Vegetarians and vegans can be relieved to know there is a fine dining restaurant which caters to non-meat eaters in Cape Town.

Anyone who has ever spent time in South Africa knows meat plays a key part in its national cuisine. Smoked, roasted, dried, fried, whatever - meat is king.

Set beneath the imposing Table Mountain and at the meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, Cape Town has long held a magical attraction for visitors. If you happen to love wine then the nearby vineyards can almost be considered a true paradise.

A coroner has ruled on the true identity of the cat handler mauled to death by a tiger at a Whangarei wildlife park in 2009.

Scoring tries and ramping up your performance is no guarantee of All Black selection, as Julian Savea has discovered.

Wing Hosea Gear and big lock Brodie Retallick are the only changes to the All Blacks starting XV for Sunday morning's test against South Africa in Soweto.

A big-cat handler fatally mauled to death by a tiger did not see a need to lock the animal away while cleaning its enclosure, a coronial inquest has heard.

The brother of Dalu Mncube, who was fatally mauled by a tiger, hopes a coroner's inquest recommends better prevention and protection measures for zookeepers.

Former NZ diplomat Warren Searell called Damascus home until the Arab spring made life far too dangerous. This is his story.

P.K. Stowers has a close encounter with some of the famed inhabitants of South Africa's Kruger National Park.

P.K. Stowers experiences a growing market for touring South Africa's black townships

The waves are pumping on Durban's Golden Mile, discovers P.K. Stowers.

In our second debate on the Electoral Commission's recommendations for MMP, Graeme Edgeler and Muriel Newman put the arguments for and against reducing the threshold. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end.

New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.