BINNEKRING BLOG
Solar Santa Goes to Quaggafontein 2022
Story and Pics by Ronnie Jack The long wait is over. After three painful years AfrikaBurn is back. As nearly a thousand miles lie behind me the dreaded R355 shakes my car to pieces and covers me in …More »
Humans Of AfrikaBurn: Kim Goodwin
Feature image: Temple |Xam by Jonx Pillemer, profile pic by Kood De Kock, words by Shannon Smith This man has changed your life, and many of you probably don’t even know it. Do you remember that magical piece that …More »
Ilukuluku and Bright Sparks Transform Cape Flats School
Words and photos: Shaun Sebastian Though the project, like so many other Creative Grant Recipients which were headed to our 2020 event, will not see the dust this time round, the Ilukuluku Collective have ploughed on regardless with their …More »
THE (VIRTUAL) ADVENTURES OF SOLAR SANTA 2020
(words and photos by Solar Santa aka Ronnie Jack) Has the virus pandemic left you huddled morosely gazing into your cup of soup? Lucky you. I’m old as Methuselah so don’t have the luxury of wasting what little time …More »
The Hammer Falls Pt II
Words and photos: Helena Sheridan Inside, the joke. DPW is very much an inside joke. Not that any job the crew does is a joke, but that like, you had to be there… One does not simply explain the experience …More »
The Hammer Falls
As we gather for the last time at Stonehenge Private Reserve, so DPW will have its own burn – The Hammer! Read H’s piece to find out more, and support the project. More »
Teardrops on the Tankwa
Words & photos: Kevin Kgara Rack Cast: The Avatar, The Shaman, The Bear, The Bear’s son, Oom Daan Soentjies, tracker and story teller !’Aru Ikhuisi Piet Berendse, White Lighting, Kgara, the Powerful Shaman woman who breathes fire, Ras, Angel …More »
Lakes of Fire Exchange 2019
Words & photos: Jonx Pillemer I must admit at the outset, that while I knew there was a ‘Burner Exchange’ programme between the Great Lakes regional burn (Lakes of Fire) and AfrikaBurn, the South African regional burn, I have …More »
Kids and the Burn (for those without kids)
Words: Suzan McCreadie (preview photo: Suzan McCreadie) This is for the young party people without kids… So, we’ve taken our kids to the burn since they were old enough to find their way back (around 8 years). The freedom …More »
Temple & Timing
To explain the thinking behind the timing of our Temple burn this year, project lead on the Temple of Stars, Walter Bohmer, has provided some insight into his reasons for requesting a Sunday silent burn of the structure. Words: …More »
