I am not generally given to laziness but a recent shoulder injury had been holding me back from vigorous forms of exercise. Flaccid muscles and the slow but inexorable creep of the dial on the bathroom scales indicated it was time to get out there.

Super-rich soccer fans staying on five-star floating hotels during the World Cup will have everything

I really don't want to get started on the debate about tahrs on Table Mountain because, quite honestly, I'm not really sure what my views are on that subject. Obviously I've known about them for as long as I can remember but, until very recently, I'd n...

Regular visitors to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden probably have their favourite spots but with 528 hectares - the largest of nine botanical gardens in South Africa - of developed gardens and nature reserve there is always bound to be some corn...