by Marion Ellis | May 22, 2021 | Green Matters, Insightful Matters, Safari & Wildlife Matters
“We’re part of the solution” is the theme of the 2021 International Day for Biological Diversity. The slogan was chosen to be a continuation of the momentum generated last year under the over-arching theme, “Our solutions are in nature”, which served as a reminder...
by Marion Ellis | Aug 9, 2019 | Green Matters, Insightful Matters, Safari & Wildlife Matters
Out of a compilation of The 50 Most Beautiful Places in the World by Condé Nast Traveler, here are five of their greatest African hits, courtesy Mother Nature. We sure live in a big, beautiful world: Massive glaciers, staggering mountains, plains dotted...
by Marion Ellis | Apr 27, 2018 | Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
Caster Semenya dedicated her recent golden double at the Commonwealth Games to the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela‚ saying she and her late ex-husband Nelson Mandela had ignited a fire inside her with their message to love and appreciate herself and to lead by...
by Marion Ellis | Dec 15, 2017 | Art & Design Matters, Insightful Matters, Visionary Matters
https://www.facebook.com/beautifulnewssa/videos/1986006858330559/ Here is a heartening example of why South Africa is such a vibrant place to visit and/or stay. “You are what you play, Maria Botha’s violin instructors told her. Learning to manipulate the...
by Marion Ellis | Sep 11, 2017 | Green Matters, Insightful Matters
With Spring bursting out of it’s little buds in the Southern Hemisphere, it is particularly joyous in Africa with the stark landscape contrasts. We most certainly have a celebration of the end of hibernation when the landscape erupts with wild flowers in every...