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The most famous South African hippo, Jessica, helped her adoptive parents to safety during the floods. The Joubert’s house was submerged by the rising water and Tony Joubert was trying to get his wife to dry land when Jessica started to push the boat with her snout to where her owner was. Jessica was pushing the boat upstream, against the strong current. “I could have fallen had she not guided me”.

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Source: Argus January 2012

The adventurer on hugging armed rebels, being offered lots of wives and following in the footsteps of Stanley. Known as “the grey beard of African Adventure”, Kingsley Holgate is an explorer, humanitarian, author and possibly the most travelled man in Africa.

Fire the imagination of small children.

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A top international base jumper has badly injured his leg in a crash-landing after jumping off Table Mountain on Monday.

Jeb Corliss is revered by many as one of the world’s foremost base jumpers and wingsuit pilots, and successfully “flew” off Table Mountain last week.

Base jumping involves using a parachute to jump from fixed objects such as bridges, antennas, and cliffs.

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Eight rhino carcasses have been found in the Kruger National Park, SA National Parks says. South African Police Service investigates after rangers find carcasses in Lower Sabie and Pretoriuskop sections of the park. The South African Police Service was “already working on a few leads” after they were found in the southern section of the Kruger National Park on Tuesday in just one day, South African National Parks spokesman Rey Thakhuli said.

Source: The Daily Record

A thrill seeking tourist who plunged into the crocodile-infested Zambesi River after her bungee jump cord snapped has told of her miraculous survival.

Erin Langworthy fell into the raging waters at Victoria Falls when her bungee jump went horribly wrong as dozens of stunned tourists looked on.

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Where do I even begin…?  We left the Jenman Office a scared and unprepared Groups team and came back stronger then ever.

Our first stop was Boulder’s Beach to do some penguin viewing.

This was also my first time at Boulders and it was an experience like no other.
I mean I have seen penguins in the aquarium and so forth but to see them in their natural habitat was amazing.

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Thanks for the support throughout 2011, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Your Jenman Team

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