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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WEEK 12 A PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER STUDY

 THE VIEW, PARKTOWN I am still concerned about the people in Turkey and Syria that are severely impacted by the earthquakes and the after shocks that tore the land apart on 6 February 2023. How are they coping? I asked you, my readers, how are you “coping” with this brutal creativity? Some of reacted on my Facebook page and I do appreciate it. Please keep working and keep on make a difference in life. In the meantime, we genealogists of West...

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Week 11 Antakya - my new art project - so called

 Screenshot of the olive grove that was ripped apart on 6 February 2023 in Antakya, Turkey A brand-new week that is behind us. A clean slate as it were; and yet there are 12.5 million people in Turkey and Syria that were adversely affected by the devastating earthquakes and the hundreds of aftershocks. They lost everything, except their lives. I think that the trauma must be almost unbearable. It must be sheer horror.Video of the chasm that...

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Week 10 Exotic big cats in private captivity in South Africa: legit without a permit? Unfortunately, so.

Tiger in captivity at Lory Park Zoo, MidrandMy wife and I visited a private zoo, or a boutique zoo, in Midrand and it was such a pleasure to be there. The place is kept very clean and to my mind the animals are kept in good condition – except these animals are deprived of their freedom in the wild. It is, without saying, the ultimate space for them: their natural habitat; the wild open spaces. Having said that, it is virtually impossible for me to...

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