Photos: Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media Inanda Dam – The podium in the 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon’s ladies contest is definitely not settled as there was some movement below the podium on the second stage of the race as Jenna Ward used her flat water experience to put pressure on current second place occupant Cana Peek with Laura O’Donoghue extending her advantage…
Inanda Dam – The Dusi Canoe Marathon has confirmed that 57 year-old paddler Heine Jordaan died while competing in Friday’s second stage of the 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon.Jordaan, a Durban dentist, started the second stage in G batch with experienced fellow Stella Canoe Club paddler Neels Meyer at 07h55 before getting into difficulty at a rapid near Big Bend Rapid, about seven kilometres from…
The Chairperson of the Mayibuye Community Trust, Mr Welcome Mphanga, has called for an end urgent end to poaching to preserve the legacy of future generations. Speaking on behalf of his community in the Camperdown area where the big five Mayibuye Community Game Reserve is currently under development, he explained; “Our people must learn to love animals, not just their…
Pietermaritzburg – The Dusi Umgeni Conservation Trust (DUCT) last week laid out a rope on Inanda Dam in an attempt to cordon off the abundant water hyacinth but in the past few days it seems that large sections of this rope have been stolen which has left DUCT Field Manager Bart Fokkens and his team with a lot of cleaning…
The Durban Green Corridor (DGC) is an initiative of the eThekwini Municipality and the Duzi uMngeni Conservation Trust (DUCT). This initiative focuses on creating job opportunities as well as social empowerment, promotion of eco-tourism and adventure sports, education and nature protection as well as conservation of the uMngeni River Valley and estuary. The Durban Green Corridor programme seeks to integrate…