When people discuss “The Drakensberg”, most of us think about a very specific area in Natal. However, in truth, the Drakensberg escarpment stretches for more than 1000 kilometres, from the…
Part and parcel of the real deal is an axe, high-lift jack and spade all attached to your roof -rack. It’s almost like entry-level stuff. But what if I asked…
When one googles “when were humans first buried”, you generally come up with the information that the oldest known burials occurred some 130,000 years ago. Burying the dead is considered…
It sounds somewhat ominous yet it’s fairly simple. When refuelling at a service station how many of us get out of our vehicles and check things? Instead, we rather sit…
Different worms and different silk colours (note that the worms are not next to the colours they spin though). So today we bring you the first of our stories from…
I have numerous friends involved in tourism, they are only starting to recover from the Covid -19 lockdown. Many did not. The impact hurt many sectors but personally, the tourism…
Ultimately, it’s about building a sustainable future on this beautiful planet we call home… Well, we’ve explored electric cars, and solar cars (which are a form of electric cars), and…
Let us take a step back to the days of our youth, The trip to Durban took place twice a year when I was growing up. There was no highway…
In our previous article on ‘electric cars’, we made the point that if the energy source isn’t green, then the electric car isn’t as green as we would like to…
I recently left Johannesburg at about 0415 en route to the ADA training facility near Broederstroom to collect my friend Heine Engelbrecht. Heine was to be the navigator to a…
I am going to start this column with a confession… I am definitely no Domestic Goddess! We all love food, and whilst it is not unheard of for me to…
So an injury to my foot meant that I would not be able to run for some time. Seeking a workable “cardio” alternative I turned to a friend who specialises…