Crowd of 1 600 packs hall to hear Slabbert
- Authors: Barkhuizen, Dawn
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar) , South Africa -- Politics and government , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa , African National Congress , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57773 , vital:26988 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Newspaper clipping reporting on the address by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (IDASA Executive Director), at the Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth. Dr. Slabbert addressed a crowd of 1600 interested parties, with the message of the address focussing on the outcomes of the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Barkhuizen, Dawn
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar) , South Africa -- Politics and government , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa , African National Congress , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57773 , vital:26988 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Newspaper clipping reporting on the address by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (IDASA Executive Director), at the Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth. Dr. Slabbert addressed a crowd of 1600 interested parties, with the message of the address focussing on the outcomes of the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987
Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1985-03-01
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122088 , vital:35206
- Description: Caption "Lucky Bean seeds needed. Sir. I have received an appeal from Cape Town for these seeds. Large quantities are required to obtain a tissue plasminogen activator which will be used to manufacture a substance being used experimentally to dissolve blood clots. It the experiments come up to expectations a new drug will be produced for heart attack victims. I have seen many 'kaffirboom' trees in Grahamstown and I appeal to your readers to collect the seeds and leave them at the reception desk of Settlers Hospital. We will forward them to Cape Town. I look forward to the usual co-operation of the Grahamstown citizens. Yours etc. Dr. G. de L. White. Medical Superinendent, Grocott's Mail 1985-03-01."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985-03-01
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1985-03-01
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122088 , vital:35206
- Description: Caption "Lucky Bean seeds needed. Sir. I have received an appeal from Cape Town for these seeds. Large quantities are required to obtain a tissue plasminogen activator which will be used to manufacture a substance being used experimentally to dissolve blood clots. It the experiments come up to expectations a new drug will be produced for heart attack victims. I have seen many 'kaffirboom' trees in Grahamstown and I appeal to your readers to collect the seeds and leave them at the reception desk of Settlers Hospital. We will forward them to Cape Town. I look forward to the usual co-operation of the Grahamstown citizens. Yours etc. Dr. G. de L. White. Medical Superinendent, Grocott's Mail 1985-03-01."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985-03-01
Gumtree 130 years old
- Authors: Jacot Guillarmod, Amy
- Date: 1985-03-01
- Subjects: Trees -- Grahamstown, South Africa , Eucalyptus robusta -- Grahamstown, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65851 , vital:28847
- Description: Newspaper article: "Gumtree 130 years old.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985-03-01
- Authors: Jacot Guillarmod, Amy
- Date: 1985-03-01
- Subjects: Trees -- Grahamstown, South Africa , Eucalyptus robusta -- Grahamstown, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65851 , vital:28847
- Description: Newspaper article: "Gumtree 130 years old.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985-03-01
Sneezewood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1984-04-03
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116701 , vital:34429
- Description: Caption "This sneezewood xylophone was recently donated to Nombulelo Secondary School by Mrs F. Kemp, a well-wisher in Knysna. Seen with the instrument are L-R: Mr Andrew Tracey, who with Ms Patricia Sandler demonstrated it to the pupils, Mrs Heather Tracey, who made the presentation on behalf of Mrs Kemp, and Mr Dennis Dreyer, Principle of Nombulelo, who received the xylophone on behalf of the school. Grocott's Mail. 1984.04.03.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-04-03
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1984-04-03
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116701 , vital:34429
- Description: Caption "This sneezewood xylophone was recently donated to Nombulelo Secondary School by Mrs F. Kemp, a well-wisher in Knysna. Seen with the instrument are L-R: Mr Andrew Tracey, who with Ms Patricia Sandler demonstrated it to the pupils, Mrs Heather Tracey, who made the presentation on behalf of Mrs Kemp, and Mr Dennis Dreyer, Principle of Nombulelo, who received the xylophone on behalf of the school. Grocott's Mail. 1984.04.03.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-04-03
Sneezewood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1984-04-03
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116722 , vital:34431
- Description: Caption "Nombulelo Secondary School, in Joza, was recently presented with an African Xylophone by Mrs F. Kemp of Knysna. The traditional instrument, which was made locally from indigenious sneezewood originates from Uganda. Grocott's Mail. 1984.04.03. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-04-03
