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2026 Springboks Rugby Fixtures

Last updated 11.07.2026 - The 2026 Springbok season features a packed home schedule, headlined by a massive four-test "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry" series against the All Blacks and the debut of the Nations Championship. 2026 Home & International Fixtures (South Africa) ... Continue Reading

Midway up the Black Trail at the Vergenoeg Hiking Trails, Hartbeespoort

Vergenoeg Hiking Trails: The Vulture Trail Where the Vultures Never Showed

You look beautiful," I tell them, and they laugh — exactly the reaction I was going for. It's easier to photograph people when they're having fun doing it. It's 8:30am and the haze over the Magaliesberg hasn't burned off yet, though it will, into one of those clear winter Highveld days that make the effort worth it later. Right now it's just cold. Put on your jacket cold. ... Continue Reading

Two hikers and an Ostrich on the Yellow Trail at the Groenkloof Nature Reserve

Groenkloof Nature Reserve: Two Ostriches and a Trail I Thought I Knew

The trail is barely wide enough for one person, and two ostriches are standing in the middle of it. Neither looks in any hurry to move. I'm most of the way through a hike I've done a dozen times, and for the first time all morning I have no idea what happens next. ... Continue Reading

A hiker at a High Point of View on the Red Trail at the Klapperkop Nature Reserve

Klapperkop Nature Reserve: The Red Trail I Almost Skipped

The sound stopped me. Low, nasal, somewhere between a grunt and a complaint — and close. I stood still on the gravel and turned my head, trying to put a name to it. Nothing came. I've walked enough of these trails to know most of what lives out here by ear, and this wasn't on the list. Then I looked up at the koppie, and there they were. ... Continue Reading

The Oubaas Trail sign at Smuts House Museum

The Oubaas Trail: The Short Hike at Smuts House Museum That Clears Your Head

It was a Saturday afternoon when I switched off the computer. The walls were pressing up against me tight by now — it had been building all week. That's when I knew it was time to step out and reboot. I needed a way to clear my head. The Oubaas Trail at the Smuts House Museum. ... Continue Reading

Cable Railing along the Shelter Rock Hiking Trail

Shelter Rock Hiking Trail: Ladders, a Cable, and the Best Lunch Spot in the Magaliesberg

Last updated 22.06.2026 - I stopped to catch my breath, which on this part of the climb meant catching quite a lot of it. The ground fell away in front of us, further than I wanted to measure. To my left the trail kept climbing; to my right the group came up behind me, one by one, breathing hard. I waited for everyone to gather, asked for a smile, and got one out of most of them — which, given what we'd just climbed, I thought was generous. Then I took the photo. ... Continue Reading