Hospital theft raises questions for southern Free State patients
For patients, the thefts have affected both basic dignity and the infrastructure supporting treatment.
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Karoo Lifestyle
Why we keep planting roses
The flower on the kitchen table might have a breeding history stretching across oceans. Its last journey may have been only a few kilometres, carried from one garden to another by someone who thought you would like it.
Lunch under a tree
📽️ When a town raises its children
Steyn Fourie brings West Coast warmth to Victoria West
André Swiegers brings Swerwer to Apollo in Victoria-West
What it means to belong to a Karoo town
The reading culture behind the Karoo’s literary festivals
Farming & Environment
Growing skills and community roots in three Karoo towns
Through the valuable work of growing food, the programme will create spaces where young people can learn together and begin exploring what they might build in their own communities.
The living crust under our feet
The businesses built around a farm, without owning one
Why the Karoo smells so strongly after rain
What the Karoo’s new wind-energy corridor means for Murraysburg and Richmond
Why Japanese designer Ryota Iwai looks to South Africa for kid mohair
The scientist who fell into conversation with the Karoo
Culture & Heritage
How the Sunday roast became a South African ritual
The decision to continue the tradition still gives the tired week its magic. In a Karoo kitchen, this could begin with lamb and a pan of potatoes and still be underway when the cook finally sits down, someone passes the gravy and asks for a second helping.
Why we keep planting roses
The water that built Loxton, and the flood that broke it
Who built the Great Karoo’s mysterious corbelled houses?
Victoria Wes Kunstefees 2026 to put Apollo Theatre centre stage
How the wool boom changed the Karoo farmhouse
