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About Heather Dugmore

Heather Dugmore was born and raised in Johannesburg. She has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Rhodes University, South Africa. She operates between her base in the Eastern Cape and her office in Johannesburg. Her writing reflects the diversity of her experience: from humour to environmental conservation to business to academic research. Heather contributes to leading newspapers, magazines, universities and corporates. She has produced, managed and edited content in all its multimedia forms – including books, features, photographs, websites, magazines, publications, reports, newsletters and brochures.

Numeracy and Prof Mellony Graven

By |2020-03-05T06:07:42+00:00October 11th, 2016|Features|

Maths is Messy and Experimental “South Africa’s Grade 9 national average for mathematics was 11% in 2014, which points to the reality that we have already lost most maths learners by Grade 9,” says Rhodes University Professor Mellony Graven of the Numeracy Chair Project, which is focusing on improving basic maths skills in South African [...]

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Radical Transformation ­ Eastern Cape Communal Woolgrowers

By |2020-03-05T06:07:42+00:00October 11th, 2016|Farming|

Radical Transformation was the theme for the 5th Eastern Cape Communal Woolgrowers Association Congress, organised by the National Wool Growers Association (NWGA). It was hosted by the Wittebergen shearing shed in the Herschel, Sterkspruit district on 25 August 2016, and attended by over 1200 Eastern Cape communal wool farmers, the NWGA leadership and government representatives. [...]

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PROF GRANT MCLAREN KNIGHT OF SIGHT

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 11th, 2016|Features|

For over three decades, Professor Grant McLaren has driven the long, straight road into Soweto to the St John Eye Hospital at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. He is the fulltime head of the eye hospital, and, together with his team, they attend to 250 - 300 eye patients a day. With skills that would earn [...]

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Facebook Affairs

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 11th, 2016|Features|

When we’re on Facebook, BBM’ing, Internet dating or sms’ing, we can be whoever our fantasy wants us to be and the people we meet online can become our fantasy relationship. We can be taller, slimmer, more interesting, more intelligent and more attractive. We can be selective about the information we give out and leave out [...]

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Lucrative informal economies in our midst – GG Alcock

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 11th, 2016|Features|

If you are worried about South Africa’s economy and whether there are still opportunities here, speak to GG Alcock and your optimism will be restored. There are lucrative markets staring at South African producers and businesses, but they are simply not seeing them. That’s what GG Alcock says. The CEO of Minanawe, a specialist marketing [...]

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Eleven years of Nedbank development cycling

By |2016-12-14T09:05:40+00:00October 11th, 2016|Features|

This year, 2016, is the 11th year of the Nedbank Sport Affinity's support of the Nedbank/Sports Trust Development Cycling Programme in the Western Cape, including the Boland and West Coast regions. Since 2005, as a result of the programme, 1 186 high-school learners have participated in the Cape Argus Cycle Tour (now known as the [...]

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Water on our minds – Stellenbosch citizens get active

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 11th, 2016|Sustainability|

Water is on everyone's minds, at last. It should have happened a long time ago, but now that we are facing ongoing water shortages, droughts and water quality crises, South Africa is finally paying attention to what conservation and water health mean. Foreseeing this three decades ago, the WWF-SA's Freshwater Programme has focused on a [...]

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Vegetation could be key to predator control

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 11th, 2016|Farming|

Introduction In the Karoo, jackal and caracal favour micromammals such as Karoo bush rats and the four-striped field mouse, and will target these as a key part of their diet, even when there are sheep and goats available. Body copy Many livestock farmers in the Karoo who have been losing sheep and goats to jackal [...]

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The Vibe The Atmosphere – Nedbank Community Cycle Races

By |2020-03-05T06:07:43+00:00October 10th, 2016|Features|

The vibe, the atmosphere – The Nedbank Sports Trust Community Cycle Races 'The vibe, the atmosphere at the Nedbank Sports Trust Community Cycle Races – it's incredible. The races have taken off faster than we ever anticipated,' says Mike Tippett, project coordinator for cycling development at The Sports Trust, which manages Nedbank Sport Affinity-funded projects. [...]

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Letlhogonolo Nche’s A Walk In A Museum

By |2016-12-14T09:05:41+00:00October 10th, 2016|Features|

Monkeys, giraffes and lions dancing in Kimberley Introduction He brings monkeys, giraffes and lions to learners in the Northern Cape, all through dance. Heather Dugmore speaks to Letlhogonolo Nche about his new production called A Walk In A Museum. Body copy At the dance studio in Kimberley's Mayibuye Multipurpose Centre, dancer teacher, choreographer and producer, [...]

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