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A jumping spider celebrating the renaming of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha with a teatime flysnack.
(Instagram @samuelps.photo)
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Ilse Zietsman
Freelance Journalist: travel, food & people
[email protected]
ilsezietsmanblog.wordpress.com
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A picture of the ‘new look’ rhinos. Sad but perhaps it will help save them from human stupidity.
Taken in the Pilanesberg National Park.
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This a ‘Tranquil evening view of subsiding flood waters, Nsumo Pan in Mkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal’.
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Rock-fold in the Witteberg Series near Makhanda.
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Sunday morning’s storm passing over the Hottentots Holland Mountains, with Strand in the foreground and Sir Lowry’s Pass, wet and glimmering, to the right.
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Table Mountain snuggling it’s blanket.
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This was taken in Kaapsehoop at sunset on Saturday 20th Feb.
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“Magnificent Augrabies Falls, one of South Africa’s beauts!!!
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Sunset Pretorius Kop KNP
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Spider Hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus) after rain.
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A European Roller taken on the Nambiti Game Reserve, KZN on the 21st of Feb.
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Brown Snake Eagle taken on the Nambiti Game Reserve, KZN on the 22nd of Feb.
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This picture of the protea cynaroides flowers in the Jonkershoek valley near Stellenbosch was taken by my son on Sunday 21 February.
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Near Kuboes while exploring the Richtersveld World Heritage Site.
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Dinner for one. Spotted Bush Snake, Broederstroom
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Heavy traffic at Addo Elephant Park.
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Irene Dairy yesterday
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Hide & seek!
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I Think you’ll like this picture of a lion drinking water while looking at his reflection.
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A lilac breasted roller . Taken in the Kruger National Park near Hamilton’s tented camp.
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Please find attached a picture taken on an early morning walk at the Emmarentia Botanical Gardens in Johannesburg
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Simon’s Town yachts.
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This picture of a Lilac Breasted Roller was taken at the Craig Lockhart waterhole in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in December 2020. The skink was swallowed whole.
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African Green Pigeon taken on the farm at Kwelera East London.
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Trumpeter Hornbills on their deck in Hillcrest this week.
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