5+ hour ago   (510+ words) Park Hyatt Johannesburg has been named Africa’s Leading New Hotel for 2026, putting the 31-room luxury property in Rosebank among the continent’s standout new stays. Screenshot from Park Hyatt’s Instagram video The hotel, which opened in 2025, was recognised at the World…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (529+ words) Africa is home to some remarkably unusual animals who have evolved extraordinary physical features to help them find food, navigate their surroundings or survive in challenging habitats. Others simply look as though they were designed with an unusually vivid imagination....

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1053+ words) Wine routes may be some of South Africa’s best-known road-trip experiences, but you don’t need to drink wine to enjoy the landscapes, farms and food along the way. Across the country, food producers have created their own reasons to stop,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1130+ words) You don’t have to spend half your weekend on the N1 to get out of Johannesburg. These easy escapes are close enough for a Friday afternoon departure and far enough to feel like a proper break. If the city has started…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (952+ words) About 2.023 billion years ago, something from outer space struck the Earth’s surface with such force that it created the oldest and largest known impact structure on the planet. Vredefort dome world heritage site / tadpolefarm / Wikimedia Commons The crater is the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1445+ words) Across South Africa, animals arrive from extraordinary distances. Some have crossed continents, while others have travelled from the cold waters of the Southern Ocean or moved south in response to seasonal food and breeding opportunities. Their journeys bring swallows back…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (478+ words) Our country has plenty of beautiful place names, but it also has a few that make you stop the car, reread the sign and wonder what on earth happened here. From a town named after unbearable heat to a place…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (187+ words) Picture: Jaco Marais / Gallo Images The latest City of Cape Town dam figures put the city’s combined dam storage at 75.9% on 4 September. The weekly reading for 31 August was 76.3%, compared with 92.5% during the same period in 2025. The Western Cape’s overall dam…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (365+ words) Good news for motorists travelling between Cape Town and the Cape Winelands: the Huguenot Tunnel has reopened to all vehicles following several days of restrictions caused by strong winds. The N1 route between Paarl and Worcester is moving closer to normal…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1163+ words) South Africa has no shortage of beautiful landscapes, but some of the country’s most striking outdoor spaces bring something else into the picture: art. From contemporary sculptures scattered among Highveld grasslands to monumental bronze figures framed by vineyards and mountains,…...