Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

And the reason for this is because there's worse quality sections of the roads in Cape Town.

This one is quite a high-quality section, but it's the M3 turnoff around Kirstenbosch, right? There's a turnoff into Kirstenbosch, but before, if you're coming from Muizenberg side, I think there's three to four to five to six to seven robots.

I don't know how many there are, but there are a lot.

And for some reason, there's always traffic there.

It doesn't matter what time of day, doesn't matter what day of the week, 'cause either people are gonna go have a good time at Kirstenbosch or there's school traffic or there's work traffic.

And you just, it ...

The corner just before it, you're like, "Oh, I'm almost by UCT, and then I'll get to Philip Hosanna, and then I can relax." No.

You've got four robots to get through-

And I think that kind of sentiency that, uh, that, that must be, um, acknowledged with, you know, with the river, um, is, is very, very important.

Because historically, at confluence of rivers, for example, and riverine systems itself as it comes from, in this case, the Lisbiek River as it comes from the 𝘙𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘢 g- um, starting- At Kirstenbosch and Table Mountain, as it moves down, um, the messaging of the Earth, the messaging of, uh, of the cosmos, and especially at confluence areas where these messaging, uh, messages meet, um, and historically these are places of, of politic, of weddings, of funerals, and all these kinds of things, um, uh, allow us to, to kind of really, um, embrace a much more symbiotic relationship to, to the river as just merely something that, um, you know, is, is to be utilized.

Um, one of the messages in already, and you're welcome to bring your thoughts to bear via WhatsApp at 0725671567.

"I like this unique view, ultimately granting water legal personhood reflects the principle that protecting water is essential not only for ecosystems but also for present and future generations.

You know, um, in the meaning of, of, of say Khamisa, as, as it's water.

Water not just being a commodity, a sacred being, and for healing of humanity.

But once captured, however, you know, the same as you mentioned earlier, the Liesbeek was redirected as it flows down from Kirstenbosch, uh, along the, you know, wild almond hedge planted under Van Riebeeck.

It became the site of the first Frontier War, um, which broke out in 1659 as a consequence of 1657 land grants.