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The restorancy of fish eagle populations however, was a success. Whether malaria will
increase because of rising temperatures is often debated, but a study by Peter Gething and
colleagues reported in Nature is encouraging in that is shows despite rising temperatures the
world wide incidence of malaria continues to decline.
Fish Eagle with Fish
Child with Kwashikor with Reddish Hair and Large Belly
Other than infective diseases, protein malnutrition among the children was common since
meat or dairy products were uncommon and kids were largely fed with mielie (corn) gruel,
sometimes with some added watered down dried milk powder. During my early years, we had
no electricity other than from a diesel generator a few hours at night. Cooking and heating was
done with fire wood collected from the surrounding veld. Fresh water came from large cement
encased galvanized tanks that collected runoff from a house's roof, and sewage was handled
by sewage tanks. Barbecues (braaivleis) were common communal events. My father tried to
keep a small hydroelectric turbine running at the nearby Gogwane stream but eels would
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