Nobody Asks About the Grocery List
Feeding children slop isn’t enough. They need real food for a healthy nervous sytem.
More Than Just Scraps
His marvellous dexterity a result of feeding himself, at 7 months. He didn’t associate a spoon with food. He didn’t understand that we’d provide meals for him.
Partners in Protection
BikeWise and Arai South Africa are our partners in protection. What a huge privilege it is to be protected by one of the most prestige brands in the game!
The Freedom of Movement
In a country making public announcement on its crackdown on documentation of persons within its borders, our authorities have made it mighty difficult to ensure that these South African children have the paperwork they are entitled to.
But Hospitals Are Free
If I have heard it once, I have heard it a thousand times: hospitals are free. Having travelled the road I have, with the number of children I haven walked alongside – I disagree.
First Trip Out of SA
We celebrated an incredibly exciting milestone when we were actually able to get documentation for rider #264.
The Muddy Face Botswana
13-year-old Sophie-Mae and crew attempt another 700km drive through the Botswana bush, as part of Ross Branch’s Muddy Face rally series to raise R100,000 for their teammates back home.
How Lucky. How Bloody Unlucky.
We started September by saying goodbye to a child who has lived as our son, and as a brother, for the past five years. Five years. Five years is not a ‘placement’ or a file. Five years is a huge chunk of a small person’s life.
The WORST Haircut In History
At the Hein-Maletsatsi residence… we LOVE to laugh. Fortunately for us, we don’t take ourselves too seriously… which means there are so very many reasons for laughter… daily. It’s a great medicine and the heartbeat of our home.
10,000 Books for Archie’s Legacy
Archie’s Archives is a heart project in memory of our son, Archie. Who lived. And then died. That’s the short version.
The longer version is that Archie’s Archive is a love story about our little boy, through which a curated collection of children’s books are gifted…
Race #19 of 2026, GXCC Delmas
Race #19. In the 36th week of 2026. That makes it official – Team Zonke has now surpassed an average of a race every two weeks.
If you’re looking for Mom and Dad, they’re somewhere on the black market trying to pawn a kidney to fund this shindig 😂 If you’re looking for one of our kids? They’re on a motorbike. Obviously. Where else would they be?
Together, we can give every child the opportunity to thrive.