Gauteng

Gaboon Viper

Klein-Kariba

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Post published:April 1, 2022
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Evil or death is more difficult to find than you may think. Even if you know it is present, you struggle to identify it. But you can feel its presence in the air - it makes your skin crawl and your hair stand on end. You know it is there. BUT WHERE?! Anette and I arrive at our son's place in Edenvale, Johannesburg. Tomorrow is his 29th birthday. We have been looking forward to celebrate it with him. He has been living in Joburg for 16 months now and it is a very special day for us. He suggests we…

The Dornier

Pretoria

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Post published:March 14, 2022
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As we drive past the total nobody, our thoughts inevitably lead to the times in the past when we reminded ourselves that, in the bigger scheme of things, we are all nobodies - you are mistaken if you think you are, or should be, more important than others. We are all equal in the eyes of God. I will show you where to find the total nobody when I get to that point in my story… We depart at check-out time from Shingwedzi. We drive via Mopani rest camp to the Phalaborwa gate of Kruger in the hope of seeing…

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Pretoriuskop rest camp

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Post published:January 8, 2022
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The elephant is coming for us! Go, Chris, go! We do not have to depart too early from my son's home because it is not that far to the Pretoriuskop rest camp in the Kruger Park. On the other hand, you have to enter the park before the gates close at sunset. As we drive along the N12 highway, we notice the heavy smog as far as the eye can see. The Highveld east of Johannesburg is very industrialised and is also the source of most of South Africa's electricity with all its power stations next to the coal fields.…

Messerschmitt Me 262

Johannesburg

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Post published:January 1, 2022
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The Messerschmitt jet fighter swoops down from nowhere to attack the Spitfire fighter but the latter is not fazed and engages the Messerschmitt in a dog-fight. Meanwhile, the Mosquito bomber carries on undisturbed towards its target. A little while later a Ratel armoured vehicle and a G6 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer, both VERY impressive South African war machines, grab my imagination both as engineer and military enthusiast. But let's begin at the start of this exciting leg of our trip. We leave Bloemfontein a bit later than planned and we are now in a hurry to get to Buffeldoorn near Koppies,…