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Between MOKOPANE AND MARKEN the unassuming R518, it turns out, boasts one of the most SPECTACULAR MOUNTAIN PASSES in the country

There is a mountain pass on a quiet road west of Mokopane that is utterly astounding. It’s one of those pictures-don’t-do-it-justice roads, quite probably because in order to truly appreciate the full impact of the pass, you need to first experience the drive to get there.

It was early on a Tuesday afternoon when we “discovered” the pass. We were shooting the final short film in and Isuzu’s Ikhaya Lekhaya campaign and had left Pretoria that

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