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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.

How Mazeppa got its name

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 22nd, 2011|Features|

I knew there was something special about the chiffonier when I saw it standing on auction in the once grand dining room of No 2 Richmond Road, a Victorian home in the town of Middelburg in the Karoo. […]

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An Holistic Triumph Over Convention

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 22nd, 2011|Farming|

In the old South Africa it was a crime to exceed the official stocking rate without permission from the Soil Conservation Committee (SCC). It was against that background that Graaff-Reinet livestock farmer Dougie Stern asked the SCC to visit his farm Rietpoort in 1992 to reassess his stocking rate on the strength of his veld. [...]

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The Importance of Trace Minerals & Vitamins

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 9th, 2011|Farming|

Graaff-Reinet veterinarian Dr Roland Larson’s research on the effects of trace minerals and vitamins in livestock, especially small stock, is showing the way forward for exciting improvements in condition, productivity and the treatment of disease. […]

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New Green Milestone Achieved by the Carbon Neutral Bank

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 9th, 2011|Corporate|

The Nedbank Group, Africa’s only carbon neutral financial institution, has once again proved why it is one of South Africa’s greenest companies, with new milestones achieved over the past year. […]

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50 Years Of Sheepdog Trials in South Africa

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 9th, 2011|Farming|

Memories of his younger farming years must have come flooding back to 87-year-old Chipper Kingwill as he sat in the stands watching the Jubilee Sheepdog Trials in Graaff-Reinet on the 6th and 7th of May. Fifty years ago Chipper was one of the founder members of the South African Sheepdog Association (SASDA). Several of his [...]

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SHAMWARI Soul of The Earth

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 9th, 2011|Books|

Shamwari Game Reserve pioneered Big 5, malaria-free tourism in South Africa's Eastern Cape and led the trend for many other game reserves to transform overgrazed farms into thriving commercial game reserves. Legendary conservationist, the late Dr Ian Player said: The history of Shamwari is a remarkable story and without precedent in the modern history of [...]

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Fracking Karoo: Shame on You Shell

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 7th, 2011|Sustainability|

Someone is misstating the truth. That someone is soon to be identified because they are breaking the law. This came to light at a volatile meeting in the Karoo town of Middelburg on Friday where petroleum giant Shell together with Golder, the environmental consultancy hired by Shell, presented their draft Environmental Management Programme (EMP) to [...]

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The Chef, the Chief & the Spekboom Custard

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 6th, 2011|Sustainability|

Christiana could not get enough of Dario’s spekboom custard. She asked for more, which is not the done thing at Cube where the whole idea is that you get 20 starter-sized bites with unexpected flavour combinations and textures. […]

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Will You Marry Me, My Darling

By |2020-03-05T06:07:49+00:00June 6th, 2011|Sustainability|

“Will you marry me, my darling, but without a ring?” “What planet are you living on, no ring!” “I’m living on the planet where if I slipped a gold band on your finger darling, every time I looked at it all I would see is 1.5 to 3 tons of rock being ripped from the [...]

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