KNOWING THE KALAHARI
Johan Badenhorst is probably South Africa’s best-known overlander, with his amazing adventures televised on SABC2. He also knows a lot about patience – probably the best attribute if you plan on travelling the African continent.
To a certain extent, the Kalahari is like a Land Cruiser. Neither are the most convenient nor particularly cost-effective. But once a Cruiser man, always a Cruiser man (and more often than not, a Cruiser girl).
This month I want to talk about one of the best known but least populated areas in South Africa, a region that causes poets to grab their pens and notepads, writers to
