Thatched-Roofed Megamansion Sounds Like an Oxymoron—but There’s One in South Africa The enormous, lavish home—with stacked-stone walls and waterslides—looks plucked from a fairy tale ...

A family had to watch their thatch-roof house burn down over the course of three days: just when firefighters thought they'd put out the blaze, it would flare up again. . . Monday, June 23, 2025 News ...

South Africa’s modern rondavels: ... Some houses are rectangular, with decorative pillars, verandas and flat roofs. Traditional thatched ... and migration allowed designs and plans to travel.