Greeting Card: The Mighty Lion
The famous Lion, one of the largest and most powerful predators in Africa, an ageless symbol of strength.
Original Artist: Jabu Masuku
Greeting Card: The African Elephant
The Elephant is the world’s largest and heaviest land animal. “Indlovukazi” is the Zulu word for the elephant cow and is the title of the Zulu Queen, demonstrating the reverence given to this wondrous animal.
Original Artist: Nora Mtshali
Greeting Card: The Great Elephant
The Elephant is the world’s largest and heaviest land animal. “Indlovukazi” is the Zulu word for the elephant cow and is the title of the Zulu Queen, demonstrating the reverence given to this wondrous animal.
Original Artist: Nora Mtshali
Greeting Card: The Pale Giraffe
The Giraffe’s name in Zulu, “Indlulamithi,” literally translated means “taller than the trees” an apt name for the graceful long-necked creature.
Original Artist: Rose Myeni
Greeting Card: The Funky Giraffe
A peculiar colour for a peculiar animal, the trademark long neck of the giraffe is used in both combat and courting, in combat males rub or swing their necks against each other in a practice known as “necking.”
Original Artist: Alzina Mkize
Greeting Card: Content in the Canopy
The Giraffe’s long neck allows it to graze on leaves no other herbivores can reach, some of the giraffe’s favourite feed is the Acacia tree.
Original Artist: Qondeni Zwane
Greeting Card: Giraffe under the Red Sun
Original Artist: Rose Myeni
Greeting Card: Zebra Portrait
The Zebra’s famous stripes confuse attacking predators as the patterns blur the outlines of the individual zebra.
Original Artist: Thabile Gumede
Greeting Card: Green Chameleon
The Chameleon’s ability to change its colour is used in the chameleon’s courting attempts and when in danger or battle, the colour changing to attract, repulse or intimidate the female or enemy.
Original Artist: Philisiwe Simelane
Greeting Card: A Resting Leopard
The Leopard is an agile predator, scaling tree’s with ease. The Leopard’s skin is used to make the crown, “umqhele,” worn exclusively by the Zulu King who also drapes the Leopard skin over his shoulder’s as a symbol of his authority.
Original Artist: Jabu Masuku
Greeting Card: The Red Elephant
The Elephant is the world’s largest and heaviest land animal. “Indlovukazi” is the Zulu word for the elephant cow and is the title of the Zulu Queen, demonstrating the reverence given to this wondrous animal.
Original Artist: Zethu Khathwane
Greeting Card: Purple Rhinoceros
Conservationists are fighting a tough battle against poachers of the armoured herbivorous Rhinoceros who kill the animal for its horn, which is used in some culture’s traditional medicines, actions which endanger the already few Rhinoceroses of Africa and Asia.
Original Artist: Nonsikelelo Mrwetyana
Greeting Card: Cape Buffalo
Great herds of Buffalo used to trek the plains of Africa undisturbed, today the Cape Buffalo is a member of the big five and decorates the blue R100 note of South Africa.
Original Artist: Jabu Masuku
Greeting Card: Brown Striped Zebra
Original Artist: Zandile Nyawo
Greeting Card: Purple Zebra
Original Artist: Thabile Gumede
Greeting Card: The Decorated Nyala
Nyala are sometimes found feeding around baboons, the baboons drop broken twigs and branches that the Nyala feed on.
Original Artist: Qondeni Zwane
Greeting Card: Flying Springbok
The Springbok react to danger by “pronking,” that is leaping stiff-legged into the air and fanning fur on it’s hindquarters. The Springbok has also lent its name to the South African national rugby team.
Original Arstist: Qondeni Zwane
Greeting Card: The Noble Gemsbok
The Gemsbok has adapted to harsh conditions by not sweating or panting to expel body heat so as to conserve water and so has to tolerate extreme temperatures, greater than 40 degrees centigrade, in its body throughout the day.
Original Artist: Qondeni Zwane
Greeting Card: Grassland Sable
The Sable (Aristocratic Sable Antelope) is known to defend itself from predators by scything with its long curved horns in an attempt to impale the advancing predator.
Original Artist: Hlengiwe Hlatswayo
Greeting Card: Nguni Pride
The traditional system of wealth in Zulu culture, cows are used as a dowry called “lobola” that the man gifts to his future wife’s family as compensation for her departure.
Original Artist: Mildred Mgomezulu
Greeting Card: The ZigZag Cow
Original Artist: Nesta khathwayo
Greeting Card: Red Crescent Moon Horn Cow
Original Artist: Tholakele Mabuyakhulu
Greeting Card: The Crocodile at the Dentist
The crocodile is the largest reptile on earth, with its ferocious teeth and great mouth lying in wait for its next meal.
Original Artist: Nombulelo Gumede
Greeting Card: The Water Ballerina
The well rounded, graceful sea-horse lounges in waters keeping cool in the African sun, the hippopotamus can seal its’ nose and ear passages to allow it to submerge without harm.
Original Artist: Hlengiwe mmyeni
Greeting Card: Cold Lizard
Immobile and patiently these cold-blooded reptiles lie in the sun to get their blood flowing, these rock dwellers are known to drop their tails so as to distract attacking predators, they can later grow a new tail.
Original Artist: Alzina Mkhize
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