‘Murder in the Zambezi’ retells horror of airline passengers shot dead

Vivien Horler|Published

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.

A heart mender and a heart breaker

Vivien Horler|Published

Driven Barnard came from behind to perform world first heart transplant

Raising a glass to an idyllic lifestyle

Vivien Horler|Published

On St Martins in the Scilly Isles is what must be the most south-westerly winery in Europe. Vivien Horler visits.

Ode to romance of a vanishing island life

Vivien Horler|Published

As St Helena prepares to open to air traffic, Vivien Horler meets a resident who celebrates the joys of its seclusion.

Watchman is not the book Mockingbird is

Vivien Horler|Published

But the first half is highly readable with some funny parts, writes Vivien Horler

Pleeze, call me Cleese, not Cleez or Chee-eese!

Vivien Horler|Published

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.

The man who made the environment ‘sexy’

Vivien Horler|Published

After a career in journalism spanning 37 years, Cape Argus Environment and Science Writer John Yeld retires today.

A love letter to Namibia

Vivien Horler|Published

To some, this vast country is parched and desolate, but to Audrey Salvage, it is ‘the last empty place’, writes Vivien Horler.

SA tables global oil spill pacts

Vivien Horler|Published

Two bills aimed at incorporating the conventions into South African law are due to be tabled in Parliament.

Postcards from the (mountain) edge

Vivien Horler|Published

Lake Brienz, in Switzerland, is surrounded by soaring snowy mountains. Vivien Horler visits.

Skeleton may bring past to life

Vivien Horler|Published

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.

Always a nice day in the US

Vivien Horler|Published

Vivien Horler takes the slow route through the mighty States.

You can keep your hat on

Vivien Horler|Published

In the Wild West, cowboy country, men wear hats and Nate Funmaker is the man who makes them.

To the rescue of SA’s rhinos

Vivien Horler|Published

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. ...

The people behind the wine

Vivien Horler|Published

A new book recounts the tales of the workers on Cape wine farms