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, […]
nature
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
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
Birds of a feather
RECENTLY I moved home. On my stoep, as the sun softened, a flock of birds circled, as though of one
Creating an organic swimming pool
If you could incarnate as a plant, you’d probably want to avoid being a Cape Flats fynbos plant. For a
Sprouting Health, Wealth & Wisdom
Dawn Kennedy gets on the same wavelength as Cape Town ecopreneur Joseph Feigelson. Joseph Feigelson is passionate about sprouts and
Snowboarding In The Matroosberg
With his love of surf and snow, Jeremy has an intimate, almost obsessive, relationship with weather reports, which he reads