Where to stay in Durban
Where to stay in Durban. Live-work options. Safe convenient furnished self-catering accommodation in Durban. Sabbatical accommodation, international student accommodation, adult shares.
Chef John Moatshe puts Africa on a plate
Polokwane-born John Moatshe is likely the only chef in South Africa who has cooked for both President Nelson Mandela at his inauguration (the main table and the VIPs) and for the Queen of England (when she visited Durban in 1999). Executive chef at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, he is the leader of a team of 30 full-time chefs plus around 15 trainee chefs and interns
The art of bread: Glenwood Bakery Durban
Adam and Carin Robinson opened The Glenwood Bakery six years ago. It is a neighborhood gem and one of a handful of places in Durban […]
Save the rhino: end horn trade ban
The slaughter of rhino for their horn—combined with the failure of the ban on international trade in rhino horn—is decimating Africa’s rhino population. Linked to […]
Culinary Poland in the time of Chopin
Chopin a chocoholic? Yes, so long as it was hot. This is just one of the many food-related snippets revealed in a delightful book on […]
Assignation with An Assassination
Read Assignation with An Assassination on Perceptive Travel: Given the excesses of our foray into Jan Baran’s fresh, local, creative, contemporary take on the culinary […]
Durban Film Festival 2018: all the winners
Kenya, South Africa, Romania, South Africa, Palestine headline with winners at 39th Durban International Film Festival where two documentaries automatically qualify for Oscar consideration, writes […]
Durban Film Festival 2018 achieves Oscar status: program
DIFF2018 is an ideal time for any international traveler with an interest in film, an interest in Africa—and who is curious about Durban—to come to […]
The Perfectionist: Kayla-Ann Osborn
Kayla-Ann Osborn—the hottest young chef in Durban right now—inherited her meticulous approach to cooking from her gran, a legacy brought to life on the ever-changing […]
Trains and Lady Bird and Greyhound: an adventure
A snowstorm whites-out the highway. Do three solo travelers, abandoned in Sacramento, abort their respective journeys—or unite and make a plan? Wanda Hennig: California, 2018 […]