Escaping to the Rural Trails

Last year, two fellow students and I embarked upon an exciting, and somewhat nerve-racking, three-month research trip into the furthest reaches of rural northern KwaZulu-Natal - the Mathenjwa Tribal Authority (MTA). This research incorporated interviewing rural farmers and organising community meetings concerning their livelihoods. Our study area bordered Swaziland to the west and Mozambique to the north.