Did you know that an American woman campaigned to create a national symbol for remembrance, and a Frenchwoman may have been the single most significant figure in spreading the symbol of the poppy? What about the analogies with Ukraine's current scarred landscapes where the symbol of the sunflower abounds?   ... Read More

The Albie Awards recognise “courageous defenders of justice who are at great risk for what they do”. George & Amal Clooney said: “South African judge Albie Sachs has spent his whole life fighting for justice, so we couldn’t think of anyone better than Albie to name the awards after.” ... Read More

'Hot Cape to Cold Cape' - a transcontinental expedition to travel the entire length of Africa and Europe. It's the 40th geographic and humanitarian odyssey for renowned explorer Kingsley Holgate & team. “One of the best things about expanding horizons through travel: it gives one hope for the future.” ... Read More

Nelson Mandela said Johnny Clegg “made our hearts feel as strong as the African day''. Clegg was an important figure in South African music and a prominent white figure in the resistance to apartheid. His band Juluka was the first group in the apartheid-era with a white man and a black man  ... Read More

The month of May celebrates the advent of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. We want to celebrate a pioneering South African couple who are making waves in both hemispheres. Their English estate, The Newt, is the official sponsor of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. While their South African estate, Babylonstoren, is acknowledged as the only (RHS) Royal Horticultural Society Partner Garden in Africa ... Read More

Maps shine a light into our understanding of geography. Few people realise how big Africa is. It's three times bigger than the USA. You could fit the USA, Greenland, India, China, Spain, France, Germany and the UK into Africa and still have room for most of Eastern Europe. ... Read More

“The Arch”, as the human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Tutu as well as a monument to peace and democracy, is affectionately known, has never been afraid to condemn injustice - anywhere ... Read More

On Mandela’s birthday the call is out for people everywhere to honour him by acting on the idea that each person has the power to change the world. By devoting 67 minutes of their time – one minute for every year of Mandela’s public service – people can make a small gesture of solidarity with humanity and a step towards a global movement for good ... Read More

David Marchese's interview with Jane Goodall, in The New York Times inspires: 'Traveling the world I see so many projects of restoration, animal and plant species being rescued from the brink of extinction, people tackling what seemed impossible and not giving up. These are the stories that ... give people hope'' ... Read More

I sit here quietly thinking about what it means to me to be a visitor to South Africa or even African. It seems easier to explain the effect that this land has on me ... which creates a frisson of excitement, passion each and every day, a vivid, immediate sense of being alive found nowhere else ... ... Read More

The Irma Stern Museum is enticing the public into the former home of one of South Africa's most sought-after artists, with an exhibition devoted to Nudes.  ''Stern viewed the naked female body through many lenses, all inherited from the various traditions of European art. By engaging with each lens at different times she not only extended the tradition and affirmed her place within it, but she found a means to express her own vivid, interior life''.  ... Read More

Conservation is about protecting a shrinking asset. We need to think about environmental investing. Go from the defensive to the offensive. Look at the big role ecotourism plays in conservation in Africa. If Covid has taught us one thing, it’s that our choices matter. ... Read More

Lots of Causes to Celebrate! South Africa has just taken steps to end its multimillion-dollar lion-breeding industry. The voice of our planet - David Attenborough - is still fighting the good fight, another year on. And ''The Octopus Teacher'' gets Oscar gold for the Best Documentary. ... Read More

Truffles are costly because they're hard to find, frustrating to grow, and impossible to store for any length of time. See how a handful of local farmers are growing them (since the Cape has a Mediterraean climate too), and how they find truffles the old-fashioned way by using sniffer dogs ... Read More

World Wildlife Day is about celebrating, enjoying and respecting wildlife. It's also about making us think just how close wildlife is to the tipping point to extinction. And what's being done by wildlife warriors to bring it back from this destiny. Hear how they respect, understand and afford dignity to wildlife. And put their lives on the line ... Read More

The Cape Floral Kingdom is a biological treasure chest that entranced botanists in Europe after the arrival of European explorers in South Africa in 1652. The botanist, Carl Thunberg, devised the taxonomic system of naming all plants and animal species still in use today. The name of the Disa genus of orchids derives from a Swedish legend ... Read More

