Week 19 NAMES OF PLACES IN SOUTH AFRICA ON OUR TRIP TO CAPETOWN AND BACK

My note book with the place names we wrote down  How do I translate, or for that matter, how do I explain these names to a person not versant in Afrikaans or the Afrikaans culture? GANSBAAI? AGTERTANG? TIERPOOT? STOFKRAAL? SOPHIASDAL? WOLWEFONTEIN? BOONTJIESKRAAL? OORLOGSPOORTRIVIER? RIVIERSONDEREND? DWYKASTASIE? This is just a tiny, random selection of names of places we drove by, my wife and I jotted down in my notebook...

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18 Week 18 Gansbaai and its second-hand shop

Tools in my garage that are similar to those in Gansbaai second-hand shopOld pliers in my garage similar to the one in Gansbaai second-hand shopRestoration in progress in my workshop - the bundle of white "string" is actually "riempies" for that half-size child's chair that I finished on 7 June 1991 During our roundabout road trip to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Grootbos Florilegium, Gansbaai, Willowmore where the "godless-boys" get whipped,...

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Week 17 Middelburg Northern Cape Province. The wheels of trade and industry are turning at a frantic pace thru the open spaces of our country.

English Anglo Boer War blockhouse next to the national highway on your way to Capetown Detail of English Anglo Boer War block house next to the national highway to CapetownI am fascinated by these big trucks on the roads and I am writing again about these giants of the road. And the Anglo Boer War blockhouses that you can see next to the road.  Heavy duty trucks [20-wheelers!!] are lethal instruments on the SA roads. And as such we should...

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WEEK 16 MIDDELBURG, EASTERN CAPE IN THE BO-KAROO ROAD TRAFFIC PEOPLE MIGRATING

Video clip of truckers on the national road near Middelburg, Eastern Cape My blog attracts viewers from Russia and Romania – the bulk is however from the USA. I would appreciate it if you guys from Russia and Romania as well as the land where Trump is up to his shenanigans and old Biden whose ancestors hail from Ireland, lives, will get in touch with me. I have no idea whatsoever why people from Russia or for that matter Romania, will look at my blog!...

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Week 15 Leeza Theron and 50- and 1-day years married

Myself, Leeza Theron and my wife Annemarié This photograph of me, my wife Annemarié and Leeza Theron were taken exactly 50 years and 1 day after our marriage. Leeza was one of three flower girls at out marriage in Middelburg, Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. Yes, we got married on Friday 13 April 1973. Leeza Theron [Haycock], Lorraine Brandon, Annemarie Coertse & Hanlie HaycockMy parents Mr & Mrs Coertse Snr, CJC & AC, parents in law Mr &...

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Week 14 EASTER, THE EASTER BUNNIES, EASTER EGGS AND THE SILLY CROSS

 PHOTO OF JULIUS ALLEGEDLY REFERRING TO THE SILLY CROSS Easter is on us. And we wish the other “Happy Easter.” What does that mean? Easter is NOT about Easter bunnies or Easter Eggs being hidden in gardens for the “kiddies” to search for. This is way off the mark of the essence of Easter. There is NO resemblance to the real Easter at all. That is a way to detract the attention away from the real Easter story. And, in the meantime, it is really...

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Week 13 Riding in a safari vehicle in Johannesburg – not to avoid potholes, but to appreciate graffiti and street art

 Street art at its best at Hallowed Ground, City of JohannesburgToday, Saturday 1 April 2023, I had a lovely experience on a safari vehicle in Johannesburg!! Yes, it is true. A gentleman with the name of Eelco Meyes conducts graffiti and street art tours on a safari vehicle in Johannesburg – we even had visitors from behind the boerewors-curtain that enjoyed this outing. You guessed it right: they were from Pretoria. The one young man confirmed...

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