An idea springing from a seven hour road trip

Overlay a competitive exchange rate and the incredible friendly people one meets along the way, I can’t help feeling SA is missing a big tourism trick.

Farmers home away from home, a reality check

The total amount of verified farm attacks in South Africa for the 2016/2017 period is 357 and the amount of farm murders is a disturbing 74, according to the latest AfriForum research.

White Tiger kills youth in New Delhi zoo

Some years back, two Taiwanese tourists were killed at the Johannesburg Lion Park after wanting to pose for pictures with the seemingly passive big cats. Last year near Nelspruit, chimpanzees maimed and almost killed one of their less popular wardens. Yesterday, an apparently inebriated 20 year old who fell into a white tiger’s enclosure in … Read more

ARB CEO Nichles: Surging share price can keep defying gravity

In this game, one tends to remember the ones you catch just right. Among mine was ARB Holdings, a KZN-based electrical wholesaler I came across in late 2011 while living on our Mooi River farm. My research suggested this was a sleeper so wrote that this was a stock to consider filling your boots with. The … Read more

Matfield faces latest test on comeback trail

By Nick Said NELSPRUIT South Africa (Reuters) – Victor Matfield will become the most-capped player in South Africa’s history when he makes his 112th appearance for the Springboks in the second test against Wales in Nelspruit on Saturday. It will also mark another important staging post in the 37-year-old’s comeback from retirement. Matfield, who will … Read more

Two changes as Wales look for more steel against Springoks

NELSPRUIT (Reuters) – Wales’ determination to match the muscle of South Africa has seen coach Warren Gatland make two changes to his pack for the second test at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. The Welsh were second-best in all departments during their 38-16 loss in the first test in Durban last weekend, but Gatland … Read more