Chasing Fountains in South Africa

There are more than 60 communities in South Africa whose name ends with ‘fontein’. From the tongue-twisting, Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein meaning ‘Two Buffalos Shot ‘Totally’ Dead with One-Shot Fountain’ to the more ‘beautiful fountain’, Mooifontein. Each with a little bit of history, or something special or not, either way…why not see what they are about?

Today, the first weekend of level 4 lockdown and we decided to head to the Anton Smit Sculpture Park and took the route that went through the town of Bapsfontein. Was more interested in finding a street sign or a sculpture of sorts with the words Bapsfontein. Didn’t find anything on the way through and took a photo by the street sign. was surprised on the way back to notice that a garage we had driven past had a beautiful orange sign with the name on it.

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