'iThongo' means “ancestral dreamscape” in Xhosa - one of South Africa's 11 languages. This is a series of sculptural seats hand-coiled in terracotta clay, each standing at almost a metre tall. The design of each backrest is based on a symbol from an extensive lexicon that Andile Dyalvane has devised. ... Read More

Saype, the world's most famous land artist, chose Cape Town as host to the ninth stage of his global project because his work symbolises the breaking down of political and social barriers between communities. Depicting the largest human chain in the world, it invites people to help each other, show kindness and live tolerantly together ... Read More

Every journey comes at a financial cost, an environmental cost, and a social cost. Before booking a flight, ask yourself: Are these quality miles? Find the answer not on a spreadsheet but in your heart. Purpose-driven travel! ... Read More

''Life is all about the excitement of what lies ahead. To touch hearts is one thing, but to forever change lives for the better - this is what truly makes life worth living. The gift of life is to use it for something that will outlast us”. Which one of Africa’s most colourful modern-day explorers, Kingsley Holgate does - big time, using adventure to improve and save lives. ... Read More

Here's to honouring courageous individuals, making a difference in whatever their sphere of influence. Global or local.   Thirty-six years ago, Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he's received the Human Rights Global Treasure Award for his courageous opposition to apartheid by the US-based NGO Article3.org ... Read More

LATITUDES is a platform for African art in international times. The first African art fair that is 100% owned by women, it's a niche-focused fair that seeks to expand and strengthen local art audiences and promote African art in an economically viable manner ... Read More

If you want to refresh your perspective, stimulate your mind, and see some of South Africa's ''unstoppable'' talent, join us! Hear from founder Fee Halsted about her Ardmore team's ability to create magnificent forms during trying times that is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit ... Read More

Coming up on October 08th in our new webinar series, is The Cape's spectacular botanical landscape. Three renowned ''green'' experts will show you what makes this the world's richest natural garden. Adam Harrower of Kirstenbosch, Ernst van Jaarsveld of Babylonstoren, & Sean Privett of Grootbos! It's spring time here - and we are bursting to share our botanical bounty ... Read More

We have selected Cyrus Kabiru’s images of eyewear as a perfect metaphor for the new tangent we're launching, because his work deals with imagination and transformation. ''Seek with New Eyes'' is a webinar series that will take you on a voyage of discovery around South Africa. Join us on Sep 23 ... Read More

Willem Boshoff is a world-renowned artist whose works involve long-term archival research across a range of disciplines such as music, botany, visual arts, philosophy. His sought-after sculptures offer much more than meets the eye. His works are drenched in text, either on the artwork itself, or accompanied by a detailed description ... Read More

Disasters are known as powerful ignition tools for radical ways of transforming business practices. To harvest emerging ideas trend forecaster Li Edelkoort is organizing a platform to counterbalance the World Economic Forum - The World Hope Forum ... Read More

Louis Schwartzberg is an inspiring visual artist who celebrates life and reveals the mysteries of nature, people and places ... by providing breathtaking imagery using time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography ... Read More

Visionary pioneer Garth Owen-Smith said: 'Conserving our natural environment will not make you materially rich, but there is no greater satisfaction than having made our planet a better place to live on, even if it is just in a very small way’ ... Read More

A visionary who used trees as an instrument of civil disobedience, started a movement that reimaged the ecological and economic landscape and modeled a new form of civic agency for nature & humanity, is Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize    ... Read More

Why not seize the moment - and dream? Plan for when you can travel again. For when you can connect & engage. For where you'll go on your bucket list. For what then, 'new eyes' may reveal ... Read More

Since we are being compelled to transform our social behaviour worldwide, we share this in the hope that it reminds you of South Africa's zest for life, and energy-bursting talent  ... Read More

As a species, our best design stories still lie ahead of us. For over 25-years, Design Indaba Cape Town has presented a slew of visionary thinkers whose innovations have truly shaped our globe ... Read More

South Africa's Men’s Rugby Team was named ''World Team of the Year'' at the 2020 Laureus World Sports Awards. It was a massively symbolic win which brought together all the communities in the country ... Read More

Music is an extrordinary example of how culture connects us and can help us to imagine and build a better future. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma believes there are many more - and has set out to prove it. What better way to step into a new decade than this video with a powerful message? ... Read More

If winning was a country, it would be South Africa right now! Accolades, awards and reasons to celebrate, showing that hope is alive and local talent is prodigious ... Read More

