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Importance of critical river systems as biodiversity migration corridors Interested individuals can send an email to Marti Kirstein: marti.kirstein@gmail.com for more information and to reserve a seat. Monday, 19 April 2021, 14:03 The Touw River. GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - On Wednesday 21 April, the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI) will be hosting a workshop on invasive alien plant (IAP) management and the importance of river systems and catchments as biodiversity migration corridors.  The workshop will be held at the Buffels Bay Community...

I spent a couple of days refreshing the wheels on my sister-in-law's old beat-up Nissan 1400 bakkie during a visit to her home in Groot Brak (you can read about that here). Using a wire rotary brush, masking tape and newspaper, and some satin-black paint from a spray can, the spruce-up had done wonders for the bakkie's overall demeanour. And Karien's! Or had it? Before I had even started on the wheel-refurbish, Karien said she felt the little 30-year-old Nissan was running out of fuel and that I would need to put some juice in as soon as I took it for spin. This, however, corresponded with Ka...

A rather beat-up old Nissan bakkie drove past my sister-in-law Karien's spot in Groot Brak a year or so ago. It belonged to her neighbour, and as it was still in the warm-up phase and travelling slowly in first gear, she waved and asked her neighbour where he was off to.  People in Groot Brak still do that sort of thing, you know? The neighbour replied he was off to sell this rather beat-up old workhorse, and the long and the short of it was that Karien did a terrific deal on the spot, and the bakkie ended up parking one house down from where it used to gather incoming sea salt.