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WANDILE SIHLOBO: Infrastructure development and good land governance are key to boosting agriculture – Kirkwood

SA has the potential to increase its farming output in the former homeland provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo …
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The Eastern Cape Health Department on Tuesday received a field hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay which was constructed by Volkswagen Group South Africa.
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Representatives for the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) have issued a call to stop all in-person learning across the Eastern Cape, after 185 positive cases of COVID-19 were discovered …
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Quick Addo Fact: Happy Elephants – Guides in Addo don’t carry firearms because these elephants are some of the gentlest in the country. They don’t feel threatened around cars and even in musth pose little threat – that said tourists should never get too close as it makes an elephant feel threatened, rather give them space and park the car a little away. More often than not, the ellies will come to you. A large majority – rumoured to be around 90 percent – of the female elephants in Addo have no tusks. Bull elephants were introduced from Kruger to the widen genetic pool, so tusks are becoming more common.

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Mitchell Starc provides video footage to prove injury for USD 1.43 million IPL insurance payout

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has provided video footage of the second Test against South Africa in 2018 to prove that he got injured real-time and deserves an insurance payout of USD 1.53 …
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Starc had filed a lawsuit against his insurers in April last year. The insurers, however, had disputed the timing of the injury in second Test at Port Elizabeth.
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A fleet of 100 scooter ambulances acquired by the Eastern Cape to help fight the coronavirus has been criticised as dangerous and the product of a deal which stinks of corruption.
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Quick Addo Fact: Sylvester the lion lives in Addo – The iconic black-maned lions of the Kalahari were introduced to Addo over ten years ago. The big reason for choosing these lions (as opposed to somewhere like Kruger) is because they are disease-free and will not affect the buffalo population, which might have otherwise caught tuberculosis. The other reason, is that these Kalahari lions are seen to be the closest match to the now-extinct Cape Lion which used to roam the Addo area. If you want to see Sylvester, the famous lion who managed to duck under the fence in the Karoo National Park, then you need to stay at Kuzuko Lodge in the northern Darlington section of Addo. Getaway was also tipped that the park is finishing adequate fencing in this section and it’ll soon be home to the Big Five.

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SANParks to announce dates for accommodation reopening

After President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on June 17, SANParks is readying itself to welcome guests back for overnight stays.
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South African National Parks revealed the organisation is preparing to reopen its overnight facilities after three months.
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The South African National Parks says it is preparing to recall its hospitality staff for a phased approach in the reopening of its overnight …
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo is home to the biggest dune fields in South Africa – In a lesser-known stretch of Addo, where the park meets the sea, there’s a great gathering of high and wide dunes known as the Alexandria Dune Field. This dune sea, as it’s also known, is the largest and least degraded of its kind in the whole southern hemisphere, stretching over 15 800 hectares, with its widest point being five kilometres from the sea. You can park your car at Woody Cape Backpackers and stroll along for ten minutes on the boardwalk and see the immense dune field from a beautiful viewpoint on the beach. Go and see the dunes when the coral trees are also in flower, from June to October, when they form a red blanket over the tree canopy.

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Four nuns lose fight against Covid-19 – Kirkwood

The deaths of four Catholic nuns from Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape, within days of each other, has left the church, community and families devastated.
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After four nuns died within the space of a week of Covid-19 at the Mother House Convent in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, another nun has succumbed to the virus.
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo is the only national park where you can hire a guide to take you around the park in your own car – A hop-on guide means that you drive and he guides, advising which routes to take and providing insight on Addo history, wildlife, botany and more. At the moment, there is only one hop-on guide in the park, but they are looking for more.

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Inter-provincial travel is still not permitted on Level 3 of the lockdown, so those who can’t visit the Kruger National Park (KNP) must endure seeing pictures from other visitors in the meanwhile.
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SANParks announced on June 5 that Killer was put to sleep upon veterinarian advice. Producers of STROOP: Journey Into the Rhino Horn War share fond memories of Killers’ part in their documentary.
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Mpumalanga and Limpopo residents flocked to the Kruger National Park (KNP) this week while the rest of the country could only virtually and longingly look on.
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Quick Addo Fact: The penguins in Addo are in trouble – Despite having elephant in the name, Addo Elephant National Park extends right down to the ocean and currently protects some very important islands in Algoa Bay, namely St Croix and Bird Island. African Penguins are more threatened than rhino are at this stage. Because they’re not a key species or a high profile one that people really know about, or care about penguins are on the sidelines. Their numbers have dwindled alarmingly and every ten years or so, their numbers halve and if it goes on at that rate, in the next twenty or thirty years there won’t be penguins around.’ Addo is responsible for the protection of about 50 percent of the total African Penguin population.

