Destination: South Africa

Memoirs of a child’s first travel experience.

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By shenaz | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the day that I was introduced to the world of traveling... I was only 5years old and had no idea that I was about to be given a gift more precious than the pretty doll in my hand, a gift that would shape my mind and broaden the experiences ... Read more >

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Expect the unexpected

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By img | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry

Tuesday morning. Had a good night sleep, so a nice day to inhale the vibe of Cape Town. I asked my friendly ‘bunk’ neighbor to join me for a walk around town and within less then 20 minutes we are standing in the middle of all the commotion. Amazing, ... Read more >

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The Kick-Drum and Snare of Silence

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By tshepangmolisana | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry

I grabbled with hand-archived Walter Oltmann sculptures and William Kentridge charcoal drawings on a Saturday morning in February. For five full years, I had studied each monumental artist’s work. In the cocoon of an Art-History Education in Johannesburg, ... Read more >

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My 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip entry

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hellohuman | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry

I was at the Tswaing Crater Gathering, an open air psy trance festival a couple of kilometers from a 200 000 year old crater in Pretoria. An amazing psychedelic festival in the middle of the harsh bushveld. Saturated UV hues contrasted against the alien ... Read more >

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inside

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By elva_alushi | Views [98] | Scholarship Entry

It took thirty-six hours of air travel, six hours to drive to Knysna from Cape Town, one hour from there to Mossel Bay and a ten minute drive on the boat. I needed to see the bottom of the world so I could see life from its liquid depths. I am standing ... Read more >

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Photos: Nomad 2014

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By katja | Photo Gallery

Skittle City

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By khumosebambo | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry

You can’t walk through the Bo-Kaap without confronting every colour found in a packet of skittles. As the Islamic outpost in Cape Town, you’d expect to find a meek area, instead what you find is quite the opposite—the Bo-Kaap is vibrant. Not just because ... Read more >

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An encounter in the sun

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By katja | Views [544]

My eyes are closed, heavy; weighed down by the sun pressing down and leaking in. It embraces me as I lie on the beach, perfectly happy. It was a long drive here to George, over the mountains from my own dry little town, but it was undoubtedly worth ... Read more >

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The first time I ever saw a mass grave site

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By andile | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry

The first time I saw a mass gravesite; a fertile expanse marred by hundreds of the most beautiful startling white cairns against naturally manicured South African land, was the last time I listened to my fears. There was something ominous about the ... Read more >

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The invisible colour within the rainbow nation of

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By iulia | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry

On my way to Hermanus, I had the chance to meet Tabani, a young black man, short and thin, with his eyes wide open to everything and everyone around him. He was a character himself: despite his small appearance, he used grand gestures and made jokes every ... Read more >

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My first time

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By tebello | Views [123] | Scholarship Entry

Significant days. Let us reflect on a few of these 'red-letter days' : There is the year 1886 - when gold was discovered in Johannesburg; making the city rich. In 1994 South Africa held its first democratic election , and then there was 2005 October ... Read more >

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Nostalgia

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By gilly_b | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry

The moon was waxing as we leaned over the railing separating us from the swelling black tides of the Kowie River Mouth, and the twin piers rose out before us like slate coloured sentinels guarding the gates to the earth. It was a summer alive with ... Read more >

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Snapshot of a Stranger

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By robynporteous | Views [125] | Scholarship Entry

The mist swirls in from the Atlantic as the foghorn gives its lovely, lonely cry. It snags on Signal Hill and unravels. I know that the ethereal light of dusk will turn into a salty mist at night and make yellow halos around the streetlights, turning ... Read more >

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A Tale of Two Cape Towns

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By joannak | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry

My host mother, Molaba, had just celebrated her 60th year in Langa. Langa was a neglected neighborhood, a tin roof and chain link township established in the apartheid era, far removed from the thriving, elegant heart of Cape Town. Molaba would always ... Read more >

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Opening a world of discovery

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By adventuresofdaniellefarinha | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry

It started as a day trip through the Cradle of Human Kind. I came across a sign that said "Lesedi Cultural Village this way". I decided to follow the sign to see what it was about. As I arrived I was intrigued by the vibrant colours of the village entrance, ... Read more >

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