The Salvation Army Fight Domestic Violence With A Very Effective Weapon...

Apparently millions of people had trouble deciding whether this dress was gold and white or black and blue and it went viral as some things on the internet do.
The South African Salvation Army knowing full well that one in six women are victims of abuse in their own homes used the image and a very clever headline, Why Is It So Hard To See Black And Blue to promote their very good cause.
There's more about fighting the good fight here.
Violence against women and children
makes me see red...

Shanty Town. The Incredibly Bad-Taste Slum Themed Designer Tourist Resort In South Africa...

You have to wonder don't you.
How amazingly low some insensitive entrepeneurs and developers will stoop in their efforts to make a buck.
There can't be too many commercial enterprises that are more bad taste than this slum themed resort in South Africa's Bloemfontein.
It's operated by the Emoya Luxury Hotel.
The designers have paid attention to detail and the huts are made from recycled scrap wood and rusty corrugated iron but are equipped with running water, electricity, underfloor heating and wireless internet.
For authenticity, there's paraffin lamps, candles, battery operated radios and the rich guests who are slumming it are encouraged to heat water on the outdoor fires. Then to really add to the richness of their stay there's the long drop toilet. There's more about this bad taste designer slum resort here.
Some in this world continue to make money out of other people's misfortunes.
In years gone by, a few things and people used to disgust me about the world we live in.
Nowdays I'm sad to say there's many more... 

The Wonderbag Is Such A Simple Idea. It's An Energy Free And Portable Slow Cooker

The simple Wonderbag is another of those wonderful ideas that came into being because of necessity.
You know, it's the same necessity that's the mother of invention.
It's an idea of Sarah Collins who when she was growing up in South Africa, her grandmother would wrap the cooking pots up in blankets during power outages so the food could continue to cook.
Sarah became acutely aware of the economic, social, environmental and logistical problems associated with wood fire cooking.
In many parts of the world, South Africa being one of them, women would spend many hours travelling in often hostile and dangerous areas further and further from their homes in the search for wood to feed their cooking fires. During their days they would be susceptible to personal harm and they would have no time to spend with their children, they would have no time for education and no time to earn a living. Then there was the destruction to the ecosystem, the deforestation and health problems caused by carbon emissions and smoke inhalation.
Sarah's simple solution, the Wonderbag Slow Cooker, addresses and eliminates all those problems.
There's more about the Wonderbag, how you might obtain one and how to cook with one here and here. You might also wish to make your own.
It's so simple as the best things usually are... 

Wild Elephants Mourn The Death Of A Famed Elephant Whisperer...

When Lawrence Anthony died earlier this year, the two formally wild herds of elephants now resident of the huge game reserve at Thula Thula in South Africa's KwaZulu, took twelve hours to slowly make their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the Anthony compound, to pay their respects.
Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist, had saved their lives a few years earlier and now, for two days these beautiful beasts loitered to say goodbye to the man they loved.
How did they know he'd died?
Who knows but it seems they did.
You can learn more about
this famed Elephant Whisperer here...