After years of living in a leaking grass-thatched house with her three children, a widow from Suba received a new mabati ...

South African John Roston Smith specializes in thatched roofs, which are gaining popularity in other parts of the world. WSJ's Patrick McGroarty visits with him at several work sites.

There are about 2,000 old thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland, according to Irish government figures from 2022. Across the border in Northern Ireland, a 2023 Department for Communities ...