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Elna Kotze
"What I dream is that this place, this biosphere, would be an icon of tolerance. I think that is the utopia, and whilst one might not achieve it, I think that does not excuse you from always aspiring to it."
            - Elna Kotze

Hear Elna Kotze talk about her methods and vision
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Elna Kotze and John Pringle enjoy a panoramic view of Pringle's Tafelkop Farm

Hear Elna Kotze talk about linking people's well being to care for the environment
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Hear Elna Kotze talk about how Wakkerstroom has caught-up with her vision
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"She's a very pragmatic lady because, in fact, most people are just talking. She doesn't talk. She does things. That is why we call her Mama Wakkerstroom, the mother of the town."
- Mandla Sithole, Wakkerstroom tourism guide
Elna Kotze and Shane Shane Plunkett, the reserve manager for the Mpumalanga Parks Board, survey the Wakkerstroom valley

Contact information:
Wakkerstroom National Heritage Association
tel. +27 17 730-0674
P.O. Box 223
Wakkerstroom 2480
John McAllister tel. +27 17 730-0269
Elna Kotze tel. +27 17 730-0029
Email: ekotze@sn.apc.org

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Photos/Audio © Janet Jarman