by Abongile | Mar 4, 2024 | Blog
‘The Makatini from Cape Town’ slips his toes into the cold but refreshing Atlantic ocean. With his paddle grasped in one hand, the sea kayak in the other, he pushes away and hops aboard. He is off on his next adventure with newfound companion ‘Richard the Lionheart’....
by Abongile | Jan 31, 2024 | Blog
The Makatini slips the headphone over his ears, adjusts the mic as he pinches himself. The whirly bird flaps into life, the pilot welcomes us all onboard and we gracefully lift off the ground in the Airbus H120. ‘The Hummingbird’ banks left and flies off over the...
by Rory | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog
It’s a crisp, fresh morning as the Makatini from Cape Town alights from his car, dons his backpack, and with a swagger, steps out onto the well-worn path. Still in shadow, the Table Mountain towers above him on the left, while to his right the turquoise waters of the...
by Abongile | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog
The Makatini mounts his trusty two-wheeled balancing machine, bends his knees, leans forward, then glides down the road and over the bridge into Spier Farm. His ‘horse’ responds well. With the wind in the adventurer’s hair and a wee draft up his kilt, he sets off into...
by Abongile | Oct 21, 2018 | Blog
I have great pleasure in introducing you to South African-born Rory Taylor, the self-styled ‘Makatini from Cape Town’. Rory is the only son of my fun-loving and adventurous late cousin, Tommy Taylor, who came from Scotland to live in South Africa with his wife Nancy,...
