by Ingrid Friday This waterbird count will always be remembered by those of us who were there as “that misty winter count of 2017”. I don’t see anything, are you sure we are in the right place? We all drove to Borakalalo in very thick mist...
For those who do not know Lethabong Library is situated in Maboloka. You may ask yourself, why this library, why in Maboloka? Well, the story starts many years ago when Bushveld Mosaic first began with its sponsorship programme. In 1997 we sponsored one teacher, and in 1998 two, one...
A sequence of photos shot by Ian Gordon-Cumming (VM94 ) on a recent trip to the Kalagadi Transfrontier Park. Should be compulsory viewing by all those (insert your own choice of word here!) who insist on getting out of their cars in Pilanesberg. Looking carefully? If you haven’t seen...
Summer CWAC 2017 By Lesley Cornish It was the 2017 summer CWAC and instead of just going up on the day, Errol and I joined the happy campers at Fish Eagle for the weekend because of Braam Luus’s security system. Another draw was that the Gull-billed Tern had been...
We have had a graduate student extensively monitoring the elephant on a daily basis since the beginning of the year, with the express objective to ascertain how the elephant react to the various situations they are placed under by guests and guides while viewing the elephant on their game...
NWPB HONORARY OFFICERS – ACTIVITIES TIMETABLE 2017 MONTH DATE VENUE EVENT TRAINER/ORGANISER January Sunday 15th Borakalalo CWAC Ian Wagstaff February Saturday 4th Centurion – Pretoria First Aid Refresher Etienne Step February Wednesday 8th Johannesburg Theory/ Sex & Age Rhino Monitoring Rusty Hustler February 11 – 12th Mafekeng/Botsalano Monitoring...
Once again, the Annual HO Get-Together was held at the Four-Wheel Drive Club of SA’s Base 4, north of Joburg. The Venue Formal Section Honorary Chairman, Jannie Venter, began the formal section of the day by welcoming everyone and providing an update, including details on the current situation at...
By Lesley Cornish There are excuses and excuses…. but this was a big one! We had to wait before leaving Felo Garona because there was a herd of elephants in the road. They were scuffing up the surface and throwing dust over themselves, and all we could do was...
By Viv Thomé The NWP&TB Honorary Officers and friends took part, once again, in the bi-annual water bird count at Borakalalo National Park, around the perimeter of Klipvoor Dam and along the Moretele River. The event was co-ordinated as always by Ian Wagstaff, one of our dedicated Honorary Officers....
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try _ John F Kennedy. We are all well aware of the wildlife trafficking that is going on at various crossroads on the road to Sun City and many of us have agonised over this. But recently, Viv Thomé (Honorary...
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