The Travel and Sport Dream Team
The Travel and Sport Dream Team Tyronne Engelbrecht On the 10th of December 2018 the TS Dream Team departed Johannesburg for the rolling green hills of Ireland. The Dream team was made up of players who were selected at the King Edward VII Preparatory Easter Rugby Festival. They only had a handful of training sessions […]
The London Experience
The London Experience Ruan Boshoff Our London experience began the moment the airplane began its final descent into London. As we stepped into Heathrow International Airport…all I could think was WOW, this place is super busy with planes landing every 45 seconds (just to give you an idea), but with a population of 8.8 million […]
The Netherlands Experience
The Netherlands Experience Natasha Erasmus “The Netherlands, a country in north-western Europe, is known for a flat landscape of canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes” I had the amazing opportunity to travel to one of my ‘bucket list’ countries. Boy was I amazed! Arriving on 26 September 2018, I knew that I was in […]
The Asian Experience
The Asian Experience A journal of a lonely traveller to the Orient Mark Botha Beijing, China OK, so 14 hours in the air & I’ve made it into Red China. 1st stop Beijing… what a city! Preconceptions utterly destroyed. In China’s capital, I found a modern, spotless, well-crafted, beautifully preserved metropolis bustling with a vibrant […]
The World Choir Games
The World Choir Games Karin Matthee The World Choir Games is the largest global choir festival and competition in the world. South Africa hosted the 2018 World Choir Games in Tshwane, South Africa (4 -14 July) and this created a unique opportunity to showcase the rainbow nation’s diversity of South Africa, together with all the […]
Food for thought on Italy’s most beloved food
Food for thought on Italy’s most beloved food Karin Matthee Pizza Pizza as we know it today originated in Naples. When Queen Margherita of Italy visit Naples in the late 1800’s she called Raffaele Esposito, a chef that made the first pizza with tomato, cheese and other toppings, to make this dish that she saw […]