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The Helpers

The Helpers

Always look for the helpers. In times of hard, in times of challenge, in times of tragedy, they appear. I have always held my grandmother, Ruth, in very high regard. She built this Cavern, poured her heart and soul into creating a business, gave up so much to make it work and she was remarkable. […]

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67 Minutes

67 minutes

Inspiration comes in many forms. It’s the quiet word of encouragement, it’s the oozing of well dones and then it’s the great people who motivate us. Mandela Day is an opportunity to do a little bit of good. 67 minutes of good and it is fabulous to see how many people across the globe mark

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Beautiful Day

RDET An Update

The Royal Drakensberg Education Trust works in the Northern Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. We are currently working with 18 pre-schools, 1 foundation phase school and impacting the lives of approximately 750 children. We are very fortunate to have support from a wide range of friends, corporates and businesses that ensure we can

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Beautiful Day

Make it a Beautiful Day

This past month has been nothing short of dreadful. Inter-provincial travel from Gauteng was banned then came unrest in KZN and suddenly a lovely winter season was no more. Obliterated. Coupled with this; the spaniels took on a puffy, our old man was suddenly man-down with a lurgy and our eldest celebrated her 18th birthday

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Market Day

Market Day

In a rural community in the northern parts of the Drakensberg is a vibrant community and home to our Khanyisela Project and Royal Drakensberg Primary School. We share our interactions on social media and we have been part of the Pack for a Purpose initiative for approximately 5 years. See more Our mission is to

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Growing a school

Our Royal Drakensberg Primary has been going for just over 10 years. It started because we needed to educate our own children and driving to town daily just wasn’t an option. It grew from 16 little people in 2007 to almost 80 in 2018. Most of the little people come from our local Amazizi Village

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Let’s Make Hay

Growing up in a holiday resort meant there was endless amusement and merriment. We enjoyed many a happy time and criss-crossed this mountain paradise with a host of cousins often getting up to a fair bit of nonsense too. I do remember playing tok-tokkie, making stink bombs and hogging the trampoline because we “lived here”.

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