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Prisoners are burning each other with boiling water in a desperate attempt to be able to self-isolate in some of the country’s prisons. This week, inmates revealed the horrific lengths they are …
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Gauteng premier David Makhura says a decision will be taken “in the next few days” on whether the province will lobby the national government to consider reinstating a ban on the sale of alcohol.
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An Australian mining company is suing three attorneys and activists for defamation. But the defendant’s attorneys argue that this a strategic lawsuit against public participation …
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo features a main camp, featuring a swimming pool, restaurant, flood lit water hole and various accommodation, four other rest camps and four camps run by concessionaires. The main entrance as well as two looped tourist roads in the park are tarred while the others are graveled. There is also an additional access road through the southern block of the park feeding off the N2 highway near Colchester; it joins up with the existing tourist roads in the park.

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Gamtoos Valley farmers under threat as Kouga dam levels plummet: DA

Gamtoos Valley farmers, who are reliant on the water from the Kouga dam, are on the verge of losing entire orchards, and the Provincial Government has shown no interest in assisting them, the …
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Two Livingstone Hospital doctors have spoken to Eyewitness News on condition of anonymity. CAPE TOWN – Doctors at a Port Elizabeth hospital have spoken out about dangerous and unsanitary conditions, …
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Quick Addo Fact: Marine protected areas – The Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area and Bird Island Marine Protected Area are associated with the park.

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A legendary police dog named Killer – which was instrumental in the fight against rhino poaching in the country – has been put to sleep after a long illness, SANParks announced at the weekend.
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Independent mountain guide Frank Dwyer agrees with the decision by SANParks to close Lion’s Head until further notice.
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South African safari goers have a passionate love affair with the Kruger National Park and the joy was palpable as eager game spotters visited the Park yesterday for the first time in months.
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country’s 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The original section of the park was founded in 1931, in part due to the efforts of Sydney Skaife, in order to provide a sanctuary for the eleven remaining elephants in the area. The park has proved to be very successful and currently houses more than 600 elephants and a large number of other mammals.

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Big wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths to hit South Africa – Report

Shabir Madhi, professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, told City Press the Eastern Cape will be where the Western Cape is now, in two weeks’ time. He said Gauteng will be there …
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Speaking to the City Press, professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Shabir Madhi said that the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and the Western Cape should brace for a surge of new cases …
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Magic allows people to believe in the impossible — and it is the look on his audience’s faces that has driven Port Elizabeth magician and mentalist Brendon Peel to become one of the most sought-after …
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Quick Addo Fact: You can also see super pods of dolphins – Algoa Bay has been named as the bottlenose dolphin capital of the world after photograph proof and scientific studies showed that an estimated population of 28 482 individuals make use of these waters, making it the largest along the South African coastline.

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‘It’s absolutely criminal’: Eastern Cape owes small businesses R2.3bn – Kirkwood

It is absolutely criminal not to pay small businesses, especially at a time like this. This is the opinion expressed by Eastern Cape Black Contractors chair Sakhele Skenjana, who was reacting to the …
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“Our health system has never been as healthy [as that of the Western Cape],” says Estelle Ellis. “We’re not OK. I’m worried.” …
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More than a month since his death, the Eastern Cape government has confirmed that the medical student who died in Cuba will be buried at home, after they return his body at the end of the month.
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Quick Addo Fact: Two major environmental issues facing the AENP: extinction and overpopulation, which are interrelated. Since the AENP’s original mission was to reintroduce certain mega-herbivores, like the African elephant and black rhinoceros, primary ecological efforts were made to preserve mammalian species. However, by overlooking the other contributors to this environmental chain, certain plant species have been subjected to overgrazing and trampling, mostly by the elephants of the park. This overgrazing and trampling not only destroys much of the plant life, but also forces it to adapt its physiology to stimuli that are not inherent to its evolutionary progress. Some biologists argue that it is not herbivorization alone that is threatening the flora, but a number of other ecological factors including zoochory and nutrient cycling. Up to 77 species of South African endemic plant species have been listed as “vulnerable to elephant browsing.”

