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Category: South Africa

15 August 20254 September 2025 Janette Bennett

Learning the art of road tripping

Ambles, Slow travel, South Africa, Travel, Wild things
Learning the art of road tripping

It’s all about the journey Each year, #him and I take the long and slow road. We’ve headed to Namaqualand and the Western Cape –

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22 January 202522 January 2025 Janette Bennett

My pick of small-town South Africa, Take 2*

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Slow travel, South Africa, Travel, Wild things
My pick of small-town South Africa, Take 2*

Big city buzz is fabulous – in small doses. Small towns stole my heart a long time ago. Road trips through South Africa over many

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6 June 20239 June 2023 Janette Bennett

The abiding sting of racism

Life, South Africa
The abiding sting of racism

It’s been almost 30 years since the end of apartheid – and racism is alive and kicking (it kicks and it hurts). V and I

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8 July 20209 June 2023 Janette Bennett

The anatomy of a scapegoating

Eastern Cape, People, South Africa
The anatomy of a scapegoating

Motorbike sidecar ambulances and clinics are one of the best things to come out of the Eastern Cape. Yet certain quarters are trying their best

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