If anyone had ever told me that I would be writing an article for a 4x4 magazine about a trip I was going to take through Africa, I would have laughed out loud. I don’t even know how to change a flat tyre, let alone drive a 4x4! And anyway, I’m in the South African music industry, looking after the intellectual property of artists and organising big music festivals. The closest I have come to 4x4-ing is racing from point A to point B on a four-wheeler during my festivals and functions… And yet, here I am, doing exactly that!
During the pandemic, our music industry came to an abrupt standstill. I suddenly had a lot of time on my hands and wondered how I could help my fellow South Africans. The world was trapped in an oppressive fear that it was the end of life as we knew it, the end of days so to speak. There was a severe drought in South Africa and Namibia and things looked bad. However, as an eternal optimist fear is not my master! I’m that person who, if I knew everything was going to end tomorrow, would plant a tree today. I refuse to by dragged
