South African Country Life – September 2019
De Rust Never Sleeps Welcome to a true platteland dorpie with all its quirks, legends, and local characters intent on uplifting ...
Y our typical helicopter view of De Rust at the back end of the Klein Karoo a tiny settlement at the foot of the craggy Swartb ...
KarooandDeRustin particular.Thisis wheretheyhatchplansto uplifttheirvillage. Likewhatto dowiththebeggarswhoused to trollupanddow ...
rivergorge,willrevealbotanicalwonders likethestone-mimickingHaworthiabayeri, almostinvisibleto thenakedeye,andthe clambering,ivy ...
VillageTradingPostwithitsiconicrooster outin front.Manymotoristsrushingthrough DeRust(sillypeople)ontheirwayto andfrom thecoastw ...
seemsto sayonMasterChefAustralia. It’sclearthatthemembersoftheDeRust HeritageConservationAssociationaredoing theirbestto retaint ...
in the Saddle DALE MORRIS andhis family tack up for a four-day adventure on horseback and on foot in the Lesotho Highlands PICTU ...
I ’ve never really been a horsey type. I prefer my transport to respond predictably and promptly. Stop means stop and go means g ...
MountainKingdomhorsewhispererthatheis. “I’llbeyourguide,”hesaid.“Anddon’t worry,theseponiesareperfectforbeginners. Youjusthaveto ...
doubthopingwemightexpire.Theywereleft disappointedaswereturnedto thetrail,slowly makingourwaythroughgrassymeadowsin theshadowoft ...
a glitteringstarscape,madeallthemore beautifulbythelackofanyartificiallighting. Upherein Thamatu,noonehaselectricity. Backonourh ...
valley,allalonebutforthewildlifeandthe soundofwater,allofusbeguiledbytravel in thesaddle.CertainlyI’mstillofthenotion thathorses ...
A Land to Die For The Eastern Cape’s Maqoma Route neatly captures the drama of the South African struggle for land, a thorny iss ...
The local farmers’ association has erected a notice board at Post Retief with a layout of the British barracks built on Piet Ret ...
W e discovered quite by chance that we were on the Maqoma Route, in the car park at Fort Armstrong. Actually, ‘car park’ was a b ...
what was once the main route to Queenstown, known as the Queen’s Road. It’s in a far better state than Fort Armstrong. Buildings ...
Presbyterian mission school is now a bustling TVET college campus. In 1905, it donated land for the formation of Fort Hare Unive ...
Travel Tips ■ Accommodtion There’s lots more to explore on the Maqoma Route. Hogsback makes a good base as it’s central to Fort ...
Share the FIONAMCINTOSH is inspiredby the !Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre outside Darling PICTURESSHAENADEYANDKARINSCHERMBRUCKER “ ...
It’sourfirstvisitto the!KhwattuSan HeritageCentre,ontheR27,anhournorthof CapeTown,whereit hasestablisheditselfas a WestCoastdest ...
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