West coast spring: Fossils and flowers
Our trip starts amid contemporary consumerism: The West Coast Shopping village, with its iconic wind pump situated beside Blaauwberg Hospital, […]
A passion for predators: Leopards at Bushmans Kloof
Dawn Kennedy takes a civilised walk with wild cats at Bushman\’s Kloof. A person diminishes amid the Cedarberg’s landscape of
Celebrating Snoek
INSIGHT NEWS Jun 1st 2011, 00:00 Surely one of the great pleasures of life in the Cape is being able
Breaking the Ice – Lewis Pugh
From Camps Bay, via the Arctic to 10 Downingstreet, 021 maps Lewis Pugh’s journey form cold water swimmer to environmental
A beginner’s guide to bird-watching at Milnerton’s Rietvlei
It had been a disappointing weekend. I’d been looking forward to joining an excursion to see pelagic seabirds. Now, I
The Shark Spotter of False Bay
For most of us, summer spells sand, sea and sun, but for Monwabisi Sikweyiya, it spells shark! “Every day is
Wonderful World of Wasps
Finding new wasp species is Simon van Noort’s passion. He explains, “You have to be an explorer. It’s one of
The Kanonkop baboons
Roughly half of the troops on the peninsula occupy home ranges which include coastal land. Nevertheless, while the shoreline extends
Mozart in Nyanga
The wind whips up dust circles on the streets of Nyanga, Cape Town’s oldest township and home to over 10
Big wave surfing on the Atlantic Seaboard
The Charge of the Big Wave Brigade Cape Town is fast establishing itself as an epicentre of big-wave surfing. Our