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    Samara Private Game Reserve

    The Big Five are roaming the Karoo again at Samara Private Game reserve, in an ambitious restoration project that has returned former rundown farmland to its natural state.

  • Fighting the fake news epidemic

    The only thing spreading faster than the Corona virus is fake news, from miracle cures to false information that might prevent someone from from taking the correct precautions.

  • Hunting rhino - with a microchip and clipboard

    The war against rhino poaching sometimes seems hopeless, but the dedicated teams on the ground - and in the air - are doing all they can to save the species.

  • Strapping on some attitude

    High heels raise the sex appeal, but it took me a long, loooong time to figure that out.

  • Awakening Minds

    Shakespeare gives hope to the homeless in this great initiative where old words gain new relevance.

  • Zip Zap Social Circus School

    Street kids find a way to soar above their circumstances. Running away to the circus is suddenly back in vogue.

  • The town that became a death camp

    A chilling visit to Terezín, a town that turned into a death camp.

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