Karoo
Ongoing Karoo drought leaves farm workers hopeless
The stressful situation has led to two farmers taking their own lives in 2017 and 2018.
Ninety thousand litres of water has been sent to replenish water reservoirs in Ladismith and Zoar, areas severely affected by the ongoing drought.
The water was sent to replenish water reservoirs in Ladismith and Zoar, areas severely affected by the ongoing drought over the past few days.
Whilst the provinces dams are looking healthy on balance, there are still regions of the province where the drought has yet to break.
The Beaufort West Municipality managed to squander R52 million in irregular expenditure.
With elections only a day away, residents in Zoar in the Karoo feel that their votes won't bring about any change.
The Karoo and Southern Cape regions have become fertile grounds for smaller political parties, as their bigger rivals focus on metro areas.
The Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa might be considered a small party but in local government, they were serious contenders.
A pair of young lions are making themselves at home in the Karoo almost 200 years after hunters wiped out the last of their kind in the region.
Eyewitness News spent three days on a game reserve in the Karoo. The Samara Game Reserve is home to over 3,000 mammals, which as of this week includes lions.
On Tuesday night, a male and a female crossed the threshold of their boma into their new home at Samara Private Game Reserve.
The hills and valleys of the Karoo will once again be filled with the roar of the King of the Jungle. More than 180 years after hunters wiped them out in the area, a pair has been reintroduced.
Officials were forced to shut down the plant in the Karoo town last week for critical maintenance.
Ten people died in Thursday morning’s tragedy.
The vehicle apparently careened off the road between Beaufort West and Aberdeen early this morning.
The town's municipality has had to introduce water restrictions as it tries to deal with a province-wide drought.
Residents in the Prince Albert municipality currently use just under two million litres of water per day, which is more than double the desired amount.
Authorities say the drugs, which were discovered on a bus travelling between Johannesburg and the Karoo, were hidden in black bags and stuffed in pillows.
Royal Dutch Shell, Falcon Oil and Gas and Bundu Gas & Oil are among five applications being reviewed.