Water Polo – Rondebosch wins the SACs Cup
Water polo, the originally British game that has conquered the hearts, and lifestyles, of many over the world. Now South Africa is producing some of the best at schools! SACS u19 Cup is one of South Africa’s most prestigious water polo events. Only the highest ranked schools in South Africa compete – namely Rondebosch Boys’ High School, SACS, Bishops, Paul Roos and Wynberg from the Western Cape; St Johns, Jeppe and...
Water Crisis or Temporary Discomfort?
The long-time-coming water crisis came as a surprise to thousands and served as a lesson to millions. How did it happen? The crisis came about for three main reasons: climatic conditions, population growth, and negligence of previous water-restriction policies. It simply wasn’t raining enough and people in Cape Town seldom ever had to think about water consumption. The cost of water in fact, only ever affected the percentage of...
Scuba Diving Cape Town with Into The Blue
We had the opportunity to interview Theo, from Into The Blue Diving Centre. Theo is a Dive Instructor, with intimate knowledge of the ocean, its creatures, and its moods. He shared personal insight into the life of a Scuba Diver in Cape Town. Find out what the perks, and challenges, of this extreme (and perhaps extremely meditative) water sport are! How long have you been scuba diving and what is diving to you? Theo: Sho, okay...
S.A.’s high-flying wakeboarding champ
She’s just 17 years old, in Grade 11 and was crowned the Junior Women World Champion Wakeboarder at the WWA championships in 2017. This is an Amanzi exclusive with our very own homegrown wakeboarding sensation, Megan Nel. Q: How did you get into wakeboarding? I got into wakeboarding when we went to our local cable park, Blue Rock at Sir Lowry’s Pass, as a family outing to do some fun outdoor activities. I started with...
Ecoboards – the future of sustainable surfing
Most surfers are conservationists by default. However, if we were to unpack the materials surfboards are made of, we may start to question our altruistic naturalist stance. Surfboards of polished wood Gone are the original Hawaiian days of surfboards made of polished wood. Surfboards are built out of non-biodegradable foam, plastered with fiberglass, and then coated with toxic resins. Surfboards are made almost entirely from...
Two Sailing Conductors & a Mantis
It was the Dalai Lama that said: “Once a year, go some place you’ve never been before”. When two music-loving dudes set sail from Sydney to Berlin for the love of music, they were going to a lot of places (31 countries). And then SA’s enigmatic muso, Jack Mantis, joined them. The Sailing Conductors Ben and Hannes were two German sound engineers, aspiring musicians and had just graduated. They weren’t going to follow a...
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The adverse effects of humans and over exposure tourism.
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Poaching brings abalone, rock lobster stocks to critical levels.
Professor Doug Butterworth, a mathematician at the University of Cape Town who does research on abalone and rock lobster on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), told members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on Friday that West Coast rock lobster levels are currently at only 2% of what they used to be and that there had been a 20% drop in numbers in the past five years.
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