GERRIE
PRETORIUS
(page 42) is a
platinum-selling
singer, 4x4
adventurer, tour
guide and total travel junkie, who has
been to more than 70 countries…and
counting. He’s the presenter of Leef jou
Reis, kykNET’s first international lifestyle
and travel programme that focuses on
other country’s people and culture. SAMANTHA
REINDERS
(page 52) is a
photojournalist
from South Africa.
She divides
her time between the Karoo desert
of her homeland and the craziness of
Kathmandu. She’s never physically in one
place for too long but you can always find
her on social media: @samreinders. JANINE STEPHEN
(page 48) is
deep into her
second decade of
writing stories for
magazines and
newspapers. She’s chatted to truckers
about oil on Alaska’s Dalton Highway,
chased politicians for comment as a
parliamentary reporter and had a lot of
fun writing travel stories about far-flung
places, from Groot Marico to Mexico.
.
THERESA
SZEWALLO (page
54) is managing
director of The
Travel Corporation
South Africa and
a luminary in the South African travel
industry, with over 30 years’ experience
and the stamps of over 70 countries
in her passport. As a recently certified
yoga instructor and certified behavioural
consultant, Theresa aims to bring a
holistic approach to the workplace. CAREL VERHOEF
(page 62) is an
East African
adventurer,
environmentalist
and mountaineer,
with a passion for the Great Wildebeest
Migration. This November and December
he will climb seven African mountains for
seven causes in seven weeks as one of
the team leaders of the 7 Summits Africa
Challenge, presented by Great Migration
Camps: www.7summitsafrica.com. ZUKISWA
WANNER (page
40) is the 2015
winner of South
African Literary
Award’s K. Sello
Duiker Award for her fourth novel, London
Cape Town Joburg. Her third novel,
Men of the South, was shortlisted for
the Commonwealth Best Book and the
Herman Charles Bosman Awards. You
can read her literary and travel adventures
in the Mail & Guardian bi-monthly.
The Li River, Yangshuo, China.
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