It was a shocking news story at the time: in September 1978 an Air Rhodesia Viscount on a flight from Kariba to Salisbury was shot down by rebels.
Driven Barnard came from behind to perform world first heart transplant
On St Martins in the Scilly Isles is what must be the most south-westerly winery in Europe. Vivien Horler visits.
As St Helena prepares to open to air traffic, Vivien Horler meets a resident who celebrates the joys of its seclusion.
But the first half is highly readable with some funny parts, writes Vivien Horler
If you’ve ever been puzzled whether to pronounce John Cleese’s surname as “clees” or “cleez”, this first volume of his autobiography makes it clear.
After a career in journalism spanning 37 years, Cape Argus Environment and Science Writer John Yeld retires today.
To some, this vast country is parched and desolate, but to Audrey Salvage, it is ‘the last empty place’, writes Vivien Horler.
Two bills aimed at incorporating the conventions into South African law are due to be tabled in Parliament.
Lake Brienz, in Switzerland, is surrounded by soaring snowy mountains. Vivien Horler visits.
The centuries-old remains of a teen could provide us with valuable insight into those who once lived in the Western Cape, writes Vivien Horler.
Vivien Horler takes the slow route through the mighty States.
In the Wild West, cowboy country, men wear hats and Nate Funmaker is the man who makes them.
A private game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal is taking no chances with the risk posed by poachers, and has assigned guards to their special charges, writes Vivien Horler. ...
A new book recounts the tales of the workers on Cape wine farms