I’ve been rereading local boy Dana Snyman’s On the Back Roads. And I’m loving it just as much as I did when it first came out.
By Roxanne Reid
I’ve been rereading local boy Dana Snyman’s On the Back Roads. And I’m loving it just as much as I did when it first came out.
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By Roxanne Reid ‘True travel doesn’t just involve visiting a place and seeing its monuments; it involves getting to know its inhabitants.’ So wrote traveller, photographer and documentary film maker Nick Danzinger. After a trip to the old QwaQwa area of the Free State, South Africa, I couldn’t agree more. By Roxanne Reid What’s missing from this scene? You might say all sorts of things, like lush green grass, spring flowers, or lions – and you’d be right. But something else is missing that’s much more important. And it’s good that it's missing. By Roxanne Reid
I've looked at the thorny problem of rhino poaching in South Africa before, but now another possible solution has been suggested and could do with an airing. By Roxanne Reid
In my last post, I mentioned some of the reasons why South Africans are up in arms about plans to drill for natural gas in the Karoo, ecologically sensitive home of exclusive succulents, San rock art and fascinating spaces. But what about the counter-arguments, and do they carry any weight? By Roxanne Reid
Many South Africans are hot under the collar about Shell’s plans to drill for gas in the ecologically sensitive Karoo. No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke. At least six luxury hotels are planned to be built inside the Kruger National Park ...
By Roxanne Reid
Capitalism is alive and well in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park; it even went and moved the waterhole at Mata-Mata! By Roxanne Reid
Let’s get something straight. Rhino aren’t really as bad-tempered as some people think. |
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