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    OF BATTLES, BAKKIES AND BOERS

    Jul 16, 2021 6 minutes
    Photos Alan Valkenburg

    ‘I have a feeling weʼre not in Kansas anymore,ʼ said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and as I made my way from Lanseria Airport, destination Kroonstad, I reckon I knew exactly how sheʼd felt.

    I had flown up to Joburg that morning and been handed the keys to the Amarok Highline 3.0 TDI 4Motion by the kind people at Volkswagen. My plan was to attend the National Jukskei Championships.

    Jukskei is to South Africa what Gaelic Football is to Ireland… just without the 80 000 spectators. If you havenʼt heard of it, shame on you! Itʼs as South African as vetkoek and biltong.

    Ahem. Having said that, my understanding of it was pretty vague too, so I decided a quick visit to Kroonstad – jukskei HQ – would be just the ticket.

    In a similar way to Dorothy, I was discovering that I wasnʼt in the Cape anymore. For a start, the highway had far

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