LOCAL GRADE 6 CLASS BUYS SOME REAL ESTATENovember 30, 2008 by dyertrustOn the 12th September 2008, the 43 students of Heidi Chivell's grade six class from Gansbaai Primary School made an investment that most school children don't even think about. The class pooled together money from their own pockets, by saving up coins and loose change, and together bought a very [...]
FACES OF NEED SHARKSNovember 29, 2008 by dyertrustOne hundred million sharks are killed each year. Thats 100,000,000! and this huge statistic continues to grow worldwide now as you read this article. In fact, the majority of shark species now (of which over 100 live off the South African coastline) are over 90% in decline, and the worst thing is the one [...]
DICT MAKES DONATION TO SOUTH AFRICAN SHARK CONSERVACY FOLLOWING STORM DAMAGENovember 27, 2008 by dyertrust<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-598" title="" src="http://old.dict.org.za/blogs/2011/09/news_fonsharkmeag.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="208">On the weekend of August 30th 2008, the Western Cape witnessed a massive cold front that saw high winds and extreme sea conditions which caused significant damage along the whole of the coastline. One of the victims of this [...]
THE FIRST ANNUAL AFRICAN PENGUIN MEETING IN GANSBAAINovember 25, 2008 by dyertrustAfrican Penguins are the only penguin species that breed in Africa, and are found on offshore islands and a few land based colonies in Namibia and South Africa. Like many penguin species, the African Penguin population is in serious trouble with the breeding census figures released in 2006 documenting the [...]