Posts tagged "Western Cape"

Fish Hoek High School pupil David Pretorius ranked No 1 in the Western Cape in Fencing

Fish Hoek High School pupil David Pretorius in Gr 9, recently competed in the Regional and National fencing competitions at the end of March & April. At the Provincial competition he won two silver medals in the U17 cadet section and has […]

 
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Amaryllis belladonna or March Lily: the Silvermine River Wetlands Flower of the Month for March

Amaryllis belladonna - or Belladonna Lily - is a bulbous geophyte, native to the Western Cape and flowering from February to April.

 
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Image of Velvet Spider dragged as prey by Spider Wasp in Fish Hoek

I was fascinated by a wasp dragging a dead-looking spider larger than itself towards what looked like a nest at our home in Fish Hoek.

 
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Floods in Kalk Bay, Main Road under water – images from one of our readers

Lynn sent in these pictures of Main Road Bay under water after the storms which flooded Cape Town and other parts of the Western Cape. The photos were taken on Saturday 16 November.           Many thanks, […]

 
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Foreigners dominate the Best 4 Strand Paddle Battle in Cape Town Summer Surfski Series in storm ravaged Cape

Despite torrential downpours and storms that ravaged the Western Cape 2 days before the event, the Best 4 Strand Paddle Battle – Race 5 in Cape Town Summer Surfski Series – turned out to be a great event ...

 
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More rainfall figures for Fish Hoek/Clovelly and images of flooded Silvermine River wetlands

Evanne Rothwell writes: We recorded 130 ml at the Silvermine Wetlands this weekend – up to Sunday morning. This was the highest rainfall we had recorded since....

 
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