Transport riders and ox-wagons of the De Kaap Valley
Before railways and proper roads, everything that sustained the De Kaap goldfields arrived by ox-wagon.
Lynette Spencer
Saving water in your Lowveld garden
For homeowners, now may be the perfect time to rethink how water is used in the garden.
FitzPatrick's years on the wagon roads of the Lowveld
Before Jock of the Bushveld made him famous, Percy FitzPatrick spent years as a transport rider on the rugged wagon roads linking Barberton to the coast.
How the rush for riches changed the De Kaap valley forever
In 1884, everything changed. Before there was a gold rush, there was a valley. Before there was Barberton, there were communities.
Staying healthy as the seasons shift
Residents in Barberton and the surrounding De Kaap Valley have experienced an unusual mix of lingering rain, warm days and sudden drops in temperature. It is a pattern that has left many reaching for jerseys one moment and tissues the next.
Die laaste "innings" en my liggaam speel skielik vir die ander span
Eendag het ek nog gedink ek is jonk genoeg om berge te versit, en die volgende oggend het ek besef my liggaam het blykbaar sy eie vakbond gestig.
