LET IT SNOW!
Jul 24, 2020
4 minutes
There are no fewer than 70 off-road vehicles parked in knee-deep snow on the Matroosberg. Small groups of people cluster around the back of the open canopies of their respective bakkies, and coffee gets poured from flasks and handed out. The sun is shining brightly, and to one side a family is perched on a rock. They’re the only ones who managed to get their gas stove going and are grilling boeries – when the mercury drops to around 3 °C, cooking gas often won’t ignite that easily.
We’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and people are keeping a polite distance from one another – there’s no shaking of hands and voices need to be raised when you talk to aneighbour. Occasionally a
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