To celebrate the great man’s birthday Thabo Leshilo curates a feast of reading
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Killer whales hunting great whites on SA coast
A couple of bloodthirsty Orcas might make it safe for us to go back into the water but their killing spree is upsetting the delicate ecosystem and threatening at-risk species
Backstory to the images from deep space
Words that even more thrilling than than the photographs, eg a stellar nursery of gas and dust 7,600 light-years away where new stars are forming and destroying their birth cloud
Homelessness in the Mother City
In the bleak midwinter, Capetonians are asking what the city is doing to help the many many homeless people setting up camp on the streets and in the parks. This is what the city says
CT mayor’s 10-point plan to power up SA
As SA waits in the dark for President Ramaphosa to turn the lights back on Geordin Hill-Lewis gives him a detailed list of action points. Let’s hope we get some detailed answers
A Mandela Day hack in the ‘hood
Highly flammable invasive species fuel the fires on Table Mountain and then out-compete the fynbos in the recovery period. Pulling them out is an environmental good … and a great way to process stress and burn calories
Killing the caracals
New research shows how living close to humans is poisoning the few remaining caracals that live in and around the Mother City. A reminder to shop and consume with care
Sell now and miss the recovery? Don’t be crazy
A timely reminder that in 9 years after the 2008 crash the markets more than tripled in value
Patrice Lumumba’s remains repatriated at last
I think of him as Congo’s Nelson Mandela … imagine if our Madiba had suffered the same fate
Everything Everywhere: a bit much and way too long
Night out in the hood: movie at the Labia (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and pasta at Nonna Lina