Barbel Frenzy

A nice fish taken by Frenzy pictured here with guest at the Umzimkulu Marina, Jacques. Jacques also caught two Paling (eel) a bit later in the evening… Summer time in the river is characterised by these muddy fish…winter time is when we encounter the kingfish, rock salmon, grunter and even Garrick (leervis). The perch (up … Read more

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Great White killed at Sunwich Port

Great White Shark Tracking Project

In a wierd twist within the Osearch Shark Tracking story we started to follow last week, one of the tagged Great White Sharks was caught and killed by the Natal Sharks Board at none other than our favourite surfing beach – Sunwich Port, down here on the south coast of Kwazulu Natal! The beautiful fish … Read more

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MAPUTO POWER SUPPLY BACK TO NORMAL, SAYS EDM

50213E Maputo, 13 Feb (AIM) – Mozambique’s publicly owned electricity company, EDM, on Wednesday said it has completed the bulk of the work required to restore Maputo’s power supply to normal, after the Saturday morning explosion that destroyed distribution control panels at the SONEFE sub-station. For three and a half days the city suffered lengthy … Read more

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Shad / Elf : Protected Species? by Robin Flood

  On Saturday 09/02/2013, the Arendse Netters did a ‘trek’ at Strandfontein, Cape Town. What they did was haul a massive load of Elf/Shad… and Cob. They use an old white Isuzu bakkie to load the fish to transport and to launch their boat. Joining them happened to be another bakkie, I am told owned … Read more

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FOURTH DAY OF POWER CUTS IN MAPUTO 42213E

Maputo, 12 Feb (AIM) – Maputo suffered its fourth day of lengthy power cuts on Tuesday, following the explosion on Saturday morning at the gas-fired sub-station that controlled distribution of electricity throughout southern Mozambique. Despite all the efforts by staff of the electricity company, EDM, including calling on the services of technicians from Germany, the … Read more

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