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EDITOR'S COMMENT
August 24, 2020
For the first time, recently, political commentators are starting to seriously suggest the demise of...
August 6, 2020
Let's not be Pollyannas about this virus crisis. Coronavirus, and the effects it has forced...
June 25, 2020
With everybody by now sick to the back teeth of the 'virus and its associated...
May 25, 2020
It feels like a lifetime has passed since our last printed edition, for time has...
THE BACK PAGE, BY BLOMMETJIE
August 24, 2020
Lockdown criminals (not the ANC…)
At last! Mirabile dictu (that's y'r actual Latin for “wond'rous to relate”) our President retrieved...
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August 6, 2020
The next big idea
Twenty-odd years ago, just at the time that this magazine started up, the big thing...
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June 25, 2020
Change…we better get used to it
Think back to your parents. If they'd lived through and survived the Second World War...
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Blog Posts
September 16, 2020
So far there is little sign of rain in Gauteng this spring. However, the weather...
September 10, 2020
How’s your compost heap looking after our dry Gauteng winter? Most problems in a compost...
August 31, 2020
It’s Spring Day and Arbor Week, so we are encouraged to buy and plant some...
August 24, 2020
A recent discussion on Facebook led us to realise a lot of newer readers won't...
August 20, 2020
Disease epidemics are not limited to humans ~ other animals and plants are also vulnerable...
July 23, 2020
This is the third part in our series on plastic. For parts one and two,...
July 23, 2020
This is part two of our series on plastic, to read the first part, click here....
May 20, 2020
Smallholders need no reminding of the vital role played by bees in the environment. Today...