Car pooling is becoming increasingly popular in the US and Europe, so with the price of fuel being what it is here is South Africa, I’m quite surprised that car sharing hasn’t taken off in a big way here too. Perhaps I’m speaking too soon though...

After years of calling on the owners of South Africa's oil refineries in Durban to upgrade their facilities to reduce pollution, local residents of the eastern port city have decided to take their case to the courts to secure a legal remedy.

so, for those of you who are following my investigation into the “free range” saga, woolworths did reply to me on tuesday. what they said was interesting, but didn’t answer all my questions…

There seem to be an endless supply of “smell improvers” on the market, including some that say that they eradicate the odour rather than mask it. Sound good? If you said yes to that question, you couldn’t be more wrong. They're bad for you!

The advent of email has meant that the old fashioned written letter has gone into decline. While some people find email to be less personal than a hand-written letter, it can’t be argued that email hasn’t saved a few trees since it has become a mainst

how can Woolworths claim to be audited by independent auditors when Fair Cape says there are no standards in SA?

When Clive Algar's debut novel Journeys to the End of the World was published in South Africa towards the end of 2007 it was greeted with enthusiasm by literary critics.

There are still lemons to be had by the treeful, as I discovered on my recent trip up Clanwilliam way. I came home with a pocketful from Die Tol farmstall on the N7 and decided to make some Moroccan style preserved lemons. Here’s how it’s done.

I love Bloublommetjieskloof hand wash. In fact, I love it so much that it’s probably the only hand soap I’m going to buy from now on. Having tried a host of natural hand soaps, I can honestly say that none of them measures up to this amazing product.

An old tractor tyre makes a fantastic sandpit for the younger set, and is a super easy recycling project.