Sometime in 1996 Dixon Mkansi, just returned from a bush walk with guests, came across a very vocal little warthog in the driveway leading up to Djuma Bush Lodge.

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The due date for the expected new arrival was looming. I had opted to have, around that date, an induction at Nelspruit MediClinic. I was so paranoid - about going into labour in the bush and having to face a two-and-a-half hour drive to the hospital - that I needed to make use of that option.

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What with my ever-expanding belly Jurie was not too keen for me to do the town trips on my own to fetch shopping and wages in the VW Jetta.

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Then the unthinkable happened - Jurie and I came down with malaria at the same time! Looking back on it was quite funny in a strange way.

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In 1995, just before Victoria arrived on the scene, there had been great general excitement: I was pregnant! The news spread like wildfire. Everyone was thrilled, with Jurie’s mom and my mom being the most thrilled of all.

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