This amazing plant creates “forest-like micro-environments”, a ‘carpet’ of leaves that trap water and dust and nutrients, as well as carbon.
“For a town that depends on tourism, not being subjected to load-shedding is life-changing.”
Large retailers will now hopefully stop selling chewy old ram meat under the Karoo Lamb name. Some of us were born amongst those very same Karoo bossies that give the meat its unique taste, so we know when we’re being sold a J.C. Le Roux at Veuve Clicquot prices.
China wants to ban clothes that ‘hurt nation’s feelings’, Reclaimed yoghurt tubs used to build library, That 70’s Show actor given 30 years to life, Trevor Noah to be paid R33m for five minute ad.
Located in Jansenville in the Eastern Cape (16 kilometres as the crow flies from Addo Elephant Park), the reserve is listed on Sotheby’s.
The Lord Milner Hotel in Matjiesfontein is famous for its spirited visitors, and the Karoo region as a whole is full of ghost stories from days of old.
If you’re looking for a way to spend a holiday in style, taking in a bit of nature, there are currently massive savings to be had.
When South Africans are once again allowed to travel recreationally, the Karoo could become a “low-viral tourism” hotspot.
For those Capetonians who really want to kick back and relax this summer, with a healthy dose of peace and tranquillity, here’s a stellar option.
If Dr. Evil was into the great outdoors, we would imagine ‘Caracal’ to be his preferred Klein Karoo lair.
Thanks to the collective efforts of scientists, at least 15 new animal species have been found living it up in the Karoo region.
Every month we give away a free night with breakfast at Cabine du Cap. Entries are made on Instagram by guests staying at the cabin, using the hashtag #cabineducap. These are the winners for August and September.
Ever wondered what you can do with a colour palette inspired by the Karoo? Well here’s one woman’s tale of creating local and lekker rugs.
You have to love the sense of humour shown by those living out in the sticks, this Karoo farmer’s sign making the world’s weirdest list.
If you’re not in the know of Project Loon by Google, you’ll enjoy it when you find out. Except that if all the ‘loons’ keep falling out the sky, it won’t actually work.
The moratorium on shale gas exploration, which was imposed in South Africa last April, was recently lifted, effectively opening the door for fracking in the Karoo region. Since the first mention of possibly using fracking as an extraction technique, debate has raged, with many calling into question the environmental impact it may have.
Ivo Vegter is one of South Africa’s most controversial columnists. An outspoken defender of fracking in the Karoo, champion of free market policies and general hurricane of argument, the debate in the comments section of Ivo’s regular Daily Maverick columns often outstrips the length of the original piece by a healthy margin. Ivo visited the […]
Cape Town is one beautiful-ass city. The mountain, the beaches, the women, the wines, the song. Come on. But living in the city can, without you even knowing, start to ever so slowly drag you down. The constant noise, the sirens, the lack of stars, the complete lack of silence. So as your attorney, I advise you to head out to the country for a few nights. All right, I’m not Benicio Del Toro, but it’s the best advice you’ll get this year. Not only that, I am going to tell you how to take that advice, go all in, and take the pot, because there is one place you need to go for your bush getaway, and that’s Kagga-Kamma.
Don’t you just love a good small town monster story? If any of you drove through the Karoo over the Easter weekend, you may have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the shape-shifting creature which has reportedly been terrorising the town of Steytlerville since the end of March.
Recently, news came to light that fossil energy giant, Shell Petroleum, was moving towards engaging in launching an environmentally devastating drilling expedition in the Karoo. The drilling procedure, which is ostensibly a search for natural gas, is known as Fracking.
Shell claims its SA exploration for shale gas in the Karoo will use safe techniques not known to harm the environment and “vows” not to pollute Karoo water. But since when is hydraulic fracturing a safe technique?
Philippe Meniére and his life partner, Agnes Jardel, the French Couple who shot dead one police officer and critically wounded another, are still at large somewhere in the surrounding area of Sutherland. As police continue their search, some seriously bizarre details have begun to emerge about their cult and the 12 years they spent cultivating weirdness on the Karoo farm.
Our more trippy readers might know that the Afrika Burns festival, South Africa’s newest excuse to get totally baked in the desert, wrapped up on Tuesday after five brightly-coloured days of parallel universes, flying dragons and fire. And lets not forget the odd bout of “let’s chain the 11 year olds to the front of […]