Category: Making a Home
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Liebet and Adél, the artist and chef living their dream on the Strandveld of Paternoster
Lessons about life, change, and turning giant seaweed into an artform.
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Why I’m freaking out about this year’s “normal” family Christmas
In a household where yuletide tradition goes unobserved, how do you plan for an unexpected get-together with the whole clan?
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How I Finally Managed to put the Peace & Joy Back into Our Family Christmas
When the yuletide season bring back memories of trauma and sadness, it takes a lot of courage and hard work to start all over again
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On your marks, get set, save! A Black Friday bargain-hunting survival guide
As the big sales season gets underway, here are some tips to help you save time, money, and maybe even your sanity.
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Haffie Strauss, custodian of rooibos and rock art in the Agter Pakhuis Valley
On the family farm, in a rock-hard place, she carries on the legacy of generations.
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Mike Schlebach, big-wave surfer and eco-warrior of the wild West Coast
In a region under growing threat from big mining operations, a surfer rides the restless waves of change.
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Life changes for the better when you play it as a game
It’s even more fun if you make up the rules as you go along.
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How a ‘Villain’ and a ‘Boeremeisie’ found love and art in Hondeklipbaai
On the rugged West Coast of South Africa, the end of the road is where the new road begins.
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How Loyiso Bala crooned his way from Drakensberg choirboy to the global arena
Happiness, if we dare to put a definition on it, is the ability to balance what you love with what you do for a living.
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Chalwyn Thomas, oracle of the Richtersveld
In the lonely semidesert, a Weskusbewoner sets out to save the planet.