SA Country Life

Only one elephant remains in the Knysna Forest. A mature female. Bronwyn Mulrooney’s account of her time spent with the research team monitoring the forest, and which captured on camera an enigmatic, solitary female, hit home like a punch to the stom

Our long-time birding contributor, Peter Chadwick (centre), well-known for his exceptional photography, recently took a two-year break to focus on conservation. In Secrets of Rare Renosterveld on page 69, he visits the largest, most contiguous piece

We have a library of podcast interviews with authors like Pieter-Dirk Uys, Craig Higginson and Ekow Duker ready for you to listen to on your next roadtrip. Here are some tips for iPhone and Android users on how to download and listen to the podcasts.

This month’s judge is freelance photojournalist Julia Lloyd. For Julia, photography is all about great light. Yes, sort out the composition, focus, emotion, action, you name it, but it’s superb light that will make an excellent photograph unforgettab

1400s-1500s Around 1 000 elephants estimated to be living in the southern Cape are pushed deep into the forests by European farmers and hunters. 1700s-1870 Increasing human settlements, hunting and the ivory trade begin to decimate the Cape elephant

1. The Overberg and renosterveld are excellent places to view the largely uncommon Denham’s Bustard (Veldpou) among the farmlands and short scrubveld. Out of the breeding season, up to ten of these large birds can be seen close to one another. They a

Hannah Harrison is extricating herself from relationships and an unsatisfactory life. She’s headed for the fictional town of Leliehoek in the Free State to temporarily run a quaint little bookshop. Soon she finds herself crossing paths with some frie

There is depth to Johnson’s reporting, a depth sadly lacking in political reporting in our newspapers and magazines, and on radio and television. He is not always right, nobody is; but he does marshal his facts, offer thesis, antithesis and synthesis

Educated in Ghana, the UK, the US and France, and now a data-science consultant based in Joburg, where he lives with his wife Bridget and his two children, Ekow Duker says of his writing, “When it flows, it feels like I’m taking dictation – it’s almo

Land Rover has announced plans for the new Defender to complete a final phase of field testing with Tusk Trust, a British NPO that protects African Wildlife. A Defender prototype wearing a unique camouflage will experience life at the Borana Conserva

The story of Seven Sisters wine is one of courage, perseverance and triumph over seemingly impossible odds. It’s a tale of how people can – and do – rise above all that Fate throws their way. The Brutus family, seven sisters and a ‘baby’ brother, gre

Probably one of South Africa’s most iconic wines, Roodeberg is celebrating 70 years of winemaking . Conceived as a strictly export product by KWV, this delicious red blend known the world over has been available to only a lucky few since 1949. In the