Cape Town dams have managed to hang onto the 76% mark despite a lack of rain in the last few weeks. However, Capetonians are still being urged to use water sparingly as experts predict an especially dry Western Cape summer season. While locals can breathe a brief sigh of relief, having pushed the dreaded Day […]

Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Warnings:  Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Central Karoo in the Western Cape. Watches:  Severe thunderstorms are expected over central North-West, and central and western part of Free State, the extreme eastern parts of the […]

Cape Town – The sheep farming area of Beaufort West is suffering from extreme water shortages, and the government and agricultural experts have warned that the price of red meat is set to soar. The Gamka Dam, the main source of drinking water for the more than 50 000 residents, has been empty since October […]

Rain has been predicted for the southern and eastern parts of the country as the cold front that hit SA on Thursday makes its way over the region on Friday. Warnings Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the eastern parts of the Northern Cape, the western parts of the North West and the […]

press release Address by Mr Andries Nel, MP, Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance Traditional Affairs at the 3rd Karoo Small Towns Regeneration Conference Programme Director, Provincial Chairperson of SALGA, Cllr. Mxolisi Koyo Deputy President of SALGA, Cllr Sebenzile Ngangelizwe Leadership of SALGA Mayor Cllr Deon de Vos Other Mayors and Councillors Ladies and gentlemen, Thank […]

Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Warnings:  Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the Northern Cape, as well as the West Coast District and Central Karoo of the Western Cape and the northern interior of the Eastern Cape. Watches:  […]

press release Efforts to eradicate trafficking of drugs along our main entrance and exit routes from and to the Western Cape yet again yielded positive results following the confiscation of drugs (Tik) with an estimated street value of about R350 000.00 earlier today near a Central Karoo town. During a routine roadblock in the Central […]

A new species of a giant dinosaur found in South Africa could challenge theories about the evolution of four-legged walking, that is according to an international team of scientists, including a geologist at UCT. The newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur named Ledumahadi mafube weighed in at 12 tonnes and stood about four metres high at the […]

South Africa will now form an integral part of humanity’s eternal quest for alien life forms, thanks to one of the world’s most powerful telescopes situated in the Karoo. Is there anybody else out there? That’s the philosophical question asked by scientists and laymen alike when staring out into the great universal abyss above. It’s […]

The hunt for intelligent aliens is ramping up. The $100 million Breakthrough Listen project will use the powerful MeerKAT radio-telescope array in the Karoo region of South Africa to search 1 million stars for signals from alien civilizations, project leaders announced today (Oct. 2). The partnership significantly extends the reach of Breakthrough Listen, which also employs the […]

Photo: www.zcmc.co.za The quaint town of Ladismith came alive on Saturday as close to a thousand cyclists lined up for the annual Ladismith Cheese 7Weekspoort MTB Challenge. Large crowds of local supporters were not only found at the festive race venue, but all along the 85km route that traversed the epic curroundings. With the 16th […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]

The drought for fruit producers in the southwestern Cape has been broken, but alas it continues in the Klein-Karoo. The vast majority of South Africa’s apricots are grown in the Klein-Karoo, while more than half of the total cling peach production as well as almost a third of South Africa’s plum hectarage is situated in […]