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  • Botes recently won the Afrikaans category of the K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary award for her novel, Thula-thula, which tackles child abuse and incest.

    I don't like black people, says South African novelist David Smith in Johannesburg 2010

  • In addition, a number of colonial birds such as great egret (Casmerodius albus), little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), and snowy egret (Egretta thula) use even the most disturbed patches of this ecoregion as nesting sites.

    Rio São Francisco mangroves 2007

  • The snowy egret ( '' Egretta thula ''), now common, was hunted almost to extinction in the early 20th century for its fine feathers which were used to adorn hats.

    Mangrove swamp 2008

  • Birds, such as great egret (Casmerodius albus), snowy egret (Egretta thula), and little blue heron (Florida caerulea), are found nesting in large colonies on the mangroves.

    Bahia mangroves 2008

  • In the last yer we have sent Zim Ngqawana to participate in a jazz festival in Chicago; we sent Sibongile Khumalo and ten young aspiring musicians to a festival in Germany; the thula

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • While some of the older women shouted "thula (keep quiet)" others, mainly "young lions", roared their approval.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • The snowy egret ( '' Egretta thula ''), now common, was hunted almost to extinction in the early

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

  • Girl Guides and schools to nominate trees and collect Heritage Tree seeds to grow By Bill Fenimore Special to The TribuneUpdated: 10/06/2009 03: 15: 52 PM MDT Snowy egret Egretta thula The snowy egret is found throughout Utah's wetlands and lower elevation meadows.

    WN.com - Articles related to Roo cull 'will increase city's bushfire risk' 2009

  • Girl Guides and schools to nominate trees and collect Heritage Tree seeds to grow By Bill Fenimore Special to The TribuneUpdated: 10/06/2009 03: 15: 52 PM MDT Snowy egret Egretta thula The snowy egret is found throughout Utah's wetlands and lower elevation meadows.

    WN.com - Articles related to Roo cull 'will increase city's bushfire risk' 2009

  • Approximately 280 species of aquatic birds also depend on the habitat provided by mangroves and their surroundings for feeding purposes including cormorant (Phalacrocorax spp.), wood stork (Mycteria americana), boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearia), white egret (Egretta alba egretta), and snowy egret (Egretta thula).

    Ría Lagartos mangroves 2008

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