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I entered South Africa’s Diamond Territory [S5 – Eps. 34]
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
This Season 5 ride takes Itchy Boots from Kleinsee toward South Africa’s border with Namibia, through a region associated with diamond mining. The Orange River provides the journey’s historical thread: its role in carrying diamonds helps explain the significance of the landscape.
About this film
Part of the Southern Africa season, this 20-minute episode sets motorcycle travel alongside the story of diamonds in the area. The focus is both geographical and historical: the route brings the rider close to the Orange River, while the region’s mining history—and stories connected to diamond mining that continue today—gives the ride wider context. Rather than treating the journey as scenery alone, the film connects movement across the landscape with the resources and history associated with it. Published in May 2021, it is one instalment in Itchy Boots’ ongoing motorcycle journey through Southern Africa.
The journey
The ride starts in Kleinsee and continues to the border with Namibia. Seeing the Orange River is a stated aim of the trip; the river’s history gives that destination particular meaning. Over millions of years, it carried diamonds into a large part of South Africa, linking the river to the diamond territory at the centre of the episode. The account also points to mining as a continuing part of the region’s story, placing the ride within a landscape shaped by both its past and
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