With around 250 South African destinations under my belt as a travel journalist, some will always stand out as absolute favourites. Here’s a selection of my top stays in South Africa, each unique and utterly enticing. The luxury lodge: Silvan, Kruger National Park The Sabi Sabi is home to a series of slick lodges, and [...]read moreA travel writer’s top 5 South African stays
Raven-Symoné is looking back on some of her most viral comments and clarifying a few things. During the latest episode of her Tea Time With Raven and Miranda podcast, hosted alongside her wife, Miranda Pearman-Maday, the That’s So Raven star discussed her controversial 2014 interview with Oprah Winfrey. During the conversation with Winfrey, Raven addressed her disdain [...]read moreRaven-Symoné Clarifies ‘African American’ Remarks That Have ‘Haunted Me Since 2014’
VNV Global, a Swedish investment firm that backs startups in mobility, health and marketplaces, slashed the value of its holding in Wasoko, an African B2B e-commerce startup, by 48%, according to its annual report for 2023. In its annual report, VNV set Wasoko’s fair value at around $260 million as of December 2023, the month that [...]read moreAfrican B2B e-commerce giant Wasoko marked down to $260M after VC halves stake
Calvinia, South Africa – It’s 7:30am on a Monday and there’s already a queue of about 40 men, women and children against the wall of the still-locked warehouse. March temperatures in the South African backwater of Calvinia, some 430 kilometres (267 miles) north of Cape Town, average 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) – but [...]read moreHow a South African village turned an alien tree into superfood coffee | Food