The plants that drink fog
The Karoo’s fog-drinking plants show how life adjusts to scarcity with grace and ingenuity.
Read next
United Nations support elevates a local solution to a global model
The initiative could not only transform the Karoo’s environment but also offer a blueprint for how degraded lands in other arid and semi-arid regions can be brought back to life.
The light that unsettles the night
The moon is not a decorative element in places like the Karoo, but a participatory element.
The slow drama of a tortoise crossing the road
A tortoise in the road turns a Karoo journey into a lesson in misplaced urgency. For a few minutes, speed loses its authority and there is a small tear in space and time.