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Bridget Hilton-Barber

Revitalising Braamfontein: A vision for a safe, vibrant, and walkable urban oasis

South Africa

Revitalising Braamfontein: A vision for a safe, vibrant, and walkable urban oasis

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Block by block, Hillbrow is being turned into a neighbourly place

South Africa

Block by block, Hillbrow is being turned into a neighbourly place

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Jozi reimagined, as neighbourhoods come out from behind their walls and push back

South Africa

Jozi reimagined, as neighbourhoods come out from behind their walls and push back

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Global citizen scientists dig it: unearthing SA’s paleo tourism

South Africa

Global citizen scientists dig it: unearthing SA’s paleo tourism

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Eswatini — the tiny kingdom with a big heart

Africa

Eswatini — the tiny kingdom with a big heart

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Sampling a rich and nuanced southern Africa travel cocktail — with a heady kick

South Africa

Sampling a rich and nuanced southern Africa travel cocktail — with a heady kick

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Walking with the golden ancients — following footsteps through time and civilisations in Pafuri Triangle

South Africa

Walking with the golden ancients — following footsteps through time and civilisations in Pafuri Triangle

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Nine countries, 9,000km and 40-something crazy days later – the end of an incredible African journey

South Africa

Nine countries, 9,000km and 40-something crazy days later – the end of an incredible African journey

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Revelling in Zimbabwe’s beauty while retracing routes through the badlands and valley of the ancients

Africa

Revelling in Zimbabwe’s beauty while retracing routes through the badlands and valley of the ancients

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Majestic Malawi – on the edge of the world without a bike, but our hearts were singing

Africa

Majestic Malawi – on the edge of the world without a bike, but our hearts were singing

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Ghosts of genocide haunt beautiful, clean and joyless Rwanda

Africa

Ghosts of genocide haunt beautiful, clean and joyless Rwanda

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Road-rattled in Tanzania – driving the dirty devil to gin, good coffee and views to soothe the weariest soul

Africa

Road-rattled in Tanzania – driving the dirty devil to gin, good coffee and views to soothe the weariest soul

By Bridget Hilton-Barber