South Africa’s dwarf tortoises, and other species, are being wiped out because they are easy prey for pied crows
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Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource
From bags to outfits, most ostrich products are, once again, from South Africa
‘Who in their right mind would allow a grown man who started a relationship with a 15-year-old [to become] the mayor of your municipality?!’
Diabetes is different from other non-communicable diseases, this author says. It can’t be spread in a literal sense and is instead often forced upon people by factors beyond their control. What happens when you have no say on your genetics or all you can afford is processed food?
Expert calls for a radical rethink of how South Africa manages brown locust outbreaks.
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Unreported locust swarms in unoccupied farms, game and environmental parks can grow, cover large distances and destroy entire crops
How farmers perceive jackal and caracal — as ‘beautiful’ or ‘thieves’ — determines whether they will tolerate them on their livestock farms
The decision to use Turkey’s floating power plants locks the country into fossil fuels for 20 years
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But Agricultural Research Council says outbreak is normal, and only a medium-sized outbreak
Officials in Beaufort West, which is on a route that links the Cape with the rest of the country, are worried relaxed lockdown regulations mean residents are now at risk of contracting Covid-19
As the Karoo hopes for an end to its worst drought in a generation, the region’s history may hold important lessons for its future
The minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced that his department will not be extracting gas by way of fracking
The arid Karoo was fertile soil for the writing of a young, white, female agnostic in the late 1800s and she is an example of a decolonised mind
Smaller parties in the Western Cape say the most pressing issue of unemployment is not being addressed
With 60% of the Karoo town jobless, the maverick politician has his work cut out for him
In this series SoundAfrica takes another look at stories from the past that linger in the back of our minds, continuing to effect us
A vulnerability map could help assess the risks associated with fracking and groundwater which around 300 towns depend on in South Africa’s Karoo
A new book allows insights into the lives of the first inhabitants of the Bitterpits, the Karoo’s harshest region, through the stories of the /Xam.
South Africa has adopted a softly-softly approach to shale gas exploration.
Readers write in about Karoo lamb, and the ANC after the municipal elections.
The organisation popularly known as the "Kadoef" party has surprised its detractors after winning a seat in the Beaufort West municipality’s council.
Research from Stellenbosch University has shown that grazing on fragrant Karoo plants gives lamb a regional taste.
But this does not include nuclear material left over from mining aborted about 40 years ago.
The dumping of radioactive waste can almost be excused because legislation was virtually nonexistent at the time. But the crime is still committed.
Uranium mining is returning to the area, threatening water resources in a dry region and raising concerns about the spread of radiation particles.
South Africa now has its own impressive geoglyph, a monumental land artwork in the tradition of Peru’s mysterious Nazca lines.
A team of researchers has R12.5-million and two years to consider the effect of fracking for shale gas on the Karoo.
The need for the karretjiemense’s artisanal skills has fallen away, robbing them of a livelihood. Yet some persevere with the traditional way of life.
The government plans to grant oil companies licences to begin exploring the Karoo for gas from as early as July this year.
Mamphela Ramphele’s party will oppose hydraulic fracturing, a first for a South African political party.