Next in our series "How the Dorp Got its Name" - Kakamas!

While SAffas love to buy and enjoy the well known Ouma's Rusks (who doesn't like to 'dip 'n Ouma?') there's something a bit special about home made rusks. For those not in the know, rusks are kind of like biscotti, and a much loved South African treat.

"The selection of birds at Samara is soul-food for bird-lovers!" – quote from TripAdvisor from recent guests at Samara Private Game Reserve.

Former owner of Portfolio Collection, Liz Westby-Nunn, recently caught the Gilbert and Sullivan show Topsy Turvy at Camps Bay's Theatre on the Bay and wrote this review for us...

Port Elizabeth based blogger and photographer Jonker Fourie aka Firefly took his family to the Patensie Citrus Festival last weekend...

Ounin of 22 Die Laan Guest House sent us the link to this gorgeous little video clip of Stellenbosch in autumn.

A call has been made on the world to sing a special Happy Birthday song for former President Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday. The international icon celebrates his birthday on Wednesday, 18 July. The day has been declared “International Mandela Day”.

All scrapbooking and handmade paper fans should take note of the popular course in hand bookbinding which will be repeated at the Afrikaanse Taalmuseum in Paarl during the school holidays, from 26 to 28 June.

A double bill at Circa on Jellicoe gallery in Rosebank, Joburg, showcases science as art.

We blogged earlier this week about the new cheetah cubs born to Sibella at Samara. Here's a short video clip of the cubs enjoying breakfast with their mum.