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CircumSwazi

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Two UCT students squeezed the most out of their twoweek June holiday. Matt, a final-year medical student, and Kevin, a postgraduate in medical anthropology, combined their love of adventure and medicine. They decided to get first-hand experience of rural healthcare settings and to raise awareness about access to adequate care in Southern Africa, setting a fastest known time (FKT) in the process.

THE DREAM IS THE FIRST STEP

Having heard that eSwatini, previously called Swaziland, is one for the bucket list, we decided to run the length of the border – circumnavigating the Kingdom of eSwatini.

With two months to go to our midyear break, things had to fall into place, but it was only a month

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