ctnguy

Have any of the children at your school been sent there because they are gay and their parents won't accept it? Do you attempt to perform sexual orientation "conversion" therapy as some "troubled teens" schools do?

I wanted to share this link since I don't think it was listed in your references link.

The Aversion Project: Human rights abuses of gays and lesbians in the South African Defence Force by health workers during the apartheid era

It's a report by the MRC and the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality that goes into all the details of what happened.

Without expressing any overall opinion about the veracity of the OP, the pluralisation of "hormones" and the typo of "Johannsburg" are not inconsistent with the sort of English writing skill I would expect from a minor civil servant in SA.

We've spotted boomslange in the trees at my family's holiday house (on the Agulhas Plain). Is there any point calling you (or another snake rescuer) to remove them given that it's a rural area? We make sure there are no trees overhanging the house, and give any snakes a wide berth - anything else we should do?

If someone should get bitten, what's the procedure? I heard that the antivenom is only stocked at Tygerberg - any use going to a local hospital (e.g. Bredasdorp) or should one head straight for Cape Town?

While you're waiting for OP to reply - he said in another comment that he's at Groote Schuur Hospital, so if you're interested you can browse around on streetview.