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mopane worms

inAfrican Tales, Childhood, Limpopo, Nostalgia, Only In SA

Fat, salty, crunchy

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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Eighties
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Jis! Fun times in Jozi back in the #nineties😬🕺 Some autographs I can make out, others 🤷‍♀️ Feel free to hazard a guess…

I’ll just leave this with you guys 🙃 #ninetie

I’ll just leave this with you guys 🙃 #nineties #nostalgia

No matter what I’m saying, this is what’s actu

No matter what I’m saying, this is what’s actually going on in my head 😬🇿🇦💚✨🏆🏉 Still🙃 @bokrugby #rugbyworldcup

Until next time 💚🇿🇦✨🏆😘 #rugbyworl

Until next time 💚🇿🇦✨🏆😘 #rugbyworldcup

This will never go away 🤣🎉🇿🇦🔥🏉

This will never go away 🤣🎉🇿🇦🔥🏉

…all they have to do is say they wanna bake for

…all they have to do is say they wanna bake for South Africa & the Springboks 🫠 (#sucker 🍭)

Holy moly. That game. 🇿🇦🤯😭😱🔥✨🏉😂

Game day! #gobokke 💚🇿🇦🔥✨🏉

Game day! #gobokke 💚🇿🇦🔥✨🏉

Me, Oom Schalk and the Dwarseberg #onlyinsouthafri

Me, Oom Schalk and the Dwarseberg #onlyinsouthafrica

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Crabs man!🦀 #nineties #nostalgia Read more at

Crabs man!🦀 #nineties #nostalgia

Read more at OurFiresideStories.com🇿🇦🔥

My uncle’s bakkie #holidays #nostalgia Read mo

My uncle’s bakkie #holidays #nostalgia

Read more at OurFiresideStories.com🔥🇿🇦

Here’s hoping for a rehash of Twickenham ‘23 😁🇿🇦🏉🏆✨💚

Another charity store gem ❤️🇿🇦✨

Another charity store gem ❤️🇿🇦✨

…and this wasn’t even the end of the game 🤣

…and this wasn’t even the end of the game 🤣🔥🇿🇦🏉 #ameliaisbroken

Anyone else nervous? 🇿🇦🏆✨💚🔥🏉#g

Anyone else nervous? 🇿🇦🏆✨💚🔥🏉#gobokke

Best day EVER🇿🇦🏉💚🔥

Best day EVER🇿🇦🏉💚🔥

In only four days, this will be my actual view💃

In only four days, this will be my actual view💃🏟️🔥🇿🇦 ExcitedExcitedExcitedExcitedExcitedExcited. (Also, thanks to whichever of my children thought it funny try and capture me yelling the #bokke over the try line)🫣

If I could spend my days listening to and writing

If I could spend my days listening to and writing ✨your✨ stories of home… Thank you Queenie for sharing your story (and for the Edenglen days❤️)!

Read “Fat, salty, crunchy” on OurFiresideStories.com 🇿🇦❤️🔥

#birthdayvibes 🇿🇦

#birthdayvibes 🇿🇦

This🤩🇿🇦

This. 🏉🔥🇿🇦 @guardian

This. 🏉🔥🇿🇦 @guardian

What an incredible evening! Flip man. Dreams baby,

What an incredible evening! Flip man. Dreams baby, dreams. 🇿🇦🏉👊🔥 #unforgettable

Don’t smile because your smile will ruin the fla

Don’t smile because your smile will ruin the flag. Okay. Feel free to laugh 👀🤣

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