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6 reasons to love the Darling Voorkamerfest

25/9/2013

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Spring Parade, Darling Voorkamerfest
By Roxanne Reid
From ethnic music to Hip Hop dancing, from singing to one-act plays, even a spring parade, there are lots of reasons to love the Darling Voorkamerfest at the beginning of September each year. After visiting the 10th Voorkamerfest this year, here are my top 6 reasons.


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Rhino poaching crisis: raising awareness in Vietnam

22/9/2013

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Rhinos
By Roxanne Reid
‘The carcass of the poached rhino was about a week old when the Vietnamese delegation saw it in a South African wildlife park. There was a strong smell of rot, and animals had scavenged most of the meat. Rangers found the bullet that killed it by scouring the ground with a metal detector. The rhino horn was gone, hacked off its snout.’


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Darling Voorkamerfest: all about community spirit

18/9/2013

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Marj Geldenhuys, Darling VoorkamerfestMarji Geldenhuys
By Roxanne Reid
‘I’m Marj, large and in charge; born, bred and overfed in the Cape,’ Marji Geldenhuys quipped to a group of about 24 people squeezed into the living room of a tiny RDP house in Darling East. A musician and story teller, she was taking part in the Darling Voorkamerfest. 


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Sho't Left: How to be a tourist in your own country

16/9/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
The new Sho't Left local tourism campaign – now showing on a TV near you – hopes to encourage you to leave the high-rises or suburbs and take a short break, to be a tourist in your own country. This one focuses on getaways from Jozi and Gauteng.

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The Etosha lions that no one saw

11/9/2013

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Zebra, Charitsaub waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia
By Roxanne Reid
Lions munching on a zebra they had killed in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Spotted hyenas pacing up and down in frustration at not getting a piece of the action. Jackals patrolling the perimeter. It has all the elements of a blockbuster sighting. Yet no one saw them but us. How is that possible?


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Baby elephant rescue in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

9/9/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
Humans working together to rescue a baby elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. This is what I like to see: a positive interaction instead of the ghastly poaching statistics coming out of Africa in recent years.

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Richtersveld: a day in the life of a Nama shepherd

4/9/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
The Richtersveld, in the far north-west of the Northern Cape, is the only true mountain desert in southern Africa. It’s remote and inhospitable, so when a Nama shepherd you’ve stopped to talk to asks for some water, you can’t say no.


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Potholes: where are the worst ones in South Africa?

2/9/2013

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By Roxanne Reid
Potholes in the road are things that can get South Africans pretty riled up. Sometimes they even withhold their taxes until something is done about them. So which is the worst-potholed stretch of road in South Africa?

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    I'm an independent travel writer and book editor with a passion for Africa - anything from African travel, people, safari and wildlife to adventure, heritage, road-tripping and slow travel.
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    We're happiest in the middle of nowhere, meeting the locals, trying something new, or simply watching the grass grow.
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