TOWN AND COUNTRY IN GRAAFF REINET
By Janet Middleton Graaff Reinet, the historical little town in the Eastern Cape, is the most delightful combination of small-town wonderful and...
NEWLY FORMED WALTER BATTISS FOUNDATION IN SOMERSET EAST
Wonderful news for the preservation of our rich Karoo Heartland culture and heritage is the newly formed Walter Battiss Foundation in Somerset...
EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED
by Heidi Botha. The Karoo is an open and honest place, consisting of outstretched plains and a massive sky spun across its desert-like landscape. In...
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES, AND MUCH MORE, IN BEDFORD
We invited blogger, Anje Rautenbach of Going Somewhere Slowly to spend 24 hours with us in Bedford, Karoo Heartland. There’s something irresistible...
JANSENVILLE: MORE THAN JUST A PIT STOP
We invited blogger, Anje Rautenbach of Going Somewhere Slowly to spend 24 hours with us in the Karoo Heartland village of Jansenville. Below, she...
OWL HOUSE TO BECOME A NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE
The Owl House, iconic treasure of the Karoo Heartland's Nieu-Bethesda is finally set to become a South African National Heritage Site. This is...
‘TIME OUT’ AT HILLSTON FARM, MIDDELBURG, KAROO
By Janet Middleton I learned something about Karoo time and how to spend it on a recent trip to Hillston Farm in Middelburg. We were rushing to get...
FIVE FAVOURITE NIEU-BETHESDA MOMENTS
Nieu-Bethesda. The name alone has always held a mystical quality for me. I can remember studying the Owl House and Helen Martins in high school art...
NATIONAL PARKS & GAME RESERVES OF THE KAROO HEARTLAND
It’s the time of year when families across South Africa and abroad start planning their Christmas holidays. Time to start thinking of where to spend...