South Africans go to the polls next week in perhaps the most important election since 1994. While nationally politicians are bombarding South African voters with their election messages, it is really very quiet in the Southern Cape. At Stilbaai (which means a ‘quiet...

While Fredo and Janey were in Mauritius two things happened that is close to our hearts. Valentine found his freedom and little Michaela received her gifts from her ‘grandparents’. We found little Valentine at our house about two months ago. He was cowering behind one...

Fredo would probably not easily have visited Maurice, as its French speaking population calls it. For most other people it is Mauritius, an island in the Pacific Ocean, some 5 hours by air from Cape Town. Fredo, and Janey, got there because our son Johno tied the knot...

Fredo and Janey travel mostly during the winter months. It is the best time to visit the game reserves and it is not so impossibly hot as during the summer months. However, it can also be very cold and in the Cape region it can also get quite stormy if on the day when...

One of the memorable days Fredo and Janey had on their various visits to Namibia was when we visited the Hobo meteorite near Grootfontein. We stayed over at the Minen Hotel in Tsumeb which now is a firm favourite on our visits to Northern Namibia. The Minen has been...

Fredo can still clearly remember the last time when a major cyclone struck Mozambique. The heroics of South African Air Force pilots and other rescue crews saved countless lives in the country. To read that about your countrymen and their efforts in Mozambique and...