Fanile Mkhize

Wildlife photographer

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A large Water Monitor, uXamu is hunting at iMpofu Hide waterhole in Weenen Nature Reserve.

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A Grey Heron, uNozal'izingwenya, about to swallow a platanna froglet in Weenen Nature Reserve.

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@TimesLIVE May this become a reality! They have fooled us enough. Those who will vote for them must do so at their peril. More looting and job losses will follow. Heartless people.

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A Giraffe cow and her friends. Weenen Nature Reserve.

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Lies, lies and more lies. UThukela District Municipality's Jabulani Mkhonza lied to the Ladysmith Herald that he'll be dispatching the honeysucker to Colenso. We haven't seen that happening. No sewage pumps will be installed in Colenso.

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This "inunu" is uXamu, the Water Monitor hunting in the Nyandu riverbed. A beautiful descendant of the dinosaurs.

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Game birds are granivorous. They keep food in the crop before it passes down to the gizard for digestion. Seen here is a Crested Francolin about to swallow a stone. Stones are found in the gizard of a game bird.

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The Grey Heron is looking for frogs in a waterhole in Weenen Nature Reserve. Look at the feathers at the back of the head.

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I couldn't sleep at night because of the noise made by the rat, chewing at things that are of doubtful nutritional value. Thanks to the Brown House Snake that helped stop him by swallowing him whole.

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A young White Rhino girl mows the lawn. Isn't she beautiful? Well balanced on her sturdy hands

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This idiot, namely, me, who lives in a sewage swamp is expected to vote for the arrogant people who cause these problems in his house. He has completely lost his dignity.

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The footpath from the Royal Natal National Park to Witsieshoek Mountain Inn passes through The Crack. It's an eerie experience when walking alone. You can hear yourself breathing after a strenuous uphill hike.

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Trust issues! South Africa's national bird, the Blue Crane, iNdwa does not trust Chakijana, the Slender Mungoose who also doesn't trust iNdwa.

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Before shedding the old skin, this snake became blind. He wouldn't find his way back had he left the hole completely. His partner is peeping through the hole in a termite mound. Weenen Nature Reserve.

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Ted Scholes, Peter Campbell and David Bell managed to reach the top of Devil's Tooth in August 1950.

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His Master's Voice. How old were you? No electricity nor battery was needed to play this gramophone. We only tightened the spring by turning the handle at the side.

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The Trapdoor Spider is called Qhoqhoqho in Zulu. Her home resembles the trachea or windpipe with the epiglottis on top. The trachea is also called uqhoqhoqho.

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IMbulumakhasana, the Rock Monitor in Weenen Nature Reserve.

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@StraussRocco I wish they could do the same for the community of Colenso.

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How I wish the voters could change the people of UThukela District Municipality who have subjected me to live in this disgusting condition for years while paying for "services". I've been humiliated enough! I'll die a bitter man.