South Africa: As the Karoo Hopes for an End to Its Worst Drought in a Generation, the Region's History May Hold Important Lessons for Its Future

Heleen van Wygharden loves to dance. In the 1970s, still in her early thirties, she attended a dance with other farm workers. Between pirouettes, she started to notice the guitarist who was guiding her steps from the edge of the room. Piet was short and quiet and never entered the fray. "Hy is nie 'n baie goeie danser nie. Maar, Jissus, hy kon kitaar speel (He's not a very good dancer, but, Jesus, he could play guitar)," remembers Heleen.

Life was never quite the same again. At the end of the night, Piet and Heleen left together, she on the handlebars of his bicycle.

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