On the road between Prieska and Upington is a small village of around 500 houses called Marydale. The people of Marydale all know each other very well and the local…
The Alcoholic Game
Working in the Northern Cape means that you will have to deal with people who are enslaved to alcohol. The Afrikaans word for addiction “verslaaf” describes the experience better I…
Testing The Market
So over the past two weeks, Andy and the team have set-up this website. We have rewritten and re-designed it twice based on what our friends and supporters have suggested. …
In The Valley Of The Blind
Niekerkshoop is a small villages some 70 kilometers North-East of Prieska in the Northern Cape. The village is not easy to reach as the dirt roads leading to it are…
Deaf People Mine Too
Just over a year ago I was working as a social worker in a remote town in the Northern Cape, Prieska and noticed that many of my clients were involved…