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De Kaap Echo is adding a Letters section to our website, a space for readers to share their opinions, concerns, and ideas about Barberton and the community we all love.
Editor's Echo
Thoughts and reflections from editor Lynette Spencer, rooted in the heart of the valley.
Camping under African skies
There’s nothing quite like camping under the Lowveld stars, even if climbing into the tent trailer feels like an achievement when you over sixty.
When summer feels short in the valley of the sun
Barberton’s weather seems to be changing, summers shorter, mornings colder, and the Lowveld sun a little less predictable.
Remembering Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall will be remembered for living a life that changed how we see ourselves and our chimps.
Standing together for our rhinos
Poaching and habitat loss have pushed rhinos closer to the edge of extinction, and their survival depends on whether we, as a nation and as individuals, are willing to act.
Guarding the soul of Barberton
When we protect Barberton’s heritage, we protect its soul. And in doing so, we secure a future worthy of its past.
The women who carried us, then, now, and always
Let us teach our daughters to lead unapologetically, and our sons to respect unconditionally.