Hi Eric I am North of the Limpopo (and the Zambezi) and I have been looking into the woods that are available in our region.
I found reference to something called Saligna on one of the SA websites - this was reportedly a very good substitute for Spruce /Oregon Pine /Douglas Fir. I wrote to the owner of the web site but never received a reply. I asked Dene Collett, but he was not aware of this. With the great variety of wood species in Africa, surely there must be at least one good substitute. We have a wood in Zambia called Mukwa (sp) that I understand is what is known as Kiaat in SA. It is relatively inexpensive in uncured form. Ek het baie lekker gekry toe tannie Glynnis die manne bietjie vertel. Groete Steve J Askies"AT" microlink.zm
