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South Africa holidays

July 2024

  • Two sleek seals on a beach bare their teeth at each other

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

    Seals have been biting people in the first big outbreak of the disease in marine mammals, writes Nick Dall in Cape Town

October 2022

  • Bureaux House Kane Hart, Cape Town, South Africa

    African express: a dramatic apartment in Cape Town

    Eye-catching artworks, bold colours and a fearless approach to design make for an inspirational home in the heart of South Africa’s oldest city

May 2022

  • Michael and Claire Cobbledick - South Africa

    Circle of life: rebuilding a dramatic South African home

    Updating an unusual architectural gem in South Africa required a light touch – and a love of Japanese geometry

October 2021

  • Los Cabos beach in Baja California

    Hopes for surge in holiday bookings as England’s ‘red list’ cut to seven countries

    Tour operators welcome lifting of Covid restrictions on 47 countries and urge government to simplify testing protocols – and resist U-turns

February 2019

  • Blyde River Canyon and reservoir Blyderivierspoort Dam,Mpumalanga,South Africa<br>M18F9X Blyde River Canyon and reservoir Blyderivierspoort Dam,Mpumalanga,South Africa

    Game changer: touring South Africa by campervan

    Avoiding the classic Garden Route with its boutique hotels, a campervan proves ideal for touring eastern South Africa’s plains, mountains and wildlife parks

January 2019

  • British Passport and boarding pass at the airport.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Our family was barred from boarding a plane to South Africa

    Staff demanded the children’s birth certificates which we didn’t have, and it cost us £5,000

October 2018

  • a surfer rides a summer cyclone wave at New Pier beach, Durban.

    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Durban, South Africa: 10 top tips

    Surfers have long known about the year-round draw of Durban and now a new direct BA flight from London makes its subtropical shores more accessible

September 2018

  • Giraffes, Mkhaya reserve, Eswatini

    On safari in Eswatini: a celebration of wildlife – and a nation's pride

    The country formerly known as Swaziland offers unusual and affordable safaris and will celebrate 50 years of independence next week

July 2018

  • In reach of the city … writer, and swimmer, Graham Little in the water off Robben Island. Cape Town lies in the background.

    The Freedom Swim: from Mandela’s Robben Island to the Cape Town shore

    The Mandela centenary features many tributes and events but our writer found his own way to celebrate Madiba’s legacy – a 7.5km Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Cape Town

October 2017

  • Street art in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.

    Free world
    Street art adds gloss to Cape Town's boho Woodstock area

    This youthful and bohemian neighbourhood and foodie hotspot has become an open air gallery for giant, colourful murals

September 2017

  • The Thomas Heatherwick-designed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.

    On the radar
    'Africa's Tate Modern' – Cape Town’s Zeitz-Mocaa gallery opens

    The largest contemporary art museum in Africa opens on Friday as a ‘platform for Africans to tell their own story’

June 2017

  • Artisan distillery Hope on Hopkins in Cape Town. "Gin around the world is starting to have a moment and South Africa has

    The foodie traveller
    Gin tonic: the rare botanicals giving the spirit a South African twist

    South Africa’s Western Cape is home to thousands of unique plant species infusing a new range of gins

May 2017

  • Maropeng Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

    On the radar
    Fossils of previously unknown early human relative go on display in South Africa

    Astonishing remains of ‘almost human’ Homo naledi discovered in a cave system near Johannesburg are on display for a month from today

March 2017

  • Summer beach<br>GettyImages-114311454

    How to plan a post-Brexit holiday – from Serbia to the Lake District

    Where should Brits holiday after Article 50 now the pound is squeezed? Emerging destinations offer an affordable alternative to the Costa del Sol. Plus, there’s always camping ...

November 2016

  • Smitswinkel Bay

    The world's best hidden beaches: Cape Town

  • Amatuli Artefacts, Johannesburg, South Africa

    A great little place I know
    Go shopping all over Africa – at Amatuli Artefacts, Johannesburg

  • Southern giraffe crossing a dirt road, Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa<br>DD23GH Southern giraffe crossing a dirt road, (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa), Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

    Holiday guides
    How to safari in South Africa on a budget

  • V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.

    10 of the best places to eat in Cape Town, South Africa

October 2016

  • A child plays outside the burned-out building at 54 Soper Road in Johannesburg.

    Gentrified world
    'Regeneration should be for all': will change in Johannesburg benefit its poorest residents?

    As South Africa’s largest city goes through rapid reinvention, streets once ruled by gangs are increasingly lined with cafes. But to those struggling for a living, the future still appears bleak. Does Johannesburg’s new mayor have an answer?

September 2016

  • Afrikan Freedom Station

    Why I love …
    ‘Small pockets of cool all around’: jazz star Shabaka Hutchings on Johannesburg

    The London saxophonist loves Johannesburg’s restless musical energy so much he recorded his new album there with local musicians
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