📽️ When a town raises its children
This morning, runners braved the cold and rain to cover 60 km from Colesberg to Philippolis, with an entire community rallying behind two local schools.
Naomi Roebert
Small towns, hidden violence: The Karoo’s GBV service gap
Can a woman reach help without having to ask her abuser for petrol money? Can she take her children with her? Is there somewhere safe for her to stay after dark? Will a police vehicle come if she lives on a distant farm? Can she receive medical care without travelling halfway across a province?
What the Karoo’s new wind-energy corridor means for Murraysburg and Richmond
The Karoo's contribution to the easing of the national grid, and the positive environmental impact of sustainable energy production, is now well under way.
De Rust plants its comeback with support from Leon Kluge
De Rust still needs its road and it will take time to erase the losses caused by months of isolation. But the malvas represent a new reason to come to De Rust long after the road is open.
Why Japanese designer Ryota Iwai looks to South Africa for kid mohair
Auralee’s international popularity gives South African mohair valuable visibility, associating a Karoo fibre with a fashion business admired for the seriousness with which it treats materials.
SALT joins international effort to study rare supernova
An alert from a space telescope led to observations across several continents. From its position in the Northern Cape Karoo, SALT contributed an important part of the record of a star’s final explosion.
Travellers are coming to the Karoo to look at gardens
These ideas are becoming relevant far beyond the Karoo as towns and cities face water restrictions and the cost of maintaining thirsty gardens. The dry garden offers practical lessons for the future.