go! Platteland

The slow life is the good life: go! Platteland celebrates the rural lifestyle and the entrepreneurial spirit of people whose hearts are in the platteland – whether they grew up in the countryside or are already based there, are contemplating making the move or simply hankering after the rural life. Platteland offers articles that focus on entrepreneurs, DIY projects, animals, gardening, food, towns and people. It is both practical and inspiring – as much of a visual feast as it is a celebration of great writing.

A new year, a new vision…

go! Platteland

Chitchat • All that glitter sis not gold

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!

To be a child again

That knitting bag…

Waiting in the dust

HowImiss our ‘tiny home’

Shed your stress in Rosendal

When it’s really hot…

Look at my staghorn!

Moonstruck

News &diary • As the whispering of rust-coloured leaves heralds the arrival of autumn, we offer you a window to the soul of a farmer – as well as a diary brimming with festivals, ideas and exciting activities.

Everydog has its day…

Autumnal ode to summer fruit

Just right for small dogs

Come do the eye-Camarena!

Claim your R1000 discount!

Nougat you can’t say no to

Foryourdiary*

Things to do in autumn

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Let’sgo to town • Jacobsbaai, Montagu, Oudtshoorn, Mossel Bay, Outeniqua Pass, Noll, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Vlottenburg, Durban, Pretoria, Benoni, Emmarentia, Graaff-Reinet, Gqeberha, Observatory… We roamed far and wide to find this fine haul of goodies.

TheRosendal frequency • For a number of years, the beautiful town of Rosendal in the Eastern Free State has hovered between being the in place to go and becoming a near ghost town. Now, it seems, Covid-19 was just the injection it needed.

Meet the people

For the love of lorries • Gert de Waal retired from his job as a lorry driver after 45 years behind the steering wheel. Then fate struck, and he realised he wasn’t done with lorries yet.

A miracle in theKalahari • When the Kuruman River flowed for the first time in decades last year, there was a two-month party in the Kalahari and countless doubting Thomases travelled from far and wide to see it with their own eyes.

Serenity deep in the Bushveld • Who’s heard of Steenbokpan? It lies at a crossroads in a sparsely populated, rarely visited part of Limpopo. But this is where Dutch Reformed Church minister Hein Enslin has found his place in the world.

Cooking with cow dung!

It’s a long way to“town”

Meet the people

Clocking into Clocolan • Always on a quest for illumination and discovery, photographer Obie Oberholzer recently visited the Free State town of Clocolan – and then, on his way to a Kenyan island, got to share his impressions with a fellow traveller.

Thefly farmer • It’s no tall story: farming with flies is a genuine, sustainable business. Untum Solutions’black soldier fly breeding system recycles food waste while producing fertiliser and high-protein feed for livestock. Meet all-round high-flyer Nomuntu Ndhlovu.

First aid for pets • When it comes to pets and emergencies, disaster typically strikes after hours. That’s when you need to keep your wits about you and do the right thing – which certainly doesn’t mean automatically reaching for the human first-aid kit.

First aid for animals

Then there’s the cost…

First-aid kit for pets

Step into the garden • Autumn is neither too hot nor too cold – perfect for exploring and contributing to the knowledge of South African plant species.

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