by RiverRescue | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
08 FEBRUARY, 2023 I was looking for a site for the skip at the Fitchat Street Bridge when a man came along the bank of the river and prepared to throw an entire lemon tree into the river. “Please don’t!” I said. “We’re bringing a skip tomorrow and if you leave the...
by RiverRescue | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
02 AUGUST, 2022 “If you were born in Grahamstown/Makhanda less than 25 years ago, and have never been out of the town, you have never seen a river.” So said the (now retired) school-teacher, Ntombomzi Monakali (pictured here) from Fikizolo Primary School who worked...
by RiverRescue | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
27 JUNE, 2022 “If you were born in Grahamstown/Makhanda less than 20 years ago, and have never been out of the town, you have never seen a river.” So said the (now retired) schoolteacher, Ntombomzi Monakali from Fikizolo Primary School who worked with me right at the...
by RiverRescue | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
13 MAY, 2022 July 2020 Covid hard lockdown eased, and we headed off to Vukani. Two bridges cross the tributary that runs from two springs at the head of the valley, down the grassy slopes to join the Bloukrans River on its way to Port Alfred. The lower bridge is too...
by RiverRescue | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
21 APRIL, 2022 New Year, 2020 Jarvis Street Inspired by Afroz Shah’s example (he was the muscle and inspiration behind cleaning up Versova Beach in Mumbai), I looked at the bridge at Jarvis Street, and thought, “It’s not as big as Versova Beach”. After all, my dream...
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