Kuphumelela kwale silwane lesiyi omnivorous ingafananiswa nendlela lephilangayo ngephandle kwekudla lokuhlukene, kutshinja kudla lekudlako ngekulandzela tindlela tendzawo. Kudla kwayo kufaka tilwane letincane,inyama yetilwane letifile, titselo, ummbila, lunwabu, emacandza kanye netinyoni. Le Side-Striped Jackal ayivami kutingeleka kanjenge Black-backed Jackal. I-Mistletoe iyi-shrub-parasite. Kuyinto isitshalo esivunde njalo esakwazi ukuzondla eyedwa. Kodwa-ke, kuholele indlela yokuphila ephazamisayo futhi uthola izakhi ezivela emithini. Njengomthombo we-mistletoe wokudla ukhetha i-poplar, i-apula, i-maple, i-pine. Lesi sitshalo sivuthwa amajikijolo amnandi, adliwa yizinyoni. Lokhu kukhuthaza ukusakazeka kwembewu yayo. I-Mistletoe inamathele esihlahleni ngosizo lomuntu osondayo, okwakhiwa ngaphansi kokuvunyelwa kwamagxolo. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwalendlela yokuphila, ayilimazi isitshalo somsingisi. I-Mistletoe yayitshalwe ngisho nasezigqeni, iyisebenzisa njengesitshalo sehlobiso. Ngicela usizo. I stay in a very urban place where one rarely hears or sees owls but izolo ebusuku or early hours of the morning my dad heard an owl on top of our house. What does this mean? of this world to sustain our family. They died after they had long retired. But the contrary is that Tony at the age of 85 and Sylvia at the age of 76 are still going strong in their business. The couple also have a transportation service, by their own cars, on request and that is why Tony, after 9pm that night, went to pick me. Tony drives like a middle-age man and you can swear he is at 50 but no he is 85. I spoke about the communication and I can tell they are so excellent. They are open to clients. They knew they had secured a business from a journalist in me and no wonder they spoke so open about the challenges facing the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, the case against Oscar Pistorious, the fraud and corruption in both the government and the private sector and most importantly to me, why they are no longer interested in reading the newspapers. They will not even read this but they will because I will email them. I thought of writing this because I was left, after staying and chatted to the couple, ashamed of the consequences that my community will still live