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African boy in Zambia with hand in front of face

inAfrican Tales, Seventies

A view outside

man-eating lion

inAfrican Tales

Man-eating lion

Because everyone has a story worth telling…

That time when… Sitting around the kitchen table picking at leftovers after Christmas lunch or on the stoep as the sun goes down and braai smoke acts as a catalyst for tears and tales, or around a campfire singing Kumbaya. How else do we remember if not through stories—altered by time and confused by the fragility and fallibility of memory. The messy, tragic, beautiful, funny fables that make us who we are. The South Africa of our childhood and our parents’ childhood and their parents’ childhood and their aunty’s uncle’s mother’s friend’s childhood. And the South Africa of now, of course.

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Mixtapes & Magazines #thenineties #nostalgia Read

Mixtapes & Magazines #thenineties #nostalgia

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I’m ready 🥳🏉🏟️ Thanks @chrisscruffhun

I’m ready 🥳🏉🏟️ Thanks @chrisscruffhuntingford and Kikky 💚

Belated birthday surprises from some of my favouri

Belated birthday surprises from some of my favourites 🇿🇦☺️❤️@chrisscruffhuntingford

Of course the perfect avo comes from home🇿🇦

Of course the perfect avo comes from home🇿🇦 #expatlife

In my head: “Mike’s kitchen… You couldn’t

In my head: “Mike’s kitchen… You couldn’t be better, even if twice the price.”

Actual: “Mike’s Kitchen… "You couldn't eat better, even at twice the price.”

Oops 🤣

#nostalgia

#momsroadtrip 🦓🛖 Ourfiresidestories.com🔥

#momsroadtrip 🦓🛖

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Butterfly love in #margate 🇿🇦🦋💚

Butterfly love in #margate 🇿🇦🦋💚

Not even rain and no garden will stop us 😬👀b

Not even rain and no garden will stop us 😬👀braailife #saffasinlondon #expatlife 🇿🇦

Rooftop braai 🔥🌭 #expatlife #saffasinlondon

Rooftop braai 🔥🌭 #expatlife #saffasinlondon

When she told me she was going to sing me a song,

When she told me she was going to sing me a song, I didn’t expect it to be this 🤣🇿🇦…although, probably, I should have expected 😬 #expatlife

It’s an #expat life 💚

It’s an #expat life 💚

Anyone else? 😬🇿🇦 #expatlife #easter

Anyone else? 😬🇿🇦 #expatlife #easter

Dad’s favourite jacket #vintage #1990

Dad’s favourite jacket #vintage #1990

So crazy how just a picture can be a porthole to c

So crazy how just a picture can be a porthole to childhood ✨ #memories

…and stickers! “Shinies” were worth at least

…and stickers! “Shinies” were worth at least three non-shinies💰🤣

Anyone else play “swaps” in the 90s? Back when

Anyone else play “swaps” in the 90s? Back when invitation paper was not just invitation paper 🤣 #nostalgia🇿🇦

Did I just actually use my favourite-umbrella-when

Did I just actually use my favourite-umbrella-when-I-was-5. Yes I did #dontjudge (they don’t make things like they did in the 80s). I did give it back to Delilah 👀💕☔️

Tastes like 1999.

Tastes like 1999.

The Caltex bunny🐰 #nostalgia🇿🇦

The Caltex bunny🐰 #nostalgia🇿🇦

Who remembers this? #nostalgia🇿🇦 #happyhippc

Who remembers this? #nostalgia🇿🇦 #happyhippclub

My Mother’s Day Lunch—bunny chow with a side o

My Mother’s Day Lunch—bunny chow with a side of gin #heaven 😇🇿🇦

Unpacking 90kgs of #nostalgia (plus an electric wo

Unpacking 90kgs of #nostalgia (plus an electric wok and smoothie maker) was pretty fun 🤩💥🇿🇦

90kgs of luggage, four boxes to ship… and all th

90kgs of luggage, four boxes to ship… and all that’s left in South Africa is our hearts 🇿🇦😍

Now Layla’s seen the road where we played hopsco

Now Layla’s seen the road where we played hopscotch, the trees that bloom Jacaranda blossoms in the spring, the house I cried over when moved, the field where we ran, played and laughed for hundreds of breaks and the school building that saw plays, dances, bad maths and good English 🤣…and the best of friendships.

#kensington #johannesburg #nostalgia 🇿🇦

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