Ashleigh Nefdt

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The top finalists for the Safari Guide of the Year Awards have been announced! South Africa (30 May, 2025)—The Safari Guide of the Year Awards (SGOTY) has announced its top five finalists for 2025, showcasing Southern Africa’s most exceptional field guides! A prestigious recognition founded in 2011 by Mike Karantonis, (an independent Safari Guide), in partnership with non-profit Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA), celebrates the expertise, dedication, and passion of field...

3 weeks ago | goodthingsguy.com | Ashleigh Nefdt

Following the success of a one-of-a-kind tea party for underprivileged grannies, Charity Begins With Me is organising a township spa day! They are looking for beauty products to make the day fabulous:Johannesburg, South Africa (02 June 2025) — Recently, township grannies were treated to a tea party like no other. Now, Charity Begins With Me is preparing for another big event, a township spa day.

3 weeks ago | goodthingsguy.com | Ashleigh Nefdt

A life spent exploring mountains led South Africa’s Jeanette McGill to Everest at last and has become the oldest female South African to do so. From the top of the world, Jeanette cried, reflecting on the power of resilience. Global (01 June 2025) — Jeannette McGill recently did something most people only dream about. At the top of Mount Everest, Jeanette looked down at the world from its high point and cried her eyes out for the journey there had been much longer than the climb up.

3 weeks ago | goodthingsguy.com | Ashleigh Nefdt

In a conversation with Europeans, I was asked whether I had hope for South Africa’s future. Cape Town, South Africa (01 June 2025) — Recently, I found myself in conversation with Europeans visiting Cape Town, writes Good Things Guy’s Ashleigh. This is not an uncommon situation to find yourself in when you live in Cape Town, a City that year-on-year seems to attract more people from different walks of life and different stretches of the Earth. But, what was unusual was where the conversation led.

3 weeks ago | goodthingsguy.com | Ashleigh Nefdt

In Cape Town’s inner city, creativity has flowed. Street artists have been hard at work transforming unsuspecting infrastructure like bollards, dressing them up with paintings boasting natural themes!Cape Town, South Africa (01 June 2025) — When the inner city of Cape Town quiets down after dark, street artists come alive. In the heart of the Mother City, unsuspecting infrastructure (humble bollards) have become canvases for purple sunsets, bright blue waves and pink dolphins mid-jump.