg vir kruie, ’n vlak waterbak en ’n paar plante wat nie elke dag dors staan nie. Dit klink eenvoudig, want dit is eenvoudi...
Malvapoeding met ’n bietjie sonskyn Ek het vandag weer aan malvapoeding gedink, waarskynlik omdat die weer hier in Stellenbosch daardie koue-naweek-bakgevoel wakker maak. Siba Mtongana se plasing oor oranje-gegeurde mini-malvapoedings het my aandag getrek. Di...
Stellenbosch se sokkerhart klop ’n bietjie anders Ek het vanoggend weer aan Stellenbosch FC se kort X-plasing van 23 November gedink: “Better late than never”, saam met #HeartoftheCape en daardie klein druiwe-emoji. Dis nie juis ’n lang verklaring nie, maar p...
Die klein besonderhede wat ’n plaaslike besigheid geloofwaardig maak Wanneer ek ’n klein plaas, gastehuis of kafee help om sy webwerf op te knap, begin ek selde by die mooi foto’s. Ek kyk eers of ’n mens binne dertig sekondes kan uitvind waar die plek is, wan...
A Family Dispute Is Not Just a Legal File South Africa’s General (Family) Laws Amendment Bill, 2025 proposes a wider role for the Office of the Family Advocate in mediating disputes about parental responsibilities, care, contact, maintenance, access and guard...
Shark Week Is Useful When the Science Leads Shark Week 2026 runs from 3 to 9 August on DStv Channel 121, with 16 new specials. The worthwhile part is not the familiar burst of teeth and dramatic music. It is the chance to show how great whites fit into a livi...
A Wildflower Is Not a Souvenir CapeNature has issued a useful warning for anyone who walks, photographs, or spends time in protected areas around the Western Cape. Between April and June 2026, it recorded 10 biodiversity-related cases and 48 fines, covering o...
A Bird Hide Is Not a Waiting Room This morning, at 06:18 beside a wetland reedbed, the wind was strong enough to flatten the grasses. I stayed still anyway. A Southern Red Bishop appeared for eleven seconds, carried on with its breakfast, and left me with one...
At 06:40, in a patch of fynbos with a light southeasterly wind, a Cape Robin-Chat delivered its clear song from a low bush - common birds remain excellent reasons to stop walking.
Why a Vulture Conservation Webinar Belongs on Every Birder’s Calendar BirdLife South Africa has listed a Vulture Conservation webinar for 14 July 2026, presented by Justin Henry. I have not attended it, of course, as the date is still ahead, but this is exact...