A young maiden provides the rhythm for a traditional Zulu wedding ceremony.

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Living under Nelson Mandela (Madiba) whilst he was South Africa's first black president post-apartheid was a fascinatiing and Uniquely South African Experience. Looking up to him as an inspiration is a completely global one.

Our beautiful national flower! Good luck everyone.

I searched all over the world for the girl that I love, but she had been there in my village all the time.

Cape Town is notorious for having all four seasons in one day. This was one of those days.

This is the most divine sipping beverage there is. Poured over ice, or even ice cream, it's got to be heaven in a bottle!

The Marula berries fall from the trees and ferment, and elephants and monkeys are known to eat them and get intoxicated, resulting in some rather funny movies having been shot, with drunken animals as the stars of the show!

(For those non-SA people out there, and I know there are plenty, it's like Bailey's Irish Cream, only smoother! It's now exported and should be available at your nearest bottle shop / off-license / liquor store / bar, so I recommend you go give it a try!)

This funky car is decorated in colourful geometric patterns that typify the art of the Ndebele, one of South Africa's tribes. Though beat-up, the car is considered roadworthy and bears the Gauteng Province number plate.

A type of tree aloe, the hollowed out branches of the Quiver Tree was traditionally used by Bushmen to make quivers for their arrows.

This one is about 7m high, and lives in my back yard.