A guest farm hidden in the Groot Marico valley provides nature activities or, best of all, an excuse to do nothing.
The bestselling <i>Earth’s Children</i> series has come to an end. <b>Maureen Brady</b> speaks to the author, Jean M Auel.
<b>Maureen Brady</b> reviews <i>Caves of the Ape-men:South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site</i>
Maureen Brady reviews a fascinating volume about the history of the Cradle of Humankind.
Many of us harbour a fascination with maps, a legacy of childhood reading, writes Maureen Brady.
Revisit the places and faces of local TV travel show <i>Going Nowhere Slowly</i> in Ashley Dowds’s new book, writes Maureen Brady.
World Environment Day was first held in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. On the same day, the…
"Before the start of the summer rainy season, the Klaserie river is more a lush reed bed than a body of moving water, although it retains a number of permanent pools. Early one…
Some places in the world make one wish, if there’s a heaven, it could be like this. <i>Earthyear</i> samples the delights of Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Retreat in the…
A recurring refrain in discourses about the state of South African education is that the school system is not producing enough matriculants with adequate skills in mathematics…
Just what is it that makes this place so special? Once upon a time, long, long ago, a golden age flourished in Southern Africa. <i>Earthyear</i> explores the magic and mystery of…
"I heard a solitary lion roar close by in the early hours of my first night (which had left spoor through the camp just the night before), a hyena laughing the following morning,…
"Our main aim is to increase the tourism economy of Johannesburg. We’re starting off a strong base — six million tourists come into the city per annum. The total value of this to…
Looking for a job in nature was the last thing Leandra Brandt (22) thought of. Now her future looks a lot rosier with serious prospects of employment since she has joined a…
Water is essential to life on this planet. The human body can survive a mere three days without water. Besides needing water to stay alive, human societies need water for many…
American conservationist Mike Fay is a man on a mission: to save Africa’s remaining wild places from further human depredation. To do this, he and co-pilot Peter Ragg will…
The next time you wake up to find fresh molehills dotted around your garden, you’ll probably see red, but think twice before you scream blue murder. That pesky mole may well be…
The school choir, neatly dressed in pale blue uniforms, is lined up just inside the school’s gates when we arrive at Kgaugelo Middle School in GaRankuwa. Learners mingle with…
Ever since the publication of the second <i>King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa (King II)</i> in 2002, South African corporates have sharpened their focus on…
South Africa itself doesn’t have the same internal shape it had 10 years ago. The new World Atlas for South Africans has a special 32-page section just on South Africa. Maureen…
