Williston Mall in the Karoo

By Roxanne Reid
Travelling from Sutherland to Carnarvon in the Karoo,we drove into Williston simply because it was a point on the map we’d never been to before. We discovered it’snot the most promising destination overall, but well worth it just to visit theWilliston Mall. Weird and wacky are two words that instantly spring to mind. Andof course ‘mall’ is a misnomer here in a dusty town where one of the majorattractions is a tombstone route. Its other name is ‘Die Ark B&B en Vlieënde Pieri...