Author: Claire
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Limpopo in a week
A month or so back, I spent a week in Limpopo, South Africa’s northern-most and possibly most complex province, at least in terms of the number and diversity of languages and cultures, and the diversity of vegetation and environments. We began the week leaving from Johannesburg (after a much-delayed flight from Durban). We headed north,…
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Chasing Waterfalls
I’ve spent so much time living and travelling alone in the past few years that it seems odd to share a place with another person. A new place. Places that anchor me, like Grahamstown and Stutt, Stellenbosch and the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, are shared places. In some ways that is what makes them…
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Fest in retrospect
This blog has been sadly neglected lately. This is a piece I started writing on a plane on the third of July and only got back to now. So, my impressions of this year’s National Arts Festival… late, but still… … The sunset sky is fading as we leave Grahamstown. After a while, the darkness…