Being a volunteer at PechaKucha nights in Cape Town is a way to bring people together and boost community development. And learn how to be succinct ... Read More

The new Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria gives the city of jacarandas (and the whole country) a new cultural landmark & window into the past with the Mapungubwe Collection ... Read More

A South African design icon. A brand pioneer. A singular woman of note whose functional products will remain in our homes and hearts. Carroll Boyes RIP ... Read More

A Recipe for Change? Who’d have thought that one of the most revolutionary non-electric heat retention cookers would be as simple as an African-print beanbag? ... Read More

David Koloane - a revered voice in Africa’s artistic landscape, celebrated for his contribution to South Africa’s cultural struggle - whose loss leaves the art world hollow ... Read More

If you’re travelling and start to ask yourself, I wonder who came up with that clever idea? People who travelled ... Read More

If you’re on a trip and start to ask yourself, I wonder who came up with that clever idea?  Those answers are amongst a few of the game-changers ... Read More

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve outside Cape Town just announced as overall winner of the African Responsible Tourism Awards at the World Travel Market Africa, 2019 ... Read More

Inspiring People Changing The Way We Travel / David Attenborough - whose aim is to remind people of the interconnectedness of living things ... Read More

Eddie Ndopu, a South African activist and humanitarian, plans a flight on a commercial trip into space and deliver an address to the UN while he’s up there ... Read More

The challenges faced by Africa's rapidly growing cities are unique. Chief Resilience members from Accra, Addis Ababa, & Cape Town share how their cities are working to solve these ... Read More

''Ground breaking ideas that are changing the way we live work, play and think about what's possible'' plus The Africa Prize   ... Read More

Did you know that the two minutes silence and its association to Armistice Day (11/11/11) or 'Remembrance Day' has a South African origin? ... Read More

Celebrating African initiatives where objects made by the human hand reflect the inherent essence of the spirit of the maker ... Read More

''The only walls between humans and elephants are the ones we put up ourselves'' ... Francoise Malby-Anthony carries on Lawrence's dream ... Read More

Treat children and animals with kindness, and pass this wisdom on to generations to come says Credo Mutwa, whose cosmology is a lodestar to us regaining balance & harmony in Africa ... Read More

The biggest private project of its kind in South Africa - a pioneering alien vegetation clearing project at Vergelegen wine estate revealing natural treasures of indigenous vegetation  ... Read More

An event that sowed the seeds of Satyagraha - about which Mandela said of Gandhi: 'India’s soul truly does lie in South Africa' ... Read More

Opportunities pave a way for innovation unlike any other. See how a human-centred approach to design enhances ways to make magic happen ... Read More

Caster Semenya's response to critics vocal on the gender issue is to not stop winning, thrive through adversity & stand up for her fellow athletes ... Read More

Here's to the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, ocean advocate and pioneer swimmer Lewis Pugh, in his quest to drastically reduce single-use plastic items in our daily lives ... Read More

South African cultural warrior, artist Esther Mhlangu, with her Ndebele art collaborations across the globe, receives an honorary doctorate ... Read More

Starbucks was started with some basic fundamentals of "Ubuntu" in mind, giving it the longevity to build a very strong brand with intrinsic valued staff ... Read More

Michelle Obama: ''You can choose to go along with what everyone is doing, or you can become whatever you want to be in this life. That’s what Siya Xuza did'' ... Read More

By intertwining passion with purpose, architect Mokena Makeka is ensuring that South Africans can be proud of the places they call home ... Read More

A force to be reckoned with! Winner of the International Children’s Peace Prize & Nobel Peace Laureates’ Medal for Social Activism, Chaeli Mycroft talks to the UN ... Read More

Do write. Do right. A business that's providing a canvas to kick-start ideas to develop the minds of young children via story books ... Read More

Cape Town is hot & happening - basking in long hot summer days & a creative vortex peaking with the Cape Town Art Fair, Design Indaba & host of design-related events  ... Read More

The future is bright, says Bill Gates, TIME's first-ever guest editor, & 'If we want to change the world, we should invest in the people who already are', says Melinda ... Read More

A remarkable talent building method to develop innate musical abilities that can open a new world for disadvantaged kids, as it did for their visionary teacher Maria Botha ... Read More