Everything we make, in one place. We are a small family outfit on the Garden Route: daily South African news, the farm and the coast we live on, and plain-language guides to the paperwork South Africans actually have to deal with. Every channel below is ours, and every site is ours. Follow the ones that are useful to you.
South African news, every day
- PoliPulse — South African politics, the legal angle — daily briefs in plain language.
- Mzansi Pulse — The street-level read on SA news: what it means for you, every day.
- Madlanga Today — The Madlanga Commission and the courts, tracked day by day.
The daily video briefs run on all three channels, and the written roundups live on this site. Get the roundup by email.
The farm and the Garden Route
- The WildFarm Homestead — Real homestead life near Wilderness — dogs, chickens, veld and the build.
- Theo Barnard Off-Grid — Off-grid builds and how-to, filmed where we actually live.
- WildernessLocals — The Garden Route coast from the air — Wilderness, the lagoon and the road to Knysna.
- PsytronikMusic — Independent psytrance and goa trance from the Garden Route.
Bitcoin
- BitcoinWilderness — Bitcoin explainers for South Africans — self-custody, sats in Rand, no hype.
The questions South Africans search for
These channels exist because the questions are real and the answers are buried in PDFs. No opinions, no spin — the date, the rule, the mistake to avoid. Each one also has a page here on the site: the videos, the sources they were built from, and what each status or rule actually means.
- The K53 yard test — What the 20-minute clock actually checks, and where people lose points. (Pass The K53)
- SASSA payment dates — The official payment schedule and the 3-day order. (Grant Guide)
- Matric 2026 exams — The official exam dates and the 14-day rule after results. (Matric Boost)
- NSFAS 2027 applications — The deadline, the rules, and the mistake that gets you rejected. (NSFAS Guide)
- SA passport rules — The 10-year rule, the 2-month rule, and the fee that doubles. (Passport Sa)
- SARS filing deadlines — The 23 October deadline and the return that gets rejected. (Tax Simple SA)
Our sites
- Mzansi News Hub — News, briefs and the full archive.
- Wildfarm Homestead — Stay on the farm near Wilderness.
- Knysna Paradise Guesthouse — Lagoon-view B&B in Knysna, book direct.
- WildernessLocals — The local guide to Wilderness.
- BraaiWattle — Braai wood delivered on the Garden Route.
- AloeRoots — Waterwise aloes and spekboom.
- Garden Route Yoga — Classes and retreats in Wilderness.
- Garden Route Services — Plot clearing and land maintenance.
- Cape Veg Surveys — Vegetation surveys and ECO support.
- AizaAgent — AI agents and automation for SA businesses.
- Bitcoin Wilderness — Bitcoin news and guides for South Africans.
- Satoshi Study — Free Bitcoin courses, from your first rand.
If any of this is useful
The news is free to read and free to re-use, and it stays that way. If you want to help with the hosting and the late nights, the coffee tin is on the support page. And if you want more of it, subscribing to a channel is free and it is what keeps them posting every day — help us get to 1,000 subscribers. Thank you for subscribing.