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Me, Jane

DALE MORRIS meets his all-time hero Dame Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, anthropologist, author and UN Ambassador for Peace, but better known as the champion of chimps

Backstage Williston

In preparation for its eighth annual Winter Festival at the end of this month, this famous settlement on the Karoo Highlands Route has spent the chilly months shining its boots.

Mega Reserve Mega Attitude Shift

What do you do when a nature reserve comes knocking on your door? The Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve is changing lives in Little Karoo dorps

Shepherd's Delight

Can livestock help restore degraded veld? If so, the new Herding Academy deep in the Karoo could be the start of something remarkable in Southern Africa

On The War Path

The tough, challenging trails of Oorlogskloof outside Nieuwoudtsville offer a terrain in which to lose yourself, writes FIONA MCINTOSH, and the rewards are breathtaking

Dolphin Central

It's official. PE is the Bottlenose Dolphin Capital of the World. Not surprising really, considering the huge schools of them in Algoa Bay.

Up The Pass

No three words ring louder for Obie Oberholzer. Up. The. Pass. The Grootrivier Pass. From his home in Nature’s Valley, up it leads through ancient yellowwoods to the plateau at the top. Where many things happen

Parting Shot

So why exactly does OBIE OBERHOLZER have such a thing for that iconically kitsch trio of ornamental ducks?

Pakhuis Mojo

You’ll find it on a back road that climbs from Clanwilliam into the Cederberg’s rugged wilderness

Parting Shot

Nothing beats setting up at Camp Awesome, says OBIE OBERHOLZER. And then watching an African sunset. Its just awesome. Bleddie awesome

Art In The Right Place

RON SWILLING discovers land artists etching a giant wild horse into the Namib landscape.

Parting Shot

The Battle of the Moles is long and bitter, but just when all seems lost, OBIE OBERHOLZER produces a secret weapon, and fortunes change.

You've Been Conned

Or maybe not. Here’s how to wise up to the scamming scourge.

Author Interview

Political analyst Leon Schreiber believes we might not have an outright winner in the upcoming general election, so parties better start preparing for coalition government

Born To Be Wild

On the Garub plains in south-western Namibia, the future of a population of wild horses hangs in the balance

How Instagram Became The New Kodak

Once called ‘a Kodak moment’, the perfect picture nowadays is found on Instagram, writes COLIN CULLIS. And the company’s growth to more than a billion users in just eight years is remarkable

Odd Things Happen In Verlorenkloof

But they’re mostly good things, like the birding found in the seclusion of Mpumalanga’s eastern escarpment. And that’s what makes it so special

Mosaic Magic

Spier Artisan Studio offers casual visitors to the Stellenbosch wine estate a window onto the fascinating world of mosaic and beadwork

flights of fancy

no, pigeons aren’t just lovey-dovey birds that do an awful lot of cooing, they’re the backbone of a major racing sport

Dogs at War

The new weapon against rhino poachers is dogs trained to track them down before the damage is done.

grace, space and pace

the jaguar f-pace pure 2.0 is the british brand’s response to the suv trend taking the world by storm

Parting Shot

OBIE OBERHOLZER soul-searches in the Godforsaken Richtersveld, as he returns to the Hand of God

The Goats That Rock

A Limpopo farmer swears by giving his goats a little background boeremusiek at milking time in return for tip-top cheese.

Di-Vine Valley

They say the surrounding mountains in an Overberg valley are so high all you can see is heaven and earth. Welcome to Hemel-en-Aarde.

Maggie Laubser's Forever Light

NICK VAN DER LEEK’S journey into what drove this great South African artist starts in anxious disquiet but ends filled with tranquillity and hope.

The Unstoppable Mrs Antrobus

In the Eastern Cape town of Cradock, master restorer Sandra Antrobus is the defender-in-chief of architectural heritage. But her interesting story also involves pumpkins and pigs.

Thoroughly German

The Volkswagen Tiguan is handsome, angular and serious.

Middle Eastern Karoo

Adrienne Southey is a farm-based classically trained chef with an international take on the best of Heartland food.

Author Interview

Musa Ngqungwana might be young but is talented and wise enough to reflect on a life that has burst from poverty and hardship into song and success.

Alfa Surprises With An SUV

STEPHEN SMITH goes for a spin in the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and loves it.