Strict water restrictions are making their way to the Cape in November and, to be prepared, here’s everything you need to know. Good luck out there.
This year, the Castle of Good Hope is celebrating its 350th anniversary, so what better way to kick it off than by taking a gander through some natural heritage?
I’ve dealt with two puff adders first hand in Camps Bay, and with a now with a cabin in the Klein Karoo mountains, snake awareness is not something I skimp on.
Mick Fanning may have delivered a punch in order to save his bacon, but this guy decided a broom was all he needed to fend off a rather large shark.
Last week we got our first glimpse at what lies in store for fans of BBC classic ‘Planet Earth’, but now the new trailer really raises the bar.
2016 has been a year filled with obituaries and RIPs, but perhaps this one says more about how we treat the world around us more than any other.
There are certain moments from the BBC’s Planet Earth series that have become the stuff of legend, and the follow up promises much of the same.
We have our fair share of trouble down here on the tip of Africa, but our storms don’t come close to the beast that is bearing down on America’s east coast.
Over in the Gobi desert, the largest fossilised footprint ever has been found. This provides more insight into the world that existed on earth before our time.
There’s nothing like portraying a young girl in a black swimsuit as an eel to boost your local farming economy, especially when she is being “fattened up” for slaughter.
It takes something rather impressive to woo the judges of this competition, but Chinese photographer Yu Jun seems to have done just that.
Everyone’s talking about going green these days, and it’s actually never been easier (or more cost effective) to put your money where you mouth is.
Sadly us Capetonians have nothing but grey skies overhead, but that doesn’t mean you can’t join in the fun.
Tokai forest was the topic of many conversations yesterday, as the process of cutting down the pines kicked into gear. Outrage followed close behind.
Hiking up any mountain can be perilous, and that certainly rings true for Table Mountain. Luckily there was help at hand for three stranded climbers.
There are many brilliant photographs of New York City’s skyline out there, but this one captures something so special it almost looks fake.
It must be rather terrifying to be out for a stroll and the ground gives way beneath you, which is exactly what happened over in China.
The world is full of misinformation and half-truths, although according to these folks the biggest of all-time is the shape of our dear old earth.
Who would have thought that the sinkhole would attack a Capetonian car in the middle of the day this past weekend?
The U.S. state of Louisiana is currently underwater as records were broken, rain falling heavily over the weekend and leaving havoc in its wake.
I’m not sure how many of our readers are big into botany – some certainly have green fingers – but maybe you’d like to watch history unfold?
It seems unimaginable that we are writing about tornadoes wreaking havoc in Gauteng, but yesterday all hell broke loose as the twister went rogue.
Three people have already been confirmed dead in KZN as rain plunders the region, and now us Capetonians need to button down the hatches.
It’s freezing right across the country at present, although up near Jozi things have really escalated. We kid you not, it’s a full-blown tornado.
At the age of 90, I very much doubt Sir David Attenborough would ever have thought he would get mixed up in Pokemon Go – but here he is narrating it.
There’s an awful lot of science that points towards just how grave the repercussions of climate change will be, but sometimes some pictures can do the trick.
There’s the kind of diamond you slip into a wedding ring and then there’s this, an absolute monster coming out of Botswana.
America has been treated to a few far out meteors of late, but it isn’t often they’re treated to the likes of what they saw yesterday.
We may have been dubbed the Cape of Storms back in the day, but it isn’t often we see wind conditions like these from over in the US.
Everyone loves a good meteor sighting, and folks along the eastern seaboard of the US were treated to a blinder last night.