Mention Upington and the mind conjures up visions of a desolate unbaked southern Kalahari desert town where man’s existence is a daily struggle. But how wrong can one be. Through this harsh landscape that surrounds Upington runs a glittering green ribbon – the fertile Orange River valley which brings life-giving water from the distant highlands […]
Kuruman lies in an area rich with pre-historic artefacts which indicate habitation by earlier hunter-gatherer beings roamed the area. Several fossilised tools, rock engravings are found in the area at places such as Ga-Mohana, Grootfontein, Wonderwerk, Tsing, Branksea, Batlharos, Nchwaneng, and Maropeng. The famous paleoanthropological find, the Taung skull (Australopithecus Africanus) was discovered […]
Kimberley, the capital of the Northern Cape, is also often called the Diamond Capital of the World. Without the frenzied pace of larger cities, this city offers the lessons learned from the past, the convenience of modern facilities and the promise of a bright future, as its people rally round to ensure its growth and […]