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John Kepe, the Bandit of the Boschberg
During the late 1940s and early 1950s a notorious vagabond called John Kepe had the town of Somerset East up in arms with a series of petty...
During the late 1940s and early 1950s a notorious vagabond called John Kepe had the town of Somerset East up in arms with a series of petty...
The early history of Somerset East and Glen Avon Farm is tied to the history of Robert Hart. When Robert Hart stepped off a boat at the Cape of Good...
What is dinner at a Karoo guest farm without a lekker dessert? CUSTARD PUDDING 1 packet of Tennis Biscuits 1 tin Condensed milk 1 small tin of...
Sunday lunch in the Karoo. Melt-in-the-mouth tender Karoo lamb roast and veggies with malva for pudding and chocolate cake for afternoon tea. Yeah,...
One of the desert favourites on a Karoo farm stay is Pecan Pie. Especially if nuts are grown on the farm. Bakers have been asked, actually begged,...
Tea time at a Karoo guest farm isn't tea time without some cake or tart on offer with your afternoon coffee or tea. One of Anne Bowker's most...
Anne Bowker often made these Cheese Puffs as part of their breakfast when they ran a guest farm outside Cradock. There were usually nothing left...
The Karoo National Park is famous for many wonderful reasons, however in 2015 the most famous reason would be the grand escape of Sylvester the...
The story of SA’s first stock fence There is a modest white gravestone in the old cemetery of the Eastern Cape town of Middelburg. This is the...