Karoo Roads | Summer School

KAROO ROADS

Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit, photojournalists and independent publishers

Monday 20 January  1.00 pm  COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R55

This richly illustrated, informative lecture will tell stories from the Karoo Roads book series, written by Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit. They are specialist travel writers of the Karoo and have spent the past 20 years gathering and publishing stories of the South African heartland.

The lecture will take participants on a long journey past the faces and places of the Karoo, full of insider information, little-known facts and insights. For excerpts and feature stories, find them online in the Daily Maverick Life section or at www.karoospace.co.za.

Recommended reading

Marais, C. and Du Toit, J. 2020. Karoo Roads: Tales from South Africa’s Heartland, I–IV. South Africa: MLM Publishers.

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Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit are award-winning photojournalists and independent publishers who specialise in all matters Karoo. Together, they have published eight books based on their travels and general research in South Africa’s semi-desert heartland region which covers nearly 40% of the country’s land surface.They work in the fields of travel, wildlife, environment, cultural, heritage, lifestyle and human interest, covering more than 100 towns and villages in the Karoo. Both are former newspaper people: Chris was at the Rand Daily Mail and Julienne worked at The Star – both based in Johannesburg. Their latest book series is the popular Karoo Roads 1-4, full of long-form journalism and monochrome photography. They are coming to Cape Town in January 2025 to take their UCT Summer School audience on a long and winding trip (in words and pictures) through their vast home ground.