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24/01/2026

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Help to preserve our independent media. Donate to Toverview today ! DONATE The karretjie mense: a history of movement, survival and change Olivia Schaffer writes about the karretjie mense, the rapidly vanishing nomads of the Karoo. Read more >> Lessons from Caracas South Africa's stance on Venezuela...

03/11/2025

Phakamisa Mayaba from Eparkeni talks to ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba about his plans for the forthcoming local government elections. Full story in comments

31/10/2025

R.W. Johnson traces the linkages between Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, Muammar Gaddafi and al-Queda, which, he argues, forms a backdrop to the ANC’s later involvement with Hamas and Hezbollah. Full Article link in comments

28/10/2025

The storyteller and entertainer David Muller will present two one-person shows on Hanglip Farm and at the Hantam Communitiy Education Trust in the first week of November
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28/10/2025

Julius Malema and the age of impunity
Riaan de Villiers writes about the book MALEMA: Money, Power, Patronage, by Micah Reddy and Paul van Wyk.
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27/10/2025

From Terra Nullius to telescope: whose map is the Karoo?
A provocative essay by Hannah Hall, an honours student at Stellenbosch University and a participant in the ‘Cosmopolitan Karoo’ research programme..
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25/10/2025

HCET vegetable garden continues to instruct and inspire.
Grade Three learners at the Hantam Community Education Trust east of Colesberg visit its remarkable vegetable garden, managed by Charles Gavaza.

24/10/2025

The Umsobomvu Local Municipality has handed over eight new RDP houses to lucky Colesberg residents – but the people remain restive. Phakamisa Mayaba takes the town’s pulse via social media.
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24/10/2025

The storyteller and entertainer David Muller will present two one-person shows on Hanglip Farm and at the Hantam Communitiy Education Trust in the first week of November
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22/10/2025

A Waenhuis welcome to storyteller David Muller, He is visiting us in early November, and will perform on Hanglip Farm as well as at the Hantam Community Education Trust. Full Story in Comments.

10/10/2025

R.W. Johnson writes about the issue of migration which, he says, is currently dominating the politics of the entire Western world. Full Article in comments