Paralympians return

Jonathan Ntutu,Union Sekeilwe, Oscar Pistorius and Kevin Paul pose for photos after the Paralympians returned from the London 2012 Paralympic games in London.Team SA came back with 29 medals and the athletes were given their monetary incentives that were raised recently to be equal to the incentives the Olympic athletes received recently.

Samkelo Radebe receives his cheque for bringing home a Gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay.

Swimmer Natalie Du Toit receives her cheque and a Makarapa (a decorated hard hat) after winning 3 Gold and 1 Silver medals.

Oscar Pistorius gives autographs to awaiting fans.

South African Tattoo

 The finale of the 2012 South African Tattoo at Montecasino in Johannesburg. The show featured a multi-cultural and multi-national cast including Irish dancers, the Harley owners group, Danish acrobats and various military bands.

The Talentholdet gym team from Denmark perform at the 2012 South African Tattoo.

The Transvaal Scottish Regimental Pipes and Drums.

My flickr photostream.

gee-raff's photostream on Flickr.

Olympic athletes come home.

Gold medallist and world record breaking breaststroke swimmer, Cameron Van Der Burgh with Gold and Silver winning butterfly specialist, Chad Le Clos showing their medals to the awaiting crowd of supporters when they arrived at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 9th August after their competition.

 Chad Le Clos's medals from the 100 and 200 metre butterfly.

The rest of the team arrived on the 14th August, the lightweight 4 rowing team that won Gold, Silver medallist 800 m runner Caster Semenya and Bridgitte Hartley, that won bronze in the kayak 500m.

Caster Semenya greets her grandmother at the airport after returning from the Olympics in London.

Rhino Capture

SANParks Wildlife Veterinary Services vets collect samples from a Rhino that had been darted in an operation to sample and relocate the Rhino to another area within the park. DNA profiling is the newest way of trying to combat Rhino-Poaching which is a major problem in South Africa.

The 6 -7 year old Rhino was darted, captured and samples were taken in an operation that ran like a well-oiled machine.The whole process took 22 minutes and then she was guided to a moving crate and moved to a holding area where she will be relocated to another area within the park.

Published page from The Citizen, 30 July 2012