South Africa - The Glass Magazine

Glass uncovers Ellerman House – an extravagant bolthole in Cape Town

October 14, 2024

THE acclaimed Ellerman House is set along the steep and winding Kloof Road within the swanky enclave of Bantry Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, and about a 10-minute drive from the V&A Waterfront. Upon en...

Glass discovers Le Quartier Francais, a bijou retreat in South Africa’s Western Cape

Rachel Spencer

September 19, 2023

Africa, Feature, South Africa, Travel

ARRIVING at Franschhoek from Cape Town, the frantic city falls away, and the calm of the mountains washes over me. Nestled in the heart of the town is Le Quartier Francais, a boutique hotel located on a laid b...

Glass learns to track big cats in South Africa

David Dodge

November 23, 2022

Africa, News

ON THE SHORT drive to my accommodations at Tswalu, a private wildlife reserve in South Africa in the southern Kalahari, we pass a group of zebras, some giraffe, and two cheetahs. It’s a little unusual to see so...

Glass tells tales from the bush in South Africa’s Sabi Sabi

Ben Olsen

November 14, 2022

Feature, South Africa, Travel

A PIONEERING APPROACH TO CONSERVATION UNDERPINS A BREATH-TAKING SAFARI EXPERIENCE AT SABI SABI. “Always be scanning the horizon,” advise the team as I check into Sabi Sabi’s luxurious Earth Lodge in eastern ...

Lupita Nyong'o De Beers by Lachlan Bailey

De Beers announce Lupita Nyong’o as their first Global Ambassador

Alicia Tomkinson

October 26, 2022

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

ACADEMY Award-winