Mandi Smallhorne
@mandirainbow.bsky.social
Freelance writer and journalist passionate about the climate crisis, health and social issues.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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A whole lot of water in the Crocodile River, Lowveld Botanical Gardens, South Africa.
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A whole lot of water in the Crocodile River, Lowveld Botanical Gardens, South Africa.
My beautiful Bonnie - such a cuddly bundle of love.
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My beautiful Bonnie - such a cuddly bundle of love.
One year ago I was planning my husband's memorial. I miss him beyond words. So wish I could hike up the Magaliesberg with him one more time.
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One year ago I was planning my husband's memorial. I miss him beyond words. So wish I could hike up the Magaliesberg with him one more time.
Beautiful lilac-breasted roller - yep, I'm seriously missing the bush!
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Beautiful lilac-breasted roller - yep, I'm seriously missing the bush!
Oh, I have to take a bush trip soon!
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Oh, I have to take a bush trip soon!
In the Drakensberg.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In the Drakensberg.
Dassies in a Johannesburg suburb - closest relative to the elephant!
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Dassies in a Johannesburg suburb - closest relative to the elephant!
In my Johannesburg garden
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In my Johannesburg garden
…sin, young man, is when you treat people as things.
(Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett)
(Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett)
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
…sin, young man, is when you treat people as things.
(Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett)
(Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett)
Today on my bird-feeder: Red Bishops (the males' plumage change almost complete); Masked Weavers, Crested Barbet; Glossy Starling; Cape Sparrows; Redheaded Finch... I woke up to the Crested Barbet's trill, they'll be raising young in my garden again this year!
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today on my bird-feeder: Red Bishops (the males' plumage change almost complete); Masked Weavers, Crested Barbet; Glossy Starling; Cape Sparrows; Redheaded Finch... I woke up to the Crested Barbet's trill, they'll be raising young in my garden again this year!
I'm not sure if people in the US heartland understand just how insane this looks to the rest of the world.
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'm not sure if people in the US heartland understand just how insane this looks to the rest of the world.
No wonder scientific talent is looking around the world for places to do their research. Here are the budget cuts:
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
No wonder scientific talent is looking around the world for places to do their research. Here are the budget cuts:
"South Africa, we love you, our beautiful land..." if you remember this song, you were born before 1991 in South Africa!
It IS a beautiful land. I'm going to share some of my pics in the next few days, as a counter for the stupid stuff online.
Free State farmland, near Senekal:
It IS a beautiful land. I'm going to share some of my pics in the next few days, as a counter for the stupid stuff online.
Free State farmland, near Senekal:
May 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"South Africa, we love you, our beautiful land..." if you remember this song, you were born before 1991 in South Africa!
It IS a beautiful land. I'm going to share some of my pics in the next few days, as a counter for the stupid stuff online.
Free State farmland, near Senekal:
It IS a beautiful land. I'm going to share some of my pics in the next few days, as a counter for the stupid stuff online.
Free State farmland, near Senekal:
Masked, anonymous, armed people performing arrests in this manner? This is bloody dangerous - if I was in the US, I'd be so angry.
May 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Masked, anonymous, armed people performing arrests in this manner? This is bloody dangerous - if I was in the US, I'd be so angry.
On World Press Freedom Day, I'd like to remind you:
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May 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On World Press Freedom Day, I'd like to remind you:
Click on the link www.wcsj2025.org/call/guide/ for guidelines on submissions. For last minute questions, feel free to email info@wcsj2025.org
Click on the link www.wcsj2025.org/call/guide/ for guidelines on submissions. For last minute questions, feel free to email info@wcsj2025.org
The Great Zapiro, on form as always.
April 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Great Zapiro, on form as always.
South Africans will know! x.com/zapiro/statu...
April 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
South Africans will know! x.com/zapiro/statu...
Over a thousand dead with many more no doubt still to be found.
March 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Over a thousand dead with many more no doubt still to be found.
Observing from afar, I keep an eye on the Covid mortality rates. The US is consistently ahead by THOUSANDS & has been for ages, since way back in Biden's admin. A professor of public health suggested vaccine hesitancy as one contributing factor. What will the latest moves mean for US health?
March 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Observing from afar, I keep an eye on the Covid mortality rates. The US is consistently ahead by THOUSANDS & has been for ages, since way back in Biden's admin. A professor of public health suggested vaccine hesitancy as one contributing factor. What will the latest moves mean for US health?
You remind me of an eye-opening book I bought about 25 years ago.
March 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You remind me of an eye-opening book I bought about 25 years ago.
The figures are always startling - the US is always no 1, and always 2.5k-3k, thousands ahead of the next country in the ranking.
March 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The figures are always startling - the US is always no 1, and always 2.5k-3k, thousands ahead of the next country in the ranking.
Press Freedom Index, blue is free, yellow & orange not so great, red no no no - hey, look at Europe, same colour as my country (where "very bad things" are happening, according to the Pawpaw President) - then look at the US!
February 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Press Freedom Index, blue is free, yellow & orange not so great, red no no no - hey, look at Europe, same colour as my country (where "very bad things" are happening, according to the Pawpaw President) - then look at the US!