Take the plunge at the Two Oceans Aquarium
As an experienced dive instructor, I’ve had the privilege of diving in the most awe-inspiring underworld locations in Southern Africa. However, I had never been to the one special space on our doorstep that offers a dive experience like none other. Scuba diving at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town is definitely worthy of being included on everyone’s bucket list. This was my experience. By Lisa Leathes. Diving with a diving...
School teaches a lesson on plastic pollution
Dainfern College put an inventive spin on their Swimathon annual fundraiser. They wanted to highlight plastic pollution, so they added plastic bottles into their swimming pool before the swimathon. In line with the Dainfern College Foundation’s aim to ‘multiply our impact on the world around us,’ they had the school collect as many plastic bottles as possible. These were then thrown into the pool before the Grade 4-7 pupils swam, to...
Cave Diving – boldly going where no man has gone before
Cave diving is classified as an extreme sport. The list of things that can go wrong is endless. Equipment or light failure, leaking scuba tanks, broken guidelines, getting lost, cave collapse and poor visibility, to name a few. This 69-year old Marine Biology Professor defies the risks and dives to places no other humans have been to discover new life. Cave Diving is all in a typical day’s work He’s not your typical bespectacled...
Wavescape Festival – Clifton 4th Beach
Wavescape Festival – Clifton 4th Beach Join us under the stars for the 14th year of the Wavescape Surf & Ocean conservation festival. We’re proud to have become one of Cape Town’s premier summer festivals. This year, we bring you 26 surfing and ocean films from around the world screened in 3 indoor locations, The Labia Cinema (6pm and 8pm, Thu 7 to Sun 10 Dec, R80), Jack Black Beer (7pm, 5th Dec, R80) and Wawa Wooden...
A true story about Turtles – Georgina Jones
Over a hundred million years ago, a lumbering armour-plated creature decided to head back to the sea. Maybe life on land was just too dangerous. Or maybe the effort of hauling all that armour around on its sturdy legs was just too much. Or maybe there was tempting food to be had. Our guest contributor, Georgina Jones, a highly-regarded marine naturalist and author, shares her extensive marine knowledge on turtles with our...
Is Fish Farming the Solution to Over Fishing?
Is Fish Farming the Solution to Over Fishing? Decades of industrialised over-fishing have decimated our stocks of wild fish. Against a backdrop of the global population explosion and a relentless human appetite for fish, Amanzi Magazine explores whether the business of fish farming is a sustainable answer to future food security. Is Fish Farming the Solution to Over Fishing? We explore Aquaculture from 2 different angles...
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Amanzi has joined forces with Waves for Change (W4C) – an award-winning surf therapy programme that is changing lives, one wave at a time. We have ...Chad will launch the Chad Le Clos Academy (CLeC) at the Quadrant Complex in Claremont, Cape Town this Friday. He has a total of 17 career gold medals to his name, 3 of which have been bagged at this month’s Games in Gold Coast, Le Clos has his sights set on opening a “world-class” swimming academy. The Academy will focus on training young children to swim and, ultimately, pursue the path to Olympic greatness. Le Clos, who now lives in Cape Town, hopes to expand the academy to other provinces throughout South Africa. Welcome to Cape Town and Amanzi fans look forward to visiting your academy Chad Le Clos Swimming South Africa
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The swimming academy will focus on training young children to swim and, ultimately, pursue the path to Olympic greatness.Huge Congrats to Kyle Buckingham the new Ironman African Champ from all Amanzi fans! Velocity Sports Lab HiltonWell done to Kyle Buckingham!
Winner of the Standard Bank Ironman African Championship 2018!
We are so proud! What a great achievement!
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