Please Do Not Feed the Baboons! Tokai Troop After the #CapeFire
The Baboon Technical Team (BTT) has issued a plea to residents in the Western Cape to please NOT feed the baboons. Some well-meaning residents...
Firefighters Back for #JonkershoekFire & Silvermine/Tokai Remain Closed
While the flames and the headlines may have died down, the work for the firefighters in the Western Province of South Africa is far...
Nature Begins to Bounce Back After the #CapeFire
Less than a week after fires ravaged mountain slopes in the Western Cape, new life is beginning in the midst of the devastation...as shown...
Eskom Suspends CEO & 3 Bosses as Independent Enquiry is Commissioned
South Africa's beleaguered power-provider Eskom has suspended four executives including CEO Tsediso Matona while it commissions an independent enquiry into the running of its business.
The move...
The Lighter and Darker Side of South Africa as SABC Editor...
When I started my blog - Mes Clics et Mes Claques - soon-to-be-a-year-ago, I deliberately opted to focus on the (many) positive sides of this...
Please Help Feed a Firefighter as #JonkershoekFire Continues
Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) has requested food for the firefighters and donations of paper plates and other items needed to fight the advancing fire in...
Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch Fire is Spreading Again
After battling raging fires in Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch since Monday afternoon, firefighters tonight thought they had managed to douse most of the flames and successfully contain the fire...but...
South African Disappears in Finland
A businessman from South Africa who was in Finland for a conference has been reported missing after he did not return on a flight...
Working on Fire Pilot Tragically Killed in Cape Point Fire Today
We are heartbroken to report that a Working on Fire helicopter pilot - Hendrik Marais (known to his friends as 'Bees') - has lost...
On IWD, a Young SA Survivor of Abuse Speaks Out. Never...
It's International Women’s Day - #IWD2015 - and sadly, it's as important today as it was when it began over 100 years ago in...
