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Poem: In the tracks of giants

‘To walk in the wake of elephants, to be small in a world of giants, to learn the spoor of silence, and the deep rumbling eloquence of kin.’

Today we celebrate ellies – the gentle giants who inspired our being – with these powerful words by Ian McCallum.

African Body & Beauty Products

We delved into the world of African body & beauty products that are produced locally and made with natural, indigenous ingredients – and we were delighted with what we found.

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The Nomadic Kitchen presents: Spices and Spandex, the cookbook

Contemplating an adventure this year? Take a leaf out of Spices and Spandex, a cookbook for the adventurous, the free, the curious. Delve into the culinary adventures of two young men who cycled 20 000km from London to Cape Town, experiencing some of the richest and most diverse food cultures and recipes in the world.

Black Mambas: Women protecting wildlife

‘You strike a woman, you strike a rock,’ were the words sung by hundreds of women as they marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th August 1956. Although that was 60 years ago, these words still ring true. Nowhere more so than in Balule Nature Reserve, where the Black Mamba all-women anti-poaching unit operates.