The Home of Karoo Lamb Chops, by Just-Ice on Flickr Commons When is Karoo lamb Karoo lamb? And who owns it? This question has become urgent for lamb farmers in the Karoo now that an application has been lodged to certify Karoo lamb according to strict rules and regulations, with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry […]

Photo by Red Charlie on Unsplash When a Townie like you goes to the farm, there’s always something to learn. You’ve long since accepted that you’re a Townie now. Your old city ways are far behind you and when you go to Cape Town now and sit in traffic through the Southern Suburbs for an […]

The Home of Karoo Lamb Chops, by Just-Ice on Flickr Commons Some of the commentary against the GI registration argues that it is likely to impact on livelihoods of people in the Karoo. The contrary is however more relevant. It is designed to protect the livelihoods of people in the Karoo, JOHANN KIRSTEN writes. The […]

Dams supplying the City of Cape Town are 80.6% full, according to the municipality on Monday, but dams further afield are not filling up at the same pace. Collective water consumption is also inching up in Cape Town, with an increase of 20m litres per day from 588 to 608m litres per day. “Although daily […]

Dams supplying the City of Cape Town are 80.6% full, according to the municipality on Monday, but dams further afield are not filling up at the same pace. Collective water consumption is also inching up in Cape Town, with an increase of 20 megalitres (Ml) per day from 588Ml to 608Ml per day.  “Although daily […]

Rain is expected along the West Coast and adjacent interior of the Northern Cape and Western Cape on Wednesday ahead of an approaching cold front. Warnings provided by the South African Weather Service Gale force wind of 70-80Km/h is expected between Cape Point and Cape Agulhas. Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the […]

The Home of Karoo Lamb Chops, by Just-Ice on Flickr Commons When is Karoo lamb Karoo lamb? And who owns it? This question has become urgent for lamb farmers in the Karoo now that an application has been lodged to certify Karoo lamb according to strict rules and regulations, with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry […]

More than two weeks after the half-naked body of Beaufort West mother Anthea Thopps was discovered, the police arrested a 35-year-old man on Thursday in connection with her murder. Police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie said an investigation team had tracked Thopps’ phone to Delo Street, where the suspect had been seen. “He fled when he […]

In this two-part series Wheels24 correspondent Charlen Raymond looks at the bakkies launched in SA this year. 2019 has been a pretty good year in terms of new bakkies as consumers were treated to no less than eight models introduced locally. In this two-part series we’ll be looking at the new bakkies launched so far […]

The western parts of the country will be cold and wet, while northern parts of the country will be warmer on Tuesday. It will be cool to cold along the coast, according to the South African Weather Service. Special weather advisories Strong north-westerly to westerly winds (50-60km/h) are expected over the southern interior of the […]

Skies are rarely the dominant feature in Hemelliggaam or The Attempt To Be Here Now, Tommaso Fiscaletti and Nic Grobler’s four-years-in-the-making photographic, video installation and sound project. Even when they appear, the context within which they are framed suggests them to be part of some larger, extraterrestrial setting or an environment beyond the usual limited […]

Speed up the cooking process by freezing halved apricots and allowing the sugar to dissolve while the apricots defrost – off the heat. Even if fruits have blemishes or are overripe, they can still produce beautiful apricot jam. South Africans have in their arsenal of cooking skills a secret weapon for flavour. Apricot jam. We […]

A cold front is expected to hit the Western Cape tonight (Monday), bringing with it rainfall, strong winds, high seas and flooding on Tuesday. Warnings provided by the South African Weather Service Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the western parts of the Western Cape. Gale force north westerly winds of 65 to […]

Frankie, former carthorse in the North West, was found weighing less than 50% of her normal body weight. Cape Town – Freezing temperatures are causing discomfort to the Western Cape’s donkey population – which face far more severe threats than just the cold weather. The Karoo Donkey Sanctuary has made appeals for funding to help […]

Weather data provided by the South African Weather Service. For a detailed forecast of your province, click here. Warnings: Extremely high fire danger conditions is expected over the central and southern parts of the Northern Cape, Central and Little Karoo, Cape Winelands, Breede River Valley of the Western Cape as well as the central and […]

Warmer conditions are expected, with fire danger warnings for parts of the Northern Cape and Western Cape on Saturday. Warnings Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the central and southern parts of the Northern Cape, the Central and Little Karoo of the Western Cape and the north-western interior of the Eastern Cape. Special […]

Friday will see a cold start to the day, while temperatures will only slightly increase later. Otherwise, it will be warm in parts of the north. Special weather advisories Strong north-westerly winds (50 to 62km/h) are expected over the Karoo Hoogland Municipality in the Northern Cape and the Central Karoo District in the Western Cape […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, folks – well, that’s if you’ve got a thermal jacket and your mittens to hand. An impressive amount of snow has fallen in the Northern and Western Capes of South Africa on Tuesday evening, creating a picturesque scene for the freezing locals. Where did the snowfall in […]

New regulations due to come into effect on December 15 this year, which will prohibit the use of part of the radio spectrum above the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in the Northern Cape, have the airline industry asking what this will mean for the country’s and the continent’s busiest air route. Aviation is excluded from […]

Prepare for a cold, wet weekend, folks. Temperatures are set to drop across parts of the Northern Cape, Central Karoo, Western Cape and Eastern Cape from today. As reported by Storm Report SA, there is still strong atmospheric pressure gradient between the anti-cyclone HA2? and the Low trough LQ” stretching from the south. They added: […]