The Ethical Question

I saw footprints at the cairn. Or did I?
My notes said nothing.
So the essay says: 'depressions that could be footprints.'
If I'm not certain, I say so.

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#Namaqualand #LiteraryJournalism #SouthAfricanStories

He was not on the stoep today.
I looked for him: that is new.
Before, the empty chair was invisible.
Now the absence registers.
I don’t know where he is and have no right to.
Observation does not grant access.
Absence is also data.
#Namaqualand #LiteraryJournalism #SouthAfricanStories

The stacked stones say:
This is what I made.
The sixth says:
This is what I did not use.
Look for what’s missing.
That is where the story lives.
This Sunday, one unused stone opens into generations of memory.
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Community members gather outside of the South African Parliament. Communities from #Namaqualand are speaking out while others are making presentations to the select committee on Land, Agriculture and Minerals.
#Land #R2SNO #FPIC #Namakwaland

On the plaas,
the Spring flowers
are starting to bloom
(short video)
#Daisy #Gousblom #Namaqualand

On the plaas,
the Spring flowers
are starting to bloom
#Daisy #Gousblom #Namaqualand

#Namaqualand in #SouthAfrica #Photography
by dans les pas de nicolas
#Landscape
#Nature
#Flowers

#Namaqualand #Wildflowers, Namaqualand, #SouthAfrica, one of the world's largest wildflower blooms,
#DimorphothecaQuiver #Tree, by Tom Till
#Photgraphy
#Nature
#Landscape

Tell a funny story about running barefoot across the desert in a completely inappropriate frock... and then whip out the more serious climate story #namaqualand #dustbowl #desertification #climatecollapse #storyark #storyarkdiaries @coveringclimatenow.org @antonharber.bsky.social

plaas gate #Namaqualand

This morning's office
#Namaqualand mooi
🐑🐑🐑🐕🐕

In the middle of nowhere
image by #marinushaakmanphotos
#Karoo #desertlandscape #Namaqualand #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography

Karoo Dust Bowl (Part II) — Northern Cape farmers ‘don’t want to inherit dust’ left by mines The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible dust bowl, following decades of heavy grazing and mining. Farmers are holding the line against a surge ...

Farmers holding line against new mining prospectors, but are overwhelmed/state failing in oversight. #karoo #climatecrisis #mining #climateemergency #dustbowl #DMRE #namaqualand #northerncape

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

The Knersvlakte is starting to wake up after the recent rains #Namaqualand

Out in the veld yesterday, Knersvlakte #Namaqualand

Die Wüste blüht in bunten Farben Im Nordwesten Südafrikas sind weite Landschaften von Blütenteppichen bedeckt.

Die Wüste blüht in bunten Farben #Namaqualand #Daisies

A field filled with yellow and orange Namaqualand daisies, with stony hilltops in the background. Gamoep Natue Reserve, near Springbok, South Africa

Namaqualand road trip, part 2: #Springbok, #Pofadder, #Augrabies, #Brandvlei, #Loeriesfontein
#Namakwaland #Namaqualand

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