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NEWS Unesco declares 8th SA bio reserve A fter nearly a decade of lobbying and sustained efforts by a small committee of dedicated environmentalists, the Magaliesberg mountain range has been declared a World Biosphere Reserve. South Africa now has eight biosphere reserves and besides the BUHLE From page 6 All Buhle's courses are Saqaaccredited. Course fees are heavily subsidised. For example, the actual cost of the 2015 crop production course to Buhle is R51 526. The academy, however, subsid \