Freewheeling in Malawi: a bike, my daughter and me
Bicycles, backpacks, a back-up van and a 14-year-old. What to do when you’re the mom and you’ve never ridden a bicycle except into a bush? You bite the bullet. Knowing that for kids, an adventure in an unfamiliar place is an education. It gives a vision of different traditions, cultures and lifestyle. It also teaches obvious lessons in history and geography. Not to mention resilience. Yours as well and theirs.
Wakkerstroom: dorpie of surprises and delights
A French Canadian lured by a Canada Dry sign, a cheesemaker taught by a priest, a one-time diplomat with a bistro that hit the Top […]
Mbano Manor at Victoria Falls awes in Africa
Welcome to Victoria Falls. Mosi-Oa-Tunya — the smoke that thunders — as it was called (still is by some locals) before Scottish missionary and explorer […]
Out of Ethiopia, onto your plate
Eating, at it’s best, is a sensory experience. When we’re eating right, we’re seeing the food, smelling it, tasting it, touching it, feeling it in […]
Slow and sensual: Romancing the pizza
Pizza. Fast food? How about when you have a Hilton-based pizzaiolo — Mark Mattinson — who spends 72 hours prepping each batch of dough? When […]
Sunsets, mermaids and Durbanism in Umhlanga
If you were to count them, I’d wager that the number of eateries at Umhlanga — inside the malls, along the streets, strips and terraces, […]
The miracle of Bonakude: growing food, growing people
When Professor Mvuselelo “Mvu” Ngcoya was growing up in Phatheni, a long-neglected, impoverished rural community not far from the KwaZulu-Natal town of Richmond, there was […]
Our Insider’s Guide: South Africa’s Durban
Durban, South Africa’s subtropical Indian Ocean port and resort city, is eccentric. Unexpected and curious. And weirdly wondrous. It’s a city that can thwack the […]
Spicy sisterhood stirs gourmet halaal in Durbs
Creativity, passion and their Muslim faith inspire chef sisters Zainab and Faatimah Paruk. Their success is flavoured by Durban’s diversity.