Independent on Saturday

Holiday in your garden

LAST week I took my wife Pamela on a surprise trip to Simbavati Hilltop Camp in the Timbavati Game Reserve for her birthday.

Travelling through Northern Natal, into Mpumulanga and finally into Limpopo, the vegetation changed from sub-tropical in Durban, to acacia country in Northern Natal then into Mopani country in the Lowveld showcased the incredible plant diversity of our country.

I was pleased to see that most of the eastern parts of South Africa have had lots of rain and the rivers were flowing and many

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