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The forest smells different after rain. Standing on the edge of the Tsitsikamma, with ancient yellowwood trees dripping quietly around you and the Indian Ocean crashing somewhere below, you just know why South Africa’s Garden Route has been named one of the world’s best road trips. This is not just ....
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Local artists generated over ZAR 504 million on Spotify alone, a 28% increase year-on-year and nearly double the earnings since 2023. Spotify today announced its annual Loud & Clear report, revealing that South African artists generated over ZAR 504 million on the platform in 2025. This represents a 28% year-on-year increase and nearly double their […]
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France has passed a landmark law that makes it easier to return cultural artifacts looted during the colonial era, marking a major shift in the country’s approach to its imperial history. The legislation, approved unanimously by Parliament, creates an exception to France’s long-standing rule that objects in public collections cannot be permanently removed from museum […]
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Southern Africa’s safari industry is undergoing a quiet revolution, with luxury lodges increasingly placing conservation at the center of the travel experience rather than as a backdrop. From the Cape Vulture Nature Reserve in the Northern Drakensberg—home to over 700 breeding pairs of one of Africa’s most endangered birds—to KwaZulu-Natal’s Thonga Beach Lodge, where ancient […]
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A new study suggests malaria played a major role in shaping where prehistoric humans settled across sub-Saharan Africa, challenging long-held beliefs that migration patterns were driven mainly by agriculture and climate. Published in Science Advances, the research found that early humans avoided malaria-prone regions more than 70,000 years ago—long before farming spread across the continent […]
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South African artist Strijdom van der Merwe has created a striking land art installation in which 24 living Water Oak trees have been sculpted to resemble giant colored pencils emerging from a natural gorge. Titled “Deus sive Natura”—Latin for “God or Nature”—the work draws on 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s concept of nature and divinity as […]
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Tilaï (The Law), the acclaimed 1990 drama by Burkinabé filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo, has been selected for the 2026 edition of Cannes Classics following a new 4K restoration. The film, one of the most acclaimed works in African cinema, will screen alongside restored classics and documentaries celebrating global film preservation efforts. It tells the tragic story […]
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