PRIVATE GAME WILDLIFE RANCHING

Happy predictions of a good La Niña rainy season (October 2020 to May 2021) in South Africa are a wonderful way to kick off the fast-approaching new year. Having already experienced the joys of good rains in the Waterberg and seeing water in dams tha

The dramatic COVID-19 reset of the world economy remains in full swing and with it an era of great uncertainty about the future. Whereas China and some of its neighbouring Asian countries appear to have navigated their way through the crisis and now

A new wave of global climate change activism will hit the world media once the focus on Covid-19 returns to the ‘new normal'. Response by the State will in all probability follow the typical style of development of jurisprudence similar to the way it

Conservation activist Don Pinnock argued in an opinion piece published in the Daily Maverick1 that the application of the precautionary principle required for the trade in lion bone to be outlawed. He based this on the claim that lion bones could be

We are all set for an off-road travel adventure with the family to Botswana. The Cruiser is packed to the brim and ready for the trip. It has taken ages to pack and repack the wagon because we have to be super well-prepared for the ‘bundus'. Once the

Dr Deon de Jager is a conservation geneticist interested in understanding how the present-day genetic diversity of African ungulates was shaped by past climatic changes and recent human impact, and how to effectively manage and conserve these species

Jane Wiltshire is a postdoctoral fellow of the African Wildlife Economy Institute of the Stellenbosch University, having completed her doctoral thesis on ‘The International Trade in Rhino Horn: Can Scenario Planning increase Consensus amongst Highly-

The Mabula Ground Hornbill Project was founded in 1999 and since its establishment has grown from a tiny project simply trying to learn how to reintroduce a complex, long-lived species like a ground hornbill, to becoming the national conservation lea

Earth's path of change since origin follows a sequence of natural climatic and atmospheric oscillations, as described in Part 1 (PRIVATE GAME Issue 1), and continuously effects global dynamics of vegetation, habitats and fodder production. Consequent

The increased frequency of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in South Africa is disturbing and reflects a failure of the relevant authorities to effectively control the disease. The economic impact of this disease on agriculture and on the count

If the paella becomes too dry, add extra wine or half a cup of vegetable stock. When using Thai black rice, do not cook it the traditional ‘paella way'. Cook this kind of rice separately first and per the instructions on the packet. Add the rice to t

One has to admit that no matter how organised a chef you might be, there will come a time that you’ll get unexpected visitors, and when you open your fridge door, a hot panic hits you – there’s only a little bit of this and that! I don’t consider mys