BOOK EXCERPT Astral manoeuvres in the dark — magical stargazing in the Northern Cape 5 min 1 By Chris Marais
BOOK EXCERPT Northern Cape charm — a magical port, stargazing with sheep, a lost goat and thirsty soldiers in bonnets 6 min 2 By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit
REFLECTION Listening in the age of big data — what the makers of !Aitsa learnt from people in the Karoo and Kalahari 8 min 2 By Neil Rusch
UNIVERSE AWAITS Blue-SKA thinking – construction begins on Square Kilometre Array 7 min 0 By Elsabé Brits
JUNE BY-ELECTIONS EFF and DA stun ANC in two wards, but ruling party hangs on in Soweto and KZN wards 11 min 5 By Wayne Sussman
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed How civil society is stepping in when small-town Karoo municipalities fail 4 min 2 By Johann Kirsten and Ingrid Schöffman