Author: Julienne du Toit

  • Crow

    June 28, 2013
    Pied crow numbers are rising in the Karoo, causing problems for conservation and agriculture.
  • Karoo Parliament

    June 27, 2013
    The Karoo Parliament, with the theme ‘Sharing our Successes’, will take place in Philipstown during October 2013.
  • Karoo food

    June 27, 2013
    Now you can guarantee that your Karoo lamb really does come from the Karoo.
  • Karoo education

    June 26, 2013
    How do you go about breaking the bonds of poverty? A tiny Karoo farm school near Colesberg shows the way.
  • Karoo, flat-topped mountains

    June 17, 2013
    The unique geology and flat-topped mountains of the Karoo have their origin in ancient inland seas, giant mountains and fiery…
  • Karoo farming

    June 16, 2013
    Being a Karoo farmer is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Forward-thinking veld management ways have taken root…
  • Prickly pear

    June 14, 2013
    From the 1880s right up to the mid-1930s, debate raged over what to do about the Karoo's prickly pear invasion.…
  • Snow, Karoo

    June 14, 2013
    June 2013: Snow has fallen for the first time this year on Karoo National Park outside Beaufort West.
  • Fracking, public participation meeting

    June 13, 2013
    This article from our archives was written after one of Shell’s first public participation meetings in the Karoo. It makes…
  • Vegetable soup

    June 6, 2013
    Outside, a lowering pewter sky. Inside the kitchen, it is time to make soup, and I am instructing Chris in…