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Llandudno Beach in Cape Town. File photo

Local tourism destinations recover to new highs

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Perilous journey: The Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa and local stakeholders recently held a meeting with officials from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport to discuss a solution to the R74 road crisis in the region.

Road crisis leads to plea for toll gate to be opened

The alternative route to the N3 leading to key tourism sites has collapsed in sections, making it dangerous for drivers and restricting visitors

Durban beaches are clear of high levels of E coli pollution and open for swimming as the city braces for a bumper festive season. (Photo by Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

Durban activists, surfers start clean water lobby

A groundswell of citizens are saying ‘no more’ to the death of the province’s once pristine coastline

Proposed developments imperil the area’s threatened birds including a colony of Cape vultures, bearded vultures, cranes and secretary birds. (Carina Pienaar)

Safety net thrown over Free State grasslands

The declaration of the Upper Wilge Protected Environment benefits nature, landowners and the broader society

Fossil finds: Lynne Quick and her team extract sediment to analyse pollen grains to assess changes in plant communities to establish vegetation histories. (Photo: Emil Von Maltitz)

More than an allergen, pollen can be used to diagnose climatic changes

Monitoring has focused on health risks, but palynologists are now using it to study climatic changes in various landscapes

Q&A Sessions: Ryan Sandes on how to conquer the mind, body and 100 miles

The accomplished ultramarathon runner talks to us about his first 160km on home soil and what it takes to finish such an enormous distance

Lieutenant General Eric Mnisi (Lizette Lombard)

Military lawyers fight their boss

As senior legal officers take their battles with the head of the legal division to court, about a thousand military court cases are in limbo

Two Week South African Road Trip Itinerary (Photo Archive)

Two Week South African Road Trip Itinerary

Road trip starting in Jo’burg and going through Sani Pass, Coffee Bay, Hogsback, Jeffrey’s Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Knysna, Sedgefield and Graaf-Reinet

Although amaHlubi regularly honour their heritage, the government is still to recognise them as a nation with a rightful king, Inkosi Langabilalele II, and their land. (Paul Botes/M&G)

amaHlubi’s battle against colonial legacy heads to high court

One of South Africa’s oldest nations is fighting for recognition of its king, language and ancestral land

Tucked in the foothills of the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains is the Qwaqwa Campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), the home of the Afromontane Research Unit (ARU). (Charl Devenish)

Afromontane pioneering sustainable mountain research

Research in the Afromontane Research Uni is promoted around three broad themes to foster inter and multidisciplinary discourse

So you’ve seized power and are struggling to keep it. What now?

Smart storage is the future. Here are some cool tips to generate and store energy on a small scale.

The magnificent peaks that form the backdrop to the guest farm’s garden range from snow-capped in winter to mossy-green in full and glorious summer.

A Wagnerian majesty – the beauty of Ardmore Guest Farm

Serenity – and a garden that has as a backdrop the three highest peaks in South Africa – draws writer James Siddall back to this quaint guest farm.

Tiffindell Ski Resort.

No business like snow business

Snapped up for a song on auction, the Tiffindell ski resort could be up and running again by 2014. Sipho Kings reports.

Tiffindell Ski Resort.

How the good times have melted away at Tiffindell

Residents of Tiffindell Ski Resort in the Drakensberg say any new owners have to include the community if they want to succeed, writes Sipho Kings.

Idea mooted to name berg peak after Mandela

One man feels it the Berg will benefit if one mountain peak is named after Nelson Mandela but his suggestion has been met with concern.

The dragon’s tail

If there’s a single feature that dominates South Africa, it is the Drakensberg. Kevin Davie discovered this when he cycled the rand from end-to-end.

The dog did not bark

The last time a group of us cycled from Badplaas we took the Chrissiesmeer road which runs south-west.

Black mambas and Fanta Grape

I was in a state of disbelief when I reached Ohrigstad. The day had been so hot and it took so long that I was surprised to be there.