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Winning letter

I was particularly excited to get my hands on the Autumn 2022 issue of Platteland when I realised that Clocolan would be featured. My paternal grandmother is from this little Eastern Free State town that lies between Ficksburg and Ladybrand.

On 21 March 2022, we returned from visiting family in Clocolan – my younger sister had not been in almost 10 years, my maternal grandmother had never visited the town

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