by RiverRescue | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
14 SEPTEMBER, 2023 Rhodes University Canoe Club spent some time clearing alien vegetation in the Croft Street stream. Clearing alien invasives is FANTASTIC muscle building exercise! RUCC members: Liam Yell; Mike mcKenzie; Dane Smit; Brooklin Sofianas; Clio...
by RiverRescue | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
28 JUNE, 2023 Teaching, learning and researching with the river and its rescuers By: Jessica Cockburn [email protected] 072 102 2875 Senior Lecturer in Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University “Come forth unto the light of things, and let nature...
by RiverRescue | Apr 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
21 MARCH, 2023 Peter Wasswa, an MSc student from Uganda with an interest in hydrology, is conducting his research at the Institute of Water Research at Rhodes University. Recently he spent three months in the Netherlands where the Dutch approach to water, cleanliness...
by RiverRescue | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
21 MARCH, 2023 What are you doing for your PhD? My response to a non- scientist By: Mary Chibwe Degree: PhD (Water Resource Science), Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University Rivers are often places of peace and tranquillity where people relax and enjoy nature....
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...
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