This photo shows a mother goat with her new-born baby, having just given birth in the street outside the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in the small Eastern Cape town of Tarkastad.
I became interested in looking back at photos I have taken in small towns in South Africa after reading an article in the Daily Maverick by Julienne Du Toit, co-author with Chris Marais of a recent book Moving to the Platteland: Life in Small Town South Africa (see http://karoospace.co.za/). Her article, Decoding the Platteland – the Social Magic of a South African Dorp, discusses the sense of community and proximity to nature that can be found in small towns.
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November 19, 2018 at 11:33 am
Oh….so wunderschön!
Dieses liebevolle Foto berührt das Herz und die Seele….
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November 20, 2018 at 9:23 am
Vielen Dank, Rosie.
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November 17, 2018 at 3:15 am
Very interesting. So it was a domestic goat rather than a wild one? I’ve lived in several small towns and never seen that before, though there’s a guy here who has a tame goat that follows him around when he’s in town.
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November 17, 2018 at 6:21 pm
Yes, a domestic goat. How sweet, the tame goat following its owner around town!
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November 17, 2018 at 2:29 am
Certainly not something I’m likely to see anywhere around here. Nice to see there are still places where a goat can give birth undisturbed. 😏
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November 16, 2018 at 8:32 am
That certtainly has ‘small town’ written all over it, And yet when I was in India, the larger conurbations all had their share of cows, sheep, goats and hens wandering about as if they too owned the place.
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November 16, 2018 at 6:56 pm
Interesting that they survive and are tolerated even in the larger towns.
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November 16, 2018 at 3:02 am
I too find small towns interesting in terms of the changes that are taking place. Passing through is one thing, but being part of a crumbling one is another.
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November 16, 2018 at 6:54 am
I know what you mean. I live in a larger town (though it has the heart of a small town), and it also faces enormous problems in relation to inadequate management, high unemployment, and all the other familiar difficulties.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:47 am
Now that’s not something you see every day!
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November 16, 2018 at 6:44 am
It was unusual and rather a touching sight.
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November 15, 2018 at 9:57 pm
An, ”Ag, shame” moment if ever there was!
Anyone come along to claim the goats?
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November 16, 2018 at 6:42 am
“Ag shame” is likely exactly what I said at the time 🙂 The goat seemed quite relaxed and so maybe that was her regular stamping ground. No owner in sight, just some curious schoolgirls respectfully amazed at spotting the new-born baby.
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November 16, 2018 at 7:51 am
Respectfully amazed pretty much nails it! Who wouldn’t be!
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