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WEEKEND RESET • HONEY, CLEAR MY SCHEDULE EXPLORE YOUR CITY, ONE EVENT AT A TIME

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GOLDEN HOURS • JOHANNESBURG IS A TREASURE TROVE OF TALES THAT SWEEP THROUGH ITS JACARANDA-LINED STREETS AND STAND RESOLUTE IN ITS HISTORICAL LANDMARKS. ARMED WITH A BACKPACK AND A WEEKEND TO SPARE, I SET OUT IN THE CITY OF GOLD TO DISCOVER THE HIDDEN GEMS THAT TELL EGOLI'S STORY

NEW TIMES IN AN OLD TOWN • STELLENBOSCH TOTS UP FRESH OPENINGS AND REFURBISHMENT5

THE RUNNING RACONTEUR • UGANDAN-BORN, LONDON-BASED DEO KATO WILL BECOME THE FIRST PERSON IN HISTORY TO RUN FROM CAPE TOWN TO LONDON. HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY ON 24 JULY AT THE LONG MARCH TO FREEDOM MONUMENT IN CAPE TOWN. HE WILL RUN 14 570 KM IN 381 DAYS, WITH 53 400 M OF ELEVATION, RUNNING ACROSS DESERTS AND GRASSLANDS, COVERING EIGHT TIMES THE HEIGHT OF EVEREST AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

5 ESSENTIAL ITEMS • DEO KATO CARRIES ON THE RUN

BREATHING SPACE • TARRY STARRY NIGHT IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO OBSERVE THE NIGHT SKY; IT OFFERS SPACIOUSNESS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND OTHER PEOPLE MEANINGFULLY, AND SLEEP RESTORATIVELY. THE BEST ADVICE IS NOT TO DO MUCH AT ALL EXCEPT BE

FACT & FICTION • SOME DAYS, YOU JUST CANT GET OUT THERE AND HAVE AN ADVENTURE. ON THOSE DAYS, ADVENTUROUS STORIES ARE JUST THE TICKET

A DARLING LITTLE VILLAGE • EVERYONE LOVES A QUAINT TOWN, MORE SO WHEN IT'S FILLED TO THE RAFTERS WITH ECCENTRIC FOLK, INTERESTING DINING AND UNUSUAL BUYS

TERROR ON THE TRAIL • A CAUTIONARY TALE OF A HIKE GONE WRONG

ADVENTURE IN STYLE • LOOKING THE PART WHEN EXPLORING THE GREAT OUTDOORS HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER

THE WILD FOOD REVOLUTION • YOU MAY WANT TO PAUSE A SECOND BEFORE YOU GO THROWING THOSE WEEDS ON THE COMPOST HEAP. YOU COULD BE MISSING OUT ON A NUTRITIOUS – AND DELICIOUS – SNACK. JOHN GAISFORD WENT FORAGING IN ESHOWE TO LEARN MORE

STANDA CHANCE TO WIN A WEDDING • Planning a wedding can be stressful, so why not win one? Check out some of these fantastic prizes, with more to follow in our next issue, and be sure to enter and stand a chance to win this incredible prize worth over R464 600!

CONFLICT CAN BECOME COEXISTENCE • THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROGRAMMES MITIGATING HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN RURAL AREAS. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR TOWNS AND CITIES? LORRAINE KEARNEY SETS OFF TO FIND OUT

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN • ‘MOST PHOTOGRAPHY WORK I SEE IS CLEAN,’ SAYS WAYNE HIPE ROBERTSON. ‘OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY TAKE PHOTOS OF BEAUTIFUL, MOOI, SKOON MENSE, BUT THAT'S NOT AUTHENTIC. I DON'T SEE MOOI, SKOON MENSE EVERY DAY. I SHOOT WHAT I'M AROUND AND COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE I ONLY FOCUSSED ON TRADITIONAL BEAUTY’

ON FOOT AND ON THE PLAINS OF CAMDEBOO • A VISIONARY PROJECT IS UNFOLDING IN THE GREAT KAROO. LAND IS BEING REHABILITATED AND WILDLIFE IS RETURNING. IT STARTED IN 1997, BUT SAMARA IS STILL NOT DONE. LORRAINE KEARNEY GOES LOOKING FOR CHEETAHS

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ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND • A HIDDEN GEM FDR ADVENTURE LOVERS, QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND, HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER EVERY THRILL-SEEKER

WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SKY • THE 6 000 km2 BANGWEULU SWAMPS IN NORTH-EASTERN ZAMBIA ARE A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN CONSERVATION SEVERAL SPECIES ARE STARTING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE...