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August 2026
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Rooibos Could Draw Tourists Like Cape Wine, NWU Researcher Says
A North-West University researcher says rooibos could anchor Cederberg tourism the way wine anchors the Winelands, and names a permanent "Rooibos to Space" interpretation centre in Clanwilliam as one possibility.
June 2026
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Fair-Trade Rooibos Pays Cederberg Growers More After Drought
A drought and flooding cut the 2026 harvests of the Heiveld and Wupperthal smallholder co-operatives roughly in half, and their fair-trade buyer raised the prices it pays so the growers can afford to replant. It is a direct look at what a fair-trade cup buys the people who grew the leaf.
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The Rooibos in Your Cup Now Pays the Khoi and San for Their Knowledge
A levy on every kilogram of rooibos, paid to the Khoi and San for the traditional knowledge behind the tea you drink, has reached Cederberg communities, funding schools, water pumps, an organic nursery, an internet café and diesel for farmers.
April 2026
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Cape Town Installation Turns Rooibos Into a Story of Loss
At Suidoosterfees 2026 in Cape Town, artist Yonela Makoba built an installation called Rooi-Land from soil and teabag paper, using rooibos to explore colonial land loss and the labour behind the cup.
May 2021
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“Rooibos” on an EU Pack Now Means Real Cape Rooibos, by Law
A pack sold in the European Union may only carry the name "rooibos" if the leaf was grown in the Cape, after the EU entered the red bush in its register of protected designations of origin.
June 2005
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“Rooibos” Is Now a Free Word in America, Any Pack Can Say It
As of June 24, 2005, "rooibos" is a generic name in the US that anyone selling the red bush can print on a label, after a Dallas firm gave up the decade-old trademark on the word.
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