Editor’s Letter: We Start with the Fibre
Every magazine has to decide what it believes before it decides what it covers.
A Karoo Weekend, Done Properly
Graaff-Reinet is the gateway: Cape Dutch gables, the Valley of Desolation at sunset, and mohair country all around.
Where the Rand Goes
The first three stages of the mohair chain are proudly South African. The last two — where the biggest margins sit — mostly are not.
Wrapped in Belonging
In Southern Africa, the blanket is never just a blanket.
The Slow Interior
Mohair has lived in homes for longer than in wardrobes. Fewer things, made of better material, kept longer.
A Karoo Year, in Shearing Seasons
Everything ESONILE covers starts in the ground. For mohair, the ground is the Karoo.
The Goat in Your Jar
The angora gives us fleece. Its dairy cousins give us something the African beauty shelf has quietly relied on for generations.
Mohair for a Highveld Summer
Mohair has a winter reputation it doesn’t deserve. Here’s how to wear it when it’s 30°C in Pretoria.
The Golden Fleece Leaves Home
South Africa grows more than half of the world’s mohair. Almost none of the world knows it — and most of the money is made somewhere else.