River of gold is the story of South Africa’s most iconic river,
described by Rudyard Kipling as the ‘great, grey, green, greasy
Limpopo all set about with fever trees’. Here for the first time is
the only full account of this river’s history, its ancient past,
wildlife, landscapes, early kingdoms and their people, warfare,
trade, slaves, 19th-century hunting, travel and adventures and the
conservation efforts of four national parks of which the renowned
Kruger National Park is one. The book (and the river) encompasses
two world heritage sites, two Transfrontier conservation areas,
private game reserves, some of the richest rock art sites in
southern Africa with the river’s ‘source’ centred at the site of
the world’s richest gold deposits ever discovered, Johannesburg.
After 1750 km, this amazing river, which to early travellers had
neither a beginning nor an end, sharing a border with four southern
Africa countries, enters the Indian Ocean 50 km southeast of the
town of Xai Xai in Mozambique, first recorded by Vincent Erskine in
1869. Two of the authors, Clive Walker and Peter Norton, in their
quest to unearth its secrets have travelled the length of the river
from its source to the sea. Not in one journey but several over a
number of years while at the same time photographing its unique
landscapes, wildlife and people. Only two works have ever been
published about the river. The first by Carl Birkby in 1939,
Limpopo journey, a journalist and war correspondent, and the artist
Walter Battiss in 1965, simply titled Limpopo. Both accounts
concentrated on the author’s impressions and journeys along
sections of the river. River of gold is to be published by Jacana
Media, in full colour with some 200 images, numerous sketches, maps
and an afterword by Dr John Ledger. This long-awaited publication
comes at a critical time with the growing concern for the country’s
water resources, threats to our rivers, wetlands and catchment
areas, loss of municipal water through aging infrastructure and
contamination through sewage outflow. Add climate change to the mix
and the prospects grow dimmer. If this publication can reveal the
magnificence of one of our prime rivers and draw attention to its
unique biodiversity and history, this publication will reveal
information previously unknown and draw attention to rivers and
wetlands and the vital need to conserve them.
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