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A fresh start

Dear Minister of Tourism

Dear Minister of Tourism, Ms Mmamoloko Kubaui-Ngubane I really battled to sleep last night. We don’t have a bustling hotel of guests to worry about but the flip-flopping by Government is truly unsettling. Yesterday’s article asked; Where are the tourism titans? Well, there doesn’t seem to be much championing for hospitality so I thought it […]

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Plans on hold

The lockdown of 2020 was a period when the world went quiet and plans were put on hold. In the Drakensberg it was a time when hotels were empty and there were masks for Mother’s Day and families regrouped and became more united in helping the community. Well, what does one do when your daily

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Ups and Downs

Life certainly has a way of keeping us all grounded. When you are enjoying too much of the up, it’s like a large swooping hand comes along and knocks you down and you land up with dirt in the eyes, sweat on the forehead and flattened to the ground. I think having children is possibly

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Journaling with Elsa Pooley & Gillian Condy

Elsa Pooley and Gillian Condy are a formidable and exceptionally talented team. Elsa Pooley, author of best-selling field guides to trees and wild flowers, is a self-taught botanical artist and amateur botanist. She pursued her passion for indigenous plants through collecting herbarium specimens, researching, writing, growing and painting plants. She currently divides her time between

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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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