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Two Eskom Eastern Cape Operating Unit employees have succumbed to Covid-19, the National Union of Mineworkers (Num) said today.
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Teachers and pupils had lost an entire term out of the school year as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, which would require the curriculum to be adjusted in order to catch up, Basic Education Ministe …
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The Executive Mayor of the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape Thokozile Sokanyile has been taken to an isolation site after she tested positive for Covid19. She is also the Chairperson of the …
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Quick Addo Fact: The penguins in Addo are in trouble – Despite having elephant in the name, Addo Elephant National Park extends right down to the ocean and currently protects some very important islands in Algoa Bay, namely St Croix and Bird Island. African Penguins are more threatened than rhino are at this stage. Because they’re not a key species or a high profile one that people really know about, or care about penguins are on the sidelines. Their numbers have dwindled alarmingly and every ten years or so, their numbers halve and if it goes on at that rate, in the next twenty or thirty years there won’t be penguins around.’ Addo is responsible for the protection of about 50 percent of the total African Penguin population.

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SANParks announces national parks to open from June – Addo

South Africans will now be able to explore the great outdoors as SANParks announces some of its open access parks will be open from this month.
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The Olympics hopeful had his arm broken allegedly by ranger for SANParks, which is accused of withholding a report on the incident.
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Hikers will be allowed back on trails again from June 1, under Level 3 restrictions. This announcement was made on Sunday night.
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Quick Addo Fact: Sylvester the lion lives in Addo – The iconic black-maned lions of the Kalahari were introduced to Addo over ten years ago. The big reason for choosing these lions (as opposed to somewhere like Kruger) is because they are disease-free and will not affect the buffalo population, which might have otherwise caught tuberculosis. The other reason, is that these Kalahari lions are seen to be the closest match to the now-extinct Cape Lion which used to roam the Addo area. If you want to see Sylvester, the famous lion who managed to duck under the fence in the Karoo National Park, then you need to stay at Kuzuko Lodge in the northern Darlington section of Addo. Getaway was also tipped that the park is finishing adequate fencing in this section and it’ll soon be home to the Big Five.

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Cape Town’s Covid-19 spike occurred in malls in last weeks of hard lockdown: Prof Karim

The surge in Covid-19 infections in the Western Cape can be traced to transmission in malls and supermarkets in the last weeks of South Africa’s hard lockdown and was likely caused by so-called “super …
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Eastern Cape police made their second-largest drug bust of the week on Wednesday when dagga worth R500,000 was confiscated in Queenstown and a 50-year-old man was arrested.
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GUGU PHANDLE Eastern Cape schools which do not meet the department of education’s standard for water and sanitation will not reopen on Monday. This includes schools that have not received personal …
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Quick Addo Fact: Most Diverse Game Park – Addo Elephant National Park is said to be the most diverse game park on Earth. The area includes five biomes – Karoo, grassland, fynbos, thicket and forest.

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The Kwazakhele police station has been closed after one of its members tested positive for Covid-19. National police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the community service centre would now …
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Four people, including a couple, have died after drinking homemade brew at the community of iLitha outside King Williams’s Town.
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The Eastern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says it will continue enforcing the decision to suspend traditional initiation during the winter season in line …
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Quick Addo Fact: The penguins in Addo are in trouble – Despite having elephant in the name, Addo Elephant National Park extends right down to the ocean and currently protects some very important islands in Algoa Bay, namely St Croix and Bird Island. African Penguins are more threatened than rhino are at this stage. Because they’re not a key species or a high profile one that people really know about, or care about penguins are on the sidelines. Their numbers have dwindled alarmingly and every ten years or so, their numbers halve and if it goes on at that rate, in the next twenty or thirty years there won’t be penguins around.’ Addo is responsible for the protection of about 50 percent of the total African Penguin population.

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SANParks brings Covid-19 relief to battling communities – Addo

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SANParks says none of its rangers or other employees have tested positive for Covid-19. Acting head of communications Ray Thakhuli says the game reserve is ready to …
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Spokesperson Reynold Thakhuli said at this stage they had no positive Covid-19 cases and hoped the situation would remain like that …
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Quick Addo Fact: Not Just the Big Five – the Big Seven. Addo (as us locals call it!) is home to the Big Seven. This includes the Big Five of elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard, rhino plus great white sharks and southern right whales.

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Three die in the Eastern Cape after drinking homemade spirit mix

Three people in the Eastern Cape town of Stutterheim have died after consuming a homemade alcoholic brew, DispatchLive reports. According to the publication, the incident happened in Gasela village …
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South African rivals currently harvest larvae from the black soldier fly to supply animal and fish feed. Protein from the maggots can be harvested sustainably as the flies are fed on waste, reducing …
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The Eastern Cape Liquor Board says liquor traders across the province are adversely impacted by the COVID 19 Lockdown and their businesses have stagnated.
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Quick Addo Fact: Mega Park. Starting from just 4,000 hectares the park now protects 186,000 hectares two islands. A further huge (200,000 ha) marine protected area is in the planning.

