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Photo Album: Oppikoppi Unknown Brother (by AJ Van Niekerk) 2

Sep

2011

There is a live band photographer living the lower part of South Africa in the Eastern Cape province… AJ van Niekerk is a Fine Art student from Uitenhage. He’s currently studying in Port Elizabeth at NMMU. Studying Fine Art gives him the opportunity to study photography, painting, drawing and print making to uses it to ...

Oppikoppi Without The Music

Aug

2011

If you have ever been to Oppikoppi, you have experienced the crunchy red dust, the shiver of the night and the sweat of the day. You have also had a drink at 9am and not wondered if it was OK. Of course it is the right thing to do in Northam. Isn’t that why Northam ...

Oppikoppi 2011: Dude, where’s my tent?

Aug

2011

It took a week of stressing about getting a lift, five hours in a Land Rover filled with a few loud, half–drunk 17 year olds and many years of dreaming that got me to Oppikoppi. From Oppikoppi 2011 I did not expect much, but experienced far more than can be expressed in words. On Thursday night I tiredly ...

Oppikoppi 2011 All Up In My Earlobes 1

Aug

2011

After counting down the months, days, minutes and seconds, it was finally time for Oppikoppi 2011 Unknown Brother… the family member that you just can’t live without. Due to a couple of unforeseen circumstances we only arrived at the dusty yet beautiful Oppikoppi farm, very late on Friday evening. This was the very first Oppikoppi festival ...

Oppikoppi Unknown Brother Review 3

Aug

2011

On Thursday, the 4th of August 2011 me and @BaasDeBeer made our way to the farm outside a little town called Northam in the Limpopo province for Oppikoppi Unknown Brother. Although we took the shittiest pot-hole infested road via Brits to the festival we managed to get there in 1 piece. We also caught up ...

Realistic Guys Guide to Oppikoppi 2

Aug

2011

I’m also all for gender equality. Seeing that Tunet was kind enough to give the girl readers a guide to Oppikoppi I thought it would be equally kind for me to give the guys a guide to Oppikoppi. Guys are a lot easier than the girls though, we don’t care that much about not being ...

Realistic Girl’s Guide to Oppikoppi 1

Jul

2011

Okay, I am all for gender equality. But when it comes to things like outdoor festivals, I have to admit that being a girl puts you in a disadvantage. You know… dirty toilets, no place to wash your hair. No bathing? Here’s a practical girl’s guide to Oppikoppi. I myself have never been one of ...