I realize, having now spent some time in the village of Hogsback, that many of the children here are not attending School. They are attending that awful monster, Hogsback Homeschool.Their precocity not withstanding it seems a damned shame that an entire generation of children should be educationally neglected simply to Read more…
As an artist I find that the environment in the Eastern eastern Cape mountains above the village of Hogsback is rather inspiring the light is quite beautiful and the Flora and Fauna available to see are quite extraordinary. I find myself devoting much of my time to the art of Read more…
The meaning of a portrait to this South African artist The meaning of art is yet mysterious. I am a South African artist and I spent my life making art of one sort of another and the best explanation that I have of exactly what I’m doing is what one Read more…
Many people enjoy walking in the forests around the Hogsback Village in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Some people even uproot their lives, sell up their properties in the city and go and live in hogsback Village. It seems on the face of it to be an idyllic Read more…
I left the little wooden cabin in the earliest light of the day. Crisply cold air pinched my cheeks but my body was warmly ensconced in the leather jacket. Once at the dirt road I took a left turn, heading away from the lightening eastern sky towards the small village Read more…
In the rocks high above the town where I live the baboons lead another life that is just like ours but also completely different. If you go in the early evening to the top of the rocks where the wind blows and no voices are heard apart from the barking Read more…
I have always enjoyed my time spent in Queenstown in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The mountains which surround the basin in which the town lies are absolutely extraordinary. As an oil painter I find the area exquisitely inspiring. To wake up early in the morning and hike Read more…
In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa there is a little village, Hogsback Village, built just above a very attractive patch of Afro Montane forest which I remember from my boyhood. The trails are quite lovely and many delightful waterfalls are available to visit. The village itself is attractively Read more…
A story about encountering a wild spirit by South African artist Jeremy Van der want. I had been walking for hours, tracking back and forth across the mountain slope. The grass was thick and grew in clumps around loose rock making it difficult to avoid using my hands to steady Read more…
In light of the previous article on bullying which alluded to the then SAPF ‘s failure to prosecute a serial killer because of the racist motivation for his crime; more recent events concerning Queenstown Murderers who have emerged from the Queenstown/Komani bully culture centre around the brutal murder of women Read more…