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1984-04-03
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116722 , vital:34431
- Description: Caption "Nombulelo Secondary School, in Joza, was recently presented with an African Xylophone by Mrs F. Kemp of Knysna. The traditional instrument, which was made locally from indigenious sneezewood originates from Uganda. Grocott's Mail. 1984.04.03. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-04-03
Garden giants 100 years old
- Authors: South African Digest
- Date: 1984-03-23
- Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/74190 , vital:30272
- Description: Newspaper article: A living landmark in Pietermaritzburg's history, a grove of trees in the heart of the Botanic Gardens, is 100 years old this year. These gnarled giants, all planted in 1884 or earlier, are "probably the most representative selection of exotic trees in South Africa". according to the curator of the Gardens, Mr Brian Tarr. He sees education as the real function of a botanical garden. Picture: Mr Tarr among the roots of a giant Morton Bay fig planted more than 100 years ago. The Natal Witness. S.A.Digest. 1984-03-23.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-03-23
- Authors: South African Digest
- Date: 1984-03-23
- Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/74190 , vital:30272
- Description: Newspaper article: A living landmark in Pietermaritzburg's history, a grove of trees in the heart of the Botanic Gardens, is 100 years old this year. These gnarled giants, all planted in 1884 or earlier, are "probably the most representative selection of exotic trees in South Africa". according to the curator of the Gardens, Mr Brian Tarr. He sees education as the real function of a botanical garden. Picture: Mr Tarr among the roots of a giant Morton Bay fig planted more than 100 years ago. The Natal Witness. S.A.Digest. 1984-03-23.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984-03-23
Sneezewood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1982-10-05
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116732 , vital:34432
- Description: Caption "African Musical Instruments, a Grahamstown company, has won a Design Institute/Shell Design Award 1982, for its AMI Alto Zylophone. Grocotts Mail. 05-10-1982. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-10-05
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1982-10-05
- Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116732 , vital:34432
- Description: Caption "African Musical Instruments, a Grahamstown company, has won a Design Institute/Shell Design Award 1982, for its AMI Alto Zylophone. Grocotts Mail. 05-10-1982. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-10-05
Sideroxylon inerme - Milkwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-10-08
- Subjects: Sideroxylon inerme -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120209 , vital:34859
- Description: Caption "Growing things. UPE Milkwood; A line of young milkwoods residential area of the University of Port Elzabeth campus. Thhey are being trained as standards, having been grown from seeds selected from upright forms of versatile Milkwood. Protected in nature, Milkwoods, Sideroxylon inerme, are being grown in fair numbers on the campus as they are among the relatively few trees that will accept the hard growing conditions on the sandy, limestone soil. Their crowns are being created well above the ground to form them into shade trees relatively quickly. The student in the picture, taken some time ago , is Johanna Jonker. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, October 8, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-10-08
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-10-08
- Subjects: Sideroxylon inerme -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120209 , vital:34859
- Description: Caption "Growing things. UPE Milkwood; A line of young milkwoods residential area of the University of Port Elzabeth campus. Thhey are being trained as standards, having been grown from seeds selected from upright forms of versatile Milkwood. Protected in nature, Milkwoods, Sideroxylon inerme, are being grown in fair numbers on the campus as they are among the relatively few trees that will accept the hard growing conditions on the sandy, limestone soil. Their crowns are being created well above the ground to form them into shade trees relatively quickly. The student in the picture, taken some time ago , is Johanna Jonker. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, October 8, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-10-08
Sideroxylon inerme - Milkwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-10-08
- Subjects: Sideroxylon inerme -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120220 , vital:34860
- Description: Caption "University of Port Elizabeth campus. Milkwoods, Sideroxylon inerme, are being grown in fair numbers on campus as they are among the relatively few trees. Student Johanna Jonker photographed some time ago. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, October 8, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-10-08
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-10-08
- Subjects: Sideroxylon inerme -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120220 , vital:34860
- Description: Caption "University of Port Elizabeth campus. Milkwoods, Sideroxylon inerme, are being grown in fair numbers on campus as they are among the relatively few trees. Student Johanna Jonker photographed some time ago. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, October 8, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-10-08
Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-08-27
- Subjects: Podocarpus falcatus -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122053 , vital:35203
- Description: Caption "Pride of the forest. An Outeniqua Yellowwood tower spectacularly over a clearing in the Alexandria Forest, and over botanist Mrs Noel Urton. Yellowwoods are the tallest trees of our forests and are extremely long lived. This one is probably some hundreds of years old. Magnificent tees for parks and large gardens, they are fast growing in moist conditions. One is on record as having grown to about 15 metres in 15 years from seed. E. P. Herald. 27 Aug. 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-27
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-08-27
- Subjects: Podocarpus falcatus -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122053 , vital:35203
- Description: Caption "Pride of the forest. An Outeniqua Yellowwood tower spectacularly over a clearing in the Alexandria Forest, and over botanist Mrs Noel Urton. Yellowwoods are the tallest trees of our forests and are extremely long lived. This one is probably some hundreds of years old. Magnificent tees for parks and large gardens, they are fast growing in moist conditions. One is on record as having grown to about 15 metres in 15 years from seed. E. P. Herald. 27 Aug. 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-27
Trunk call answered
- Date: 1980-08-16
- Subjects: Katimo Mulilo (Namibia) -- Photographs , Adansonia digitata -- Katimo Mulilo, South West Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71783 , vital:29950
- Description: Newspaper article: "Trunk call answered”. With two handwritten notes: "Also shown on S.A.B.C. Television July 1980", and, "Note some scars on bark to left of the door ...".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-16
- Date: 1980-08-16
- Subjects: Katimo Mulilo (Namibia) -- Photographs , Adansonia digitata -- Katimo Mulilo, South West Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71783 , vital:29950
- Description: Newspaper article: "Trunk call answered”. With two handwritten notes: "Also shown on S.A.B.C. Television July 1980", and, "Note some scars on bark to left of the door ...".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-16
SA tree 250 years old
- Date: 1980-08-06
- Subjects: Trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa , Orange trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71771 , vital:29949
- Description: Newspaper article: "SA tree 250 years old”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-06
- Date: 1980-08-06
- Subjects: Trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa , Orange trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71771 , vital:29949
- Description: Newspaper article: "SA tree 250 years old”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-08-06
Ocotea bullata - Black Stinkwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-07-02
- Subjects: Ocotea bullata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121992 , vital:35199
- Description: Caption "Proud owners of a Stinkwood. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, July 2, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-07-02
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-07-02
- Subjects: Ocotea bullata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121992 , vital:35199
- Description: Caption "Proud owners of a Stinkwood. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, July 2, 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-07-02
Sit under oak and think of our ancestors
- Authors: Harradine, Margaret
- Date: 1980-06-25
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Birt, W
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71858 , vital:29956
- Description: Newspaper article: "Sit under oak and think of our ancestors”.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-25
- Authors: Harradine, Margaret
- Date: 1980-06-25
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Birt, W
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71858 , vital:29956
- Description: Newspaper article: "Sit under oak and think of our ancestors”.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-25
Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears
- Date: 1980-06-16
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Gibbs, Peter
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71844 , vital:29955
- Description: Newspaper article: "Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears”. Plaque reads: "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-16
- Date: 1980-06-16
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Gibbs, Peter
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71844 , vital:29955
- Description: Newspaper article: "Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears”. Plaque reads: "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-16
Erythrina caffra - kaffirboom
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-06-07
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119909 , vital:34798
- Description: Caption "re-use paper save trees. Conservation Society Ltd. C.J Skead. 2 Florence St. Grahamstown. 6140."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-07
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-06-07
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/119909 , vital:34798
- Description: Caption "re-use paper save trees. Conservation Society Ltd. C.J Skead. 2 Florence St. Grahamstown. 6140."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-06-07
Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-05-38
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122128 , vital:35213
- Description: Caption "Ma,e of tree in 1820. E. P. Herald. 28 May 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-05-38
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-05-38
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122128 , vital:35213
- Description: Caption "Ma,e of tree in 1820. E. P. Herald. 28 May 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-05-38
Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-04-30
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122113 , vital:35212
- Description: Caption "Tree has new name at last. At last we have an acceptable name for the lovely Kaffirboom. Henceforth it is Coral Tree and that's as near official as can be. It appears in revised edition of 'The National Tree List', by Dr. B. de Winter and Dr. F. von Breitenbach. E. P. Herald. 30 April 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-04-30
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1980-04-30
- Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122113 , vital:35212
- Description: Caption "Tree has new name at last. At last we have an acceptable name for the lovely Kaffirboom. Henceforth it is Coral Tree and that's as near official as can be. It appears in revised edition of 'The National Tree List', by Dr. B. de Winter and Dr. F. von Breitenbach. E. P. Herald. 30 April 1980."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980-04-30
The Herald's ghost pines
- Date: 1979-08-30
- Subjects: Araucariaceae -- South Africa – Port Elizabeth --Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Mangold Family , Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71900 , vital:29963
- Description: Newspaper article: "The Herald's ghost pines”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-08-30
- Date: 1979-08-30
- Subjects: Araucariaceae -- South Africa – Port Elizabeth --Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Mangold Family , Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71900 , vital:29963
- Description: Newspaper article: "The Herald's ghost pines”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-08-30
Cycads plundered
- Authors: South African digest
- Date: 1979-06-08
- Subjects: Cycads -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73064 , vital:30148
- Description: Newspaper article: "Cycads, South Africa's precious living fossils, are being stolen and sold to smart-set gardeners in South Africa, Japan and the United States reports The Daily News. Plants of one rare species, Encephelatus Woodii, have been offered for sale in the United States for R5 000. Botanists say cycads sell for R26 a centimeter overseas, so that a waist-high plant fetches about R2 500. Cycads are very slow-growing. Plants germinated 12 years ago at the Natal Botanical Gardens have a stem the size of a small football. Hence plants of a reasonable size may be hundreds of years old, while the rootstock from which the plants grow may be thousands of years old. There are 28 species in South Africa and seven occur in Natal. They are known in Afrikaans as Broodboom (bread tree) because Hottentots were said to make bread from the pith, after it had been left to rot for two months. A spokesman for the Natal Parks Board said the authorities could not prevent exploitation. Convictions for removing protected plants were difficult to obtain as it was almost impossible to prove where the plants came from unless the culprits were caught red-handed. When found to be in illegal possession, plants ere confiscated and planted out.Miss Jane Baxter, Natal Parks Board public relations officer, dwarfed by a giant cycad, Encephelatus Natalensis. This fine plant is thought to be between 150 and 200 years old. The Daily News. S. A. Digest. 8 June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08
- Authors: South African digest
- Date: 1979-06-08
- Subjects: Cycads -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73064 , vital:30148
- Description: Newspaper article: "Cycads, South Africa's precious living fossils, are being stolen and sold to smart-set gardeners in South Africa, Japan and the United States reports The Daily News. Plants of one rare species, Encephelatus Woodii, have been offered for sale in the United States for R5 000. Botanists say cycads sell for R26 a centimeter overseas, so that a waist-high plant fetches about R2 500. Cycads are very slow-growing. Plants germinated 12 years ago at the Natal Botanical Gardens have a stem the size of a small football. Hence plants of a reasonable size may be hundreds of years old, while the rootstock from which the plants grow may be thousands of years old. There are 28 species in South Africa and seven occur in Natal. They are known in Afrikaans as Broodboom (bread tree) because Hottentots were said to make bread from the pith, after it had been left to rot for two months. A spokesman for the Natal Parks Board said the authorities could not prevent exploitation. Convictions for removing protected plants were difficult to obtain as it was almost impossible to prove where the plants came from unless the culprits were caught red-handed. When found to be in illegal possession, plants ere confiscated and planted out.Miss Jane Baxter, Natal Parks Board public relations officer, dwarfed by a giant cycad, Encephelatus Natalensis. This fine plant is thought to be between 150 and 200 years old. The Daily News. S. A. Digest. 8 June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08