Why painters and sculptors keep turning up in semi-desert towns
Semi-desert towns offer artists something increasingly scarce: time and room to experiment.
Exploring Graaff-Reinet’s illicit brandy and the taste of survival
Withond shows how communities in the Karoo responded to scarcity with ingenuity, using what land and knowledge allowed.
The veld food revival
A Karoo food revival is changing how people grow, cook and eat. From foraging and heritage seeds to mosbolletjies and inventive local chefs, the region is rediscovering flavour through place.
The Karoo accent is changing and here's why
Language that once arrived slowly through radio or occasional travel now pours in constantly through phones and screens. For some, this changing accent feels like an erosion of identity
A Karoo story wins on the world stage
Awarded by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the prize marks a historic first: never before has a South African project taken home this honour.
The story of sheep farming in the Karoo
