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Chris Marais & Julienne du Toit
Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit are award-winning photo-journalists, writers, publishers, and educators based in Cradock, Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa.
They co-founded Karoo Space, a storytelling platform dedicated to capturing and sharing the rich cultural, historical, and natural narratives of the Karoo region, often referred to as the heartland of South Africa.

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Sydda Essop: Tribute to a Karoo Legend
The late Sydda Essop’s gift to the South African heartland is a landmark cookbook called Karoo Kitchen.
Cradock Ate the Moon
Cradock has a Spur now. It has sushi. It has a Vida. For someone returning home after many years in…
Feather Palaces of the Klein Karoo
The follies and wonders of the Oudtshoorn Feather Boom are still evident in the grand old mansions that remain.









