Opreisfontein

How many places in South Africa do you think have names ending in “fontein”? In this unique book, Matilda Burden records 5,630 place names containing the word. It took her eight years and 146,000 km to track down these “fontein” locations! She shares the stories behind the names, as well as anecdotes about her travels as she searched for the sites and captured them on camera. Sophia van Taak talks to her about her journey and the stories behind spots such as Beskuitfontein, Voëlroepersfontein, and Koesterfontein.