The Travel Feature with Relebogile Mabotja
Sep 28, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
Relebogile Mabotja speaks to Zahirah Variawa an Emmy-nominated SA TV presenter, Travel Host and Storyteller about how we often dream about travelling the world before we have fully discovered our…
Zahira VariawaGuest
Relebogile MabotjaHostAnd when we think about heritage, I mean, we were talking about that last week.
People think about historical sites and monuments, but I think we can all agree that heritage is pretty much broader than that.
Yeah, look, as South Africans, I think for us, again, I'd say we're one of the most unique countries in the world and that our heritage doesn't sit in the past.
I mean, just yesterday I was watching the rugby, sitting in the middle of the desert, miles and miles away from home in a sea of springbok jumpers.
We're about that regenerative heritage that's being created every single day.
And it's not really what our grandparents did that we try and carry on as culture.
And tourism, and that's where the lovely link between heritage and tourism works, is tourism is the vehicle.
It's the vehicle that allows us to tell all those stories and share those journeys with everybody.
And when we think about heritage, I mean, we were talking about that last week.
People think about historical sites and monuments, but I think we can all agree that heritage is pretty much broader than that.
Yeah, look, as South Africans, I think for us, again, I'd say we're one of the most unique countries in the world and that our heritage doesn't sit in the past.
I mean, just yesterday I was watching the rugby, sitting in the middle of the desert, miles and miles away from home in a sea of springbok jumpers.
We're about that regenerative heritage that's being created every single day.
And it's not really what our grandparents did that we try and carry on as culture.
And tourism, and that's where the lovely link between heritage and tourism works, is tourism is the vehicle.
It's the vehicle that allows us to tell all those stories and share those journeys with everybody.
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