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In this issue of Platteland: Birds for Africa! - The Garden Route and Little Karoo call; Sutherland - A town of cold hands and warm hearts; Errieda says...‘Winter spells pie, pud and cake!’’; Cullinan's true gems - Willie Strauss makes boerekos cool again! and The Makers Village - where community and creativity thrive; Photo essay - Obie flees to the mountains to ‘make’ pictures.

SUTHERLAND Cold town, warm hearts

Life in Sutherland in the Northern Cape isn't always easy, but even those who leave tend to return. Come with us to find out why.

8 mins

1 Fiat 500 2ha 4 boys...19000 miles!

When the go-cart that an engineer father had built for his four sons couldn't handle the tufty terrain on their 2-hectare plot in Montana, Pretoria, they hunted down a Fiat 500 in a salvage yard. They only wanted its suspension system, but Mom intervened, the car was saved, and those little daredevils clocked up an impressive 19000 miles - all without leaving the plot.

8 mins

To die for

How do you avoid the tourist avalanche if you live in an Afromontane forest where holidaymakers descend in December? You drive to lonely outposts in the mountains of the Cape, says photographer Obie Oberholzer, and you make pictures rather than take them.

6 mins

Willie Strauss Never an idle moment

A variety concert... that is how to approach your life and career when you want to survive as an artist living in the platteland. So says singer, lyricist and radio food expert Willie Strauss, who entices visitors to Die Sinkstoor in Cullinan with traditional offal and his mother's Bushmanland boerekos.

8 mins

Creativity & community in Dinokeng

The driving force behind the successful Makers Village in Irene has now implemented the same concept in Cullinan, creating an incubator and exhibition space for entrepreneurs and artists. Platteland dropped in at this budding creative hub to find out what it's all about and came away impressed.

4 mins

To the babbling brooks of Sabie

Roughly every five years, Jaco and Jens Reverchon get itchy feet. They hopped around Cape Town, moved up north to the Greater Kruger and then, recently, put down roots next to the Sabie River where they live a peaceful life with their animals.

10+ mins

For the love of birds...

They may be called birdwatchers but they are in fact using their ears. As Johan van Zyl discovered on his maiden outing as an \"avian tourist\" with BirdLife South Africa to find the 450 bird species that live in the Garden Route and Little Karoo.

5 mins

It takes a family

Christian Fry and his fiancé, Pippa de Lange, arrived at Dombeya with just a day to spare before the Covid-19 hard lockdown commenced in 2020. Their purpose was to save the Fry family farm from being sold. They've settled into life in their Elands River Valley haven now but continue to dream big and work hard.

10+ mins

Make magic with winter's abundance

This winter menu is our invitation to look beyond the bewildered herb garden, move out of your comfort zone and bake a loaf of bread, appreciate the beauty of a head of cabbage, and invite the rain gods to the table to feast with you on venison pie, pudding and cake.

5 mins

There are few secrets in Verlorenvallei

All platteland towns have that one famous (or infamous) character who knows everyone's business. Meet Livia Hoogenboezem, the keeper of every piece of gossip in Verlorenvallei...

5 mins

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go! Platteland Description:

Forlegger: Media24

Kategori: Lifestyle

Språk: English

Hyppighet: Quarterly

The slow life is the good life: go! Platteland celebrates the rural lifestyle and the entrepreneurial spirit of people whose hearts are in the platteland – whether they grew up in the countryside or are already based there, are contemplating making the move or simply hankering after the rural life. Platteland offers articles that focus on entrepreneurs, DIY projects, animals, gardening, food, towns and people. It is both practical and inspiring – as much of a visual feast as it is a celebration of great writing.