Are you clueless when it comes to the Mother City? Consider this five-minute city guide as your passport to the coolest places on offer...

It's getting colder and it seems staying in is steadily trumping going out. But we're having none of it. There's no way we're letting go of nights out, they're just getting cosier and jazzier.

In keeping with the nature of a wolf, the Lupus Foundation's Wolf Sanctuary certainly is off the beaten track.

Bloemfontein's reputation; get out of it, not into it. But this small town can be a fun a weekend getaway, as long you're ready for its slightly surreal character...

Consider this five-minute guide as your passport to the Indian Ocean jewel that is Mauritius.

There's no doubt that a weekend away in Franschhoek is a culinary delight

Consider this 5-minute city guide as your passport to the Winelands...

Whether you prefer your wine in a whiter shade of pale or a plum hue, it's never in short supply locally. 

Car loaded? Check. Accommodation booked? Check. All the girls here? Check. Its time to get ready for your much needed and much anticipated girl's weekend.

I enjoyed a Klein Zalze picnic, well more like a foodie adventure of note, in the area - and was slightly taken aback by how much it has changed over the past decade or so.