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After a manhunt was launched earlier on Thursday, 13 men have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of four men in the Qumbu.
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape says the province is projected to overtake Gauteng with the second-highest confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections in the country. The DA’s regional …
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Police said a large shipment of drugs including Mandrax and Dagga were confiscated. Two suspects have since been arrested.
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Quick Addo Fact: Mega Park. Starting from just 4,000 hectares the park now protects 186,000 hectares two islands. A further huge (200,000 ha) marine protected area is in the planning.

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Look: SANParks distributes food parcels to destitute communities

A South African National Parks (SANParks) initiative led by SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni distributed food parcels and water tanks to vulnerable communities bordering Marakele National Park in …
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Quick Addo Fact: Addo features a main camp, featuring a swimming pool, restaurant, flood lit water hole and various accommodation, four other rest camps and four camps run by concessionaires. The main entrance as well as two looped tourist roads in the park are tarred while the others are graveled. There is also an additional access road through the southern block of the park feeding off the N2 highway near Colchester; it joins up with the existing tourist roads in the park.

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South Africa confirms 183 new cases in prison system, taking total to 571

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in prisons across the country has increased to 571, after 183 new cases were reported by the Department of Correctional Services on Sunday.
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Health authorities of South Africa said on Saturday that 831 more patients have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the country, which marks the largest daily rise in the number of newly diagnosed …
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An out-of-context clip featuring Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has left social media users wondering whether she was referring to coats or doctors.
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Quick Addo Fact: Massive Reintroduction of Historical Species. Many species that historically lived in the have been successfully reintroduced to the park including lion, hyena, cheetah and mountain zebra.

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Should e-learning be the new norm in a post-Covid-19 world?

Part of this debate suffers from what Arundhati Roy correctly identifies as this mentality which seeks to drag dead ideas into the new world. There’s a resistance to adopt new methods that are …
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Aspen Pharmacare has confirmed that an employee at its Port Elizabeth site has tested positive for COVID-19. Group Operating Officer, Lorraine Hill says the employee is self-isolating and receiving …
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For each job saved in manufacturing, the Eastern Cape provincial government will reward companies with R10,000.
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Quick Addo Fact: Not Just the Big Five – the Big Seven. Addo (as us locals call it!) is home to the Big Seven. This includes the Big Five of elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard, rhino plus great white sharks and southern right whales.

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Food and sanitary hampers delivered to residents – Addo

ON May 5, the CEO of South African National Parks, Fundisile Mketeni, and the Eastern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mlungisi Mvoko, started delivery of …
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Quick Addo Fact: Unique Vegetation and Longest Dunes in Southern Hemisphere. The park is also unique in that it protects an immense array of vegetation, which stretches from the semi-arid Karoo to rugged mountains, through river valleys and all the way down to a wild coastline with the longest dunes in the southern hemisphere.

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Drive the beloved country: Three post-lockdown routes you need to take

Apart from the lush Garden Route and more semi-desert region of the Karoo, here are a few road trips that you need to experience in your lifetime.
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The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa has increased by a massive 698 to 11 350, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Tuesday.
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The Western Cape has recorded a surge of 484 confirmed Covid-19 infections, contributing to SA’s total cases rising to 11,350. The province, with 6,105 cases, now has 53,8% of the country’s infections …
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Quick Addo Fact: More than 600 elephants, 400 Cape buffaloes, over 48 endangered black rhinos (Diceros bicornis michaeli) as well as a variety of antelope species. Lion and spotted hyena have also recently been re-introduced to the area. The largest remaining population of the flightless dung beetle (Circellium bacchus) is located within the park.

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Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Thoko Didiza announced on Saturday that an African Swine Fever outbreak has been detected in the Eastern Cape Province for the first time.
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Two men aged 20 and 21 were arrested on Saturday after the robbery and attempted murder of a 47-year-old e-hailing taxi driver.
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About 50 pigs have perished in the Amathole District. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is reportedly investigating, and has quarantined the village.
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Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?

Quick Addo Fact: Largest Breeding Colony of African Penguins. Addo Elephant National Park’s St Croix Island protects the world’s largest breeding ground of the endangered African Penguins.

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SANParks CEO Fundisile Mketeni said at the moment it did not have an alternative source of income, saying it would do lots of promotions once tourism opened again.
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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

Quick Addo Fact: Mega Park. Starting from just 4,000 hectares the park now protects 186,000 hectares two islands. A further huge (200,000 ha) marine protected area is in the planning.

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