I spent the first seven months of 2002 on sabbatical in South Africa. I taught at University of Fort Hare and did research on domestic water supplies. Here are some thoughts and photos. 
Here is a story on my South African trip .

and here is a start at report from the field (preliminary).

Pictures of the surrounding area (Alice, South Africa)

Picture #1, Picture #2, Report #2, Report #3

Photo of students and staff at Fort Hare

Photo of me going out into the field

High school students in South Africa

Wildlife in South Africa (4/23/02)

The awe-inspiring South African physical geography - the Great Fish River

Some photos of university students on a fieldtrip

(South African Broadcasting Corporation)