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UPDATE: SEE AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE! I think we all have to make peace with the fact that load shedding is with us to stay for a long time to come. It is when the supply of electricity cannot meet the demand. In fact, 'rolling black outs' recently also affected...

Well, no doubt 2020 turned out to be quite something different than what most of us had expected at the beginning, I am sure. The latest figures for Corona are still looking good, so let us pray that it stays that way. Just to be sure, please: let us still be careful...

picture:  INHABITANTS FROM ONE OF THE HOUSES OF HOPE We, that is my wife and myzelf, and the other directors of Heart for Children, have identified a serious problem regarding our youth. How do we handle the children that have been fostered and that have now grown up...

I notice that the graph showing the number of new Corona patients is going down, so perhaps it is time to relax a bit. If there is one thing that all South Africans have in common, it is our love for dancing! Some people here even do a dance when they are not happy!...

a) Bathymetric map of the central-western Mediterranean Sea. Red triangle: location of SW104-ND11 core; red circles: marine records used for the comparison; (b) Bathymetric map of the Sicily Channel showing surface oceanographic circulation and core location. Black...

Looking at the results from a weather station where I live here in Pretoria, I find that winter here has been cooler than it was last year. The recorded temperatures in for May & June 2020 each are about 2 degrees lower than May and June last year (2019). The...