Penguins in peril
Why two bird charities are taking South Africa’s environment minister to court.
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Writing is not a choice for me, it is a reflex.
My travel features document journeys, or parts of journeys, I have made. A lot of the travelling I do is unconventional, which makes writing about it easy. My travel writing focuses on people, animals and landscapes, and is often accompanied by my own photos.
My columns are about peoples and customs from places far and near. Some are funny while others are thought-provoking, but all offer new angles on old themes.
I blog for a few travel agents who specialise in South American destinations. I love writing these blogs, as I have free rein in terms of topic and they're short enough to be written in a morning!
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Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities
Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also monitoring fish populations.
View ArticleHow Colombia’s peace agreement sent tourism through the roof
In 2016, after almost six decades of conflict, the Colombian peace agreement was signed. Its impact on tourism was both instantaneous and miraculous.
View ArticleCan you spot the phezukomkhono? (that’s Zulu for red-chested cuckoo)
A 10-year project to name all of South Africa’s birds in the evocative isiZulu language is finally giving a voice to Indigenous communities.
View ArticleWhite Rhinos and Black Mambas
A cover story on South Africa's only female anti-poaching unit for the flagship magazine of Rotary International.
View ArticleCoelacanths 1; Apartheid 0
When DF Malan lent a scientist a military plane to fetch a fish from the Comoros. Fact is stranger than fiction.
View ArticleResearchers identify novel long-tongued fly species
These crazy critters with tongues twice the length of their body pollinate flowers in Namaqualand.
View ArticleSucculent smuggling: why are South Africa’s rare desert plants vanishing?
Unique species in ‘the world’s most biodiverse desert’ are at risk from a warming planet and the lucrative plant poaching trade.
View ArticleFrom the ashes: historical botanic photos destroyed in Cape Town fire resurrected
Table Mountain blaze destroyed university’s plant conservation archives, but digitised ‘then-and-now’ images continue to shed light on changes in South Africa’s landscape.
View ArticleNew to Town
A major feature on Cape Town and the Zeitz MOCAA for Korean Airlines' inflight magazine.
View ArticlePower Rangers
The Southern African Wildlife College really walks the talk.
View ArticleHow fishers became data scientists to strengthen their Marine Protected Area
A South African project that has small-scale fishers doing real science is a boon for jobs, data, and trust.
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