Do the right thing! Save our groundwater and plant indigenous.

The Magaliesberg Protection Association is readying itself for a legal battle with the North West Department of Environment and Conservantion over its belated approval of a controversial upmarket hotel establishment in the Magaliesberg Protected Environment, report the Saturday Star (10 July, 2010)

The Protected Environment is a proclaimed no-go zone for development because of the high ecological sensitivity.

Did you know that there are 41 species of land tortoises worldwide? Of these, eight are endemic to the renosterveld of the Western Cape, and four to Gauteng.

Thankfully, the vuvuzela noise of the 2010 World Cup Soccer, is gone! There were many comments on the dangers of the decibels for human hearing. Every time a quad bike disturbs our Sunday afternoon nap, we become highly agitated. With good reason!

Currently, the South African rhino population totals 21 000. This year already, 186 rhinos have been hunted illegally (Willem Pelser, Rapport Nuus, 29 August 2010).

When architect Andy Horn was still a student, it bothered him that architectural practices were not harmonised with nature's cycles, and that architectural structures were often in conflict with the natural environment.

At a conference on ‘green' architecture in Japan, he was introduced to the concept of moon phase harvesting. He explaines: "A tree is a living thing that breathes. The juices of the tree, containing many nutrients, flow through the tree when it ‘breathes'.

Residents in the area are urged to use the recycling facility at FJ Kloppers Primary School. Tins are collected for recycling at the school.

Did you know?

There are approximately 30 000 spider species worldwide.  In South Africa, 5000 species can be found, of which the black button spider is the most dangerous and the most venomous.

We are well aware of the chaotic state of our country’s water resources, and we’d like to believe that Conservancy members are aware of the facts. Injudicious water usage and wastage can no longer be ignored. The Water Act is violated daily, when water is pumped for irrigation without the required permission from Water Affairs, when weirs are made in the Magalies River and streams, and when earth dams are made without permission. It is most unacceptable when earth dams are filled with clean borehole water. Believe it or not, this really happens!