A Ballito matric pupil and a dog groomer, on their way to a license testing ground with their driving instructor, were among the three people killed in the horrific crash on the N2 freeway on Monday.
Hingham, Birds, Nature Company: three atypical culinary gems as different in mood and flavour as their needle-in-a-haystack nursery locations around Durban.
This was to be my India year. The plan being to join my Indiaphile friends who travel there annually to escape the cold and dark of January and February in Berlin. But these friends have gone somewhere very different this year. Escaped to the coveted island home of heroine-to-many Jacinda Ardern, having previously lived in New Zealand long enough to earn the passports.
So here we are.
The recipe for the ‘famous Grand Carrot Cake’ was a gift. (Photo: Wanda Hennig)
Idling over my carrot cake and cappuccino in the Grand Café at The Grand Exotic, which is as grand as it is exotic. Intrigued and entertained by an Indian family – bespangled, bedecked and opulently regal – involved in a photoshoot.