There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it………”
~ ‘Cry, the Beloved Country’ by Alan Paton
When I visited there in 2006, the HIV rate in these hills was estimated to be 70%
"Do what you can, with what you've been given, in the place where you are, with the time that you have"
~ South African boy who died of AIDS age 12