This is Erika Jenniker, with CJ her boy, and Snoekie the white dog. Snoekie is quite terrifying - constant loud growling, but as you can see here, still too much of a coward, and constantly hiding behind Erika. I think that the tripod with those 3 long legs might have had something to do with it:)
I asked them to crouch down in this narrow passage between their one-roomed house, and this newer addition as a day room - a caravan that they managed to drag up the very steep valley, and that now has doubled the size of their living quarters.
This community of Vrystaat is alongside the main road between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay, and a big section of this community's income comes from selling amazing indigenous wild flowers to passing motorists.
These forests are seriously protected, so whether this is a legal activity or not, I am unsure of, however, the local authorities turn a blind eye, as this practice has been going on for many decades now, and given the general shortage of jobs, one can understand why.
CJ reminds me of the little girl in the Simpsons. He sucks on that dummy in exactly the same fashion - it moves in and out of his mouth like a piston - just like Maggie Simpson.
