The Northern Cape was abuzz in February 2021. Heavy summer rain fell in parts of the Kalahari – also in the so-called Green Kalahari near Kuruman – and people started to wonder whether the Kuruman River would flow.
This part of the Northern Cape is mostly a place of dry riverbeds, with the exception of the Orange. Grab a map and look. The Auob and Nossob rivers that run through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park originate deep in Namibia – also a land of mostly dry rivers. At Samevloeiing, just north of Twee Rivieren, the Auob and Nossob come together to form the Nossob, which runs down to Bokspits, where it joins up with the Molopo. Just south of there, at Andriesvale, the Kuruman also appears. The Kuruman rises at the Eye of Kuruman, about 370 km away. The water at its origin seems abundant, but in reality
