Briony, with some of the wonderful staff at Maphutha L Malatji Hospital in Namakgale.

We were busy-busy in August, visiting North West at the beginning of the month, and heading north to Limpopo at the end. We were surprised by the good infrastructure in the North West, and drove just under 900 km, visiting 37 clinics and hospitals on our route.

Limpopo proved to be a challenge, map-wise (despite much planning!), but we drove over 1 000 km – much of it on dust roads – to visit 40 clinics and hospitals. The people in Limpopo were wonderful and welcoming and, thank goodness, like angels. This proved most handy when we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere, on a dust road in the sweltering heat, with a flat tyre! Along the deserted road came Agnes and Thendo, who kindly helped us, and we were soon back on our way.

We’ve met wonderful people and been welcomed most graciously, and health care workers are loving the posters, so hopefully the trips are having the desired effect – to get word of the hotline out there, to where it’s needed most!

Our last trip – to the Northern Cape – starts mid-September. You can follow our travels on our Facebook page.