The decline in elephant numbers across most of Africa has not been uniform, with many populations growing rapidly in the southern part of the continent. The recent ‘Elephant in the Room’ conference in Zimbabwe focused on three main options — chopping elephant numbers; limiting further growth via contraception, or finding more space for a species that has already lost 85% of its historic living range due to human expansion. There was also a more limited discussion on the ‘do nothing’ option.
It seems bizarre to be talking about killing or curbing the growth rate of Africa’s elephants, considering that they were listed…
E-commerce Growth: The e-commerce sector in South Africa is rapidly growing,
with increasing online shopping and digital payment solutions.
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Fun South African Fact: Three different destinations make up South Africa’s capital cities. This is to represent the South African government being divided into three sections. Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Interestingly, Parliament meetings take place for six months in Cape Town and six months in Pretoria.
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Ukraine: You have two cows. One of them feeds on American grass, the other feeds on Russian grass.