Our trip to Mpumalanga in July proved tough and, hopefully, productive. Mpumalanga is not big on signage for their clinics, so we spent a lot of time lost (despite careful planning and maps!), and met many people, what with asking directions a million times. Regardless we managed to visit over thirty clinics and hospitals, and travelled 1 204 km in our five days there.

From Lydenburg to Bushbuckridge, Skukuza to Mbombela, Emgwena to Emalahleni, we saw the beauty of Mpumalanga and the devastating drought and visited bustling and busy clinics both in rural and urban areas, meeting the dedicated health care workers in them. We even managed to bump into a herd on elephant on our route – lucky us!

Next up, North West, and then Limpopo, in August. You can follow our travels on our Facebook page.