DurbanFebruary 13, 2013

Searching for Christian Grey

Fifty Shades fever is alive and well — but clone the hot guy if you really want to perform a service. By Wanda Hennig First […]

Conscious LivingNovember 6, 2012

Buddhist Retreat Center celebrates 30 years

Letting go of thoughts; being present in the moment. Tolle — Zen — Oprah’s favorite Buddhist Pema Chödrön — Louis van Loon who founded the […]

DurbanOctober 7, 2012

The man who built Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium

The brief lead architect Gerhard le Roux got was to create a world-class, multi-purpose sporting facility and an iconic, innovative and sustainable landmark for Durban. The resulting Moses Mabhida Stadium would be the jewel in the Kings Park Sporting precinct. The entire area would feature additional sporting arenas and facilities as well as restaurants, shops, children’s play areas and a pedestrian walkway linking the stadium complex to the beach.

DurbanOctober 7, 2012

Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium: Backgrounder

Controversy remains among some of the city’s naysayers over whether Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium should have been built. Ivor Daniel, former president of the KwaZulu-Natal […]

CoachingSeptember 13, 2012

The Art of S-e-x-uality

Wanda Hennig discovers The Bedroom, a boudoir boutique for women in Durban, South Africa where the women owners host play-shops featuring speakers who address small groups on subjects ranging from extending orgasms, to how to talk to your children about sex, to waking the goddess within. Sexual play and rekindling sexual passion are popular themes.

Culinary AdventuresSeptember 9, 2012

Going Dippy with Durban’s Dino

Discovering the delights of Dino Constantinou’s Mediterranean kitchen. Story and pictures by Wanda Hennig First published in the Sunday Tribune, May 27, 2012   When […]

FeaturedMarch 18, 2012

Why there is life and hope in Msinga

Life does not get much more desperate than in KwaZulu-Natal’s dirt-poor Msinga region. HIV/Aids and TB are rife, Aids orphans are a norm, few economic […]

Conscious LivingOctober 20, 2011

The power of poetry and Colombian Fernando Réndon’s pen

Poetry Africa 2011, Durban Colombian poet Fernando Réndon, in Durban this week for the 15th Poetry Africa festival, has helped transform Medellín, Colombia’s second largest […]

Culinary AdventuresSeptember 18, 2010

On the road from Durban: Nambiti and Qambathi escapes

We would set off from Durban and drive about three hours to Nambiti Plains Private Game Lodge. We would go on game drives, hopefully see the Big Five, and food-wise, there was a vegetarian focus. Next day we would drive to Qambathi Mountain Lodge, which also has game and where the food was reputedly excellent.
Story and photos by Wanda Hennig

“Dave says I’m Thelma and you’re Louise,” my food writer friend Anne tells me when she pulls up in her car to fetch me. Dave is her boyfriend. Thelma and Louise is the road trip movie. We are leaving on a road trip. We’ve done road trips before. For example, a memorable one where we visited cooking schools and foodie joints through Napa and Sonoma and wrote about them…

DurbanSeptember 3, 2010

Who put the trash out? Who cares!

In the U.S. they see it as an opportunity, not a problem. So what about us?
Story and pictures by Wanda Hennig
Story first published op-ed page, Sunday Tribune, Durban, South Africa, on August 29, 2010
It’s Sunday morning at North Beach in Durban. The sun is shining. Somewhere the sardines are still running. The new, improved beachfront promenade is alive with foot traffic. People cycling, strolling, jogging, walking their dogs, walking their kids. The surfers are out; the fishermen are complaining to anyone who’ll listen about their ban from the piers; the skateboarders and BMX-ers are shooting the ramps at their graffitied concrete park …

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