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The Sun Has Risen On The Earth …
when OBIE OBERHOLZER enters Zoar. And the early light crackles the landscape of this Klein Karoo village, as a steeple sends out whispers. In the distance, the hulking Rooiberg watches
Dream Birding In The Green Kalahari
Be surprised by the bounty of birds at Tswalu reserve
The Desert And The Dope
Country legends, personal anecdotes and fabulous facts about the age-old relationship between cannabis and the Karoo
Have You Herbed?
In the Eastern Cape village of Bathurst there’s a bunch of ladies bottling health, happiness and herbs
Flower-Spotting Stays
Enjoy the greatest show on earth
Parting Shot
OBIE OBERHOLZER soul-searches in the Godforsaken Richtersveld, as he returns to the Hand of God
The Goats That Rock
A Limpopo farmer swears by giving his goats a little background boeremusiek at milking time in return for tip-top cheese.
Di-Vine Valley
They say the surrounding mountains in an Overberg valley are so high all you can see is heaven and earth. Welcome to Hemel-en-Aarde.
Maggie Laubser's Forever Light
NICK VAN DER LEEK’S journey into what drove this great South African artist starts in anxious disquiet but ends filled with tranquillity and hope.
Searching For Trout The Size Of Salmon
Monster six or seven-pounders lurk in the Berg's Ngwangwane River. Like the giants on the farm Lingy Loo. And the intrepid Kingsley, believed to live in Boundary Pool
The Real Deal
The Isuzu KB Rider just got better
Dogs at War
The new weapon against rhino poachers is dogs trained to track them down before the damage is done.
flights of fancy
no, pigeons aren’t just lovey-dovey birds that do an awful lot of cooing, they’re the backbone of a major racing sport
The Unstoppable Mrs Antrobus
In the Eastern Cape town of Cradock, master restorer Sandra Antrobus is the defender-in-chief of architectural heritage. But her interesting story also involves pumpkins and pigs.
Thoroughly German
The Volkswagen Tiguan is handsome, angular and serious.
Middle Eastern Karoo
Adrienne Southey is a farm-based classically trained chef with an international take on the best of Heartland food.
Author Interview
Musa Ngqungwana might be young but is talented and wise enough to reflect on a life that has burst from poverty and hardship into song and success.
Alfa Surprises With An SUV
STEPHEN SMITH goes for a spin in the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and loves it.
The Smart Home Will Happen
The question is, will it have smart occupants?
The Englishman's Grave
‘Brave and True’ reads his epitaph, in a quiet spot at the top of the cederberg's Pakhuis Pass that makes his final resting place. PAUL MORRIS stops to find out more.
The Secret Sauce Of Graaff-Reinet
The Eastern Cape Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is booming, and here’s why…
grace, space and pace
the jaguar f-pace pure 2.0 is the british brand’s response to the suv trend taking the world by storm