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HERTZOGGIES & 'TWIEGEVRIETJIES'

Remember back in May this year when Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, wanted to blow R22 million on an inconsequential flag monument while millions of South Africans go hungry every day? Perhaps he should take a page from a 92-year-old recipe book on how white and brown women respectively used their kitchen ingredients to create a lasting ‘monument’ that still makes a delicious teatime snack.

HERTZOGGIES

The small, dusty town of Smithfield in the Free State has its own legendary tale which has much to do with why white women in South Africa got

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