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JULY EDITORIAL

Babies do not come with instruction manuals. No guarantee if they did that anyone would be able to read them, understand or apply the knowledge acquired. When you want or need to take out a bond or loan on anything…
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IMAGINEMAG PETS – DR DAWN GOULD

I will be introducing my pets one by one in this column with their take on life and interaction with the humans from ImagineMag! GOYA is a handsome parrot whose origin is Senegal, West Africa. Does he aspire to the…
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Relationships between Humans and Animals – DR DAWN GOULD

Why do human beings become so involved with pets?  There are many answers the most obvious is that they can be wonderful companions. They are however expensive to feed, to keep healthy, clean and  exercised so as  not to become…
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a crime of intergenerational trauma consequences – Clare-ann Ward

don’t speak to me of silence unheard of unsound highway to hellhole behind me smell the hellhole ahead silence does not live here neither does sleep don’t speak of gang violence if you don’t live in it politicians make me…
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Indigenous Games – Dr Dawn Gould

SPORTING ACTIVITIES Many South Africans are sport enthusiasts  – sports that have evolved from mostly western European countries.  But in recent years indigenous sports have come to the attention of the general public.  In September 2003 promotion of the first…
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EATING   UTENSILS – Dr Dawn Gould

The culture of using eating utensils is an interesting one. Perhaps not one to which we give much attention to as to how knives, spoons and forks eventually reached our tables. Food is a basic activity with human fingers being…
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Annual Winter Solstice at THE CAPE GALLERY

a group exhibition On view 21 June – 21st July, Featured on First Thursday 5th July 2018   In winter recreation brings new challenges. Wet weather drives us indoors and as the nights lengthen towards the Winter Solstice and we…
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What can I do this Mandela Day? Erica du Toit

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” – Nelson Mandela   As I…
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New Sounds at Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival 2018

The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival has always been a place where the old and the new meet. Whilst Mozart, Brahms and Tchaikovsky remain staple fare, the likes of Gliere, Dohnanyi and Golijov, once foreign to our ears have, thanks…
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THE WHITE STORK BRINGS BIRD BALLETS TO SOUTH AFRICA – DEBORAH PAINTER

The famous white stork brings no babies. However, it does bring its own unique bird ballets to some parts of the Western Cape where a small number of pairs have made their permanent home and breeding area.  Watching a pair…
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