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In the African night the beat of a drum means news...

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Drumbeat Archive

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1998
 

Traditional Wedding

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Imagine our surprise when we received a request from Anne Norman, of Norman Travel, to host a Shangaan style wedding for a Norwegian couple!
 

Hunting Dog Update

May 1998

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For the third year running the hunting dogs made den on Djuma Game Reserve and had litter of sixteen pups of which ten survived!
 

Leopard in the lodge

May 1998

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Recently a young male leopard decided to stroll through the lodge grounds one evening whilst the guests were away on their night game drive.
 

Farewell to two friends

May 1998

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A few months ago we experienced the deadly efficiency of one of the most cunning savannah predators, namely the leopard.
 

Honeymoon for 26

August 1998

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A great weekend was celebrated with Corinne and Jason Jedwood here at Djuma Game Reserve from 21 to 23 August 1998.
 

The spider and the fly

September 1998

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Life and death is the way of Nature. In the Savanna the speeding Cheetah or the stealthy lioness symbolizes this struggle, but to the observant eye there are many smaller struggles no less spectacular.
 

Elephanten im Garten

October 1998

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Letzte Nacht waren nicht alle Besucher Djuma`s menschlich .Und mit `unmenschlicher Besucher` ist kein kleiner Igel , der auf der Suche nach Schnecken, durch die Hecken huscht gemeint !
 

George Pransche

October 1998

 

He joined us as a student helper earlier this year and has recently had to add to his list of duties and responsibilities.
 

Is the wall plug moving?

October 1998

  Gerry and Sandy, who visited Djuma recently after having visited Djuma virtually for several weeks, were surprised to wake up one night with the electrical wall plug moving!
 

It's been raining.

November 1998

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After two years of below average rainfall the heavens have opened again and all the dams and pans are full across Djuma Game Reserve.
 
 

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