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Johannesburg’s glamour teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, no longer dominate South Africa’s football scene. What happened? Well, I think that football has been touched by the same winds of change that have swept through the country, writes Justice Malala.

South African company Du Roi IPM is pioneering the commercial supply of predatory insects to control pests in grape and citrus farming, in the process creating the biggest bug-breeding programme in Africa.

South African wire art is a fast-growing sector of the local creative industry, and from colourful chameleons to rampaging rhinos, there are no limits to the imagination of those talented individuals.

So you think a cow is a cow is a cow? Think again. South Africa's indigenous Nguni cattle, long the mainstay of traditional Zulu culture, are possibly the most beautiful cattle in the world, with their variously patterned and multicoloured hides everywhere in demand.

Barbara Ludman (re)learns how to live in the moment at South Africa's home of "ubuntu Buddhism", and one of the most beautiful spots on the planet: the laid back, but not disengaged, Buddhist Retreat Centre near the town of Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa's indigenous Nguni cattle are possibly the most beautiful cattle in the world, with their variously patterned and multicoloured hides everywhere in demand. Their beauty, and the lore and terminology associated with them, is celebrated in the coffee table book The Abundant Herds.

Cape Town is to install signs on Simonstown's Main Road warning motorists of feathered pedestrians on walkabout from Boulders Beach, the only national park land in the country that is located in the middle of a city.

South Africa ranks as one of the top birding destinations in the world, offering an unbeatable combination of variety of birds, well-developed transport networks, and a user-friendly and supportive birding tourism industry.