Tag: making a home
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Why I’m so grateful to be leaving Cape Town
I love the city, but a world of fresh opportunities awaits.
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Between the mountain and the sea, I’ve finally found my comfort zone
Leaving Joburg wasn’t easy, but it was a step I had to be brave enough to take.
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Changing the Game with Cindy and Craig: Meet our DIY kings, Nama Xaba and Boeta Chamberlain
What happens when you task a Vodacom Bull with a crafty DIY project? It’s time to find out as talented Vodacom Bulls flanker and fly-half, Nama Xaba and Boeta Chamberlain trade in the rugby ball for a glue gun and some glitter. Stakes are high as the boys unleash their creativity and put their DIY…
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What I learned about life when Mom and Dad moved into the garage
A year ago, we converted our garage into a granny flat for my elderly parents.
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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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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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Ruben Saul, the Perlemoen and Pebble Dreamer of Doringbaai
How a tiny, struggling West Coast fishing village found a new lease of life.
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The sorry, crazy saga of the couch that wouldn’t fit
Breaking up is hard to do, but squeezing a couch into your life is even harder.
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Here’s to Christmas, a time of crackers, beetroot juice, stupid paper crowns, and love
In an age of change, there’s always good reason to cherish the unchanging rituals of the Bog Family Christmas.
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The happy-sad chaos of raising a child from afar
It takes a village to raise a child, but what happens the parents are living in diffetent cities, and the village is far away from home? What happens is that in spite of all the challenges, a plan for a better life slowly and lovingly comes together