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Abandoned sawmills a sorry sight in ‘Transkei’
 

Abandoned sawmills are a depressing sight. When they are situated right next to state owned pine plantations, it is even more telling. Yet, this is the reality of life in the Transkei. Judging by the high mounds of sawdust left behind, they were once thriving little businesses, purchasing sawlogs from

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Masterplan required to tackle alien invaders
 

Drive up and down the highways and byways of South Africa, and what do you see? Gum, wattle and pine growing uncontrolled, everywhere. We're not talking well-managed plantations here. These uncontrolled aliens are choking the valley bottoms, straying into the wetlands and sucking up water, squeezing out the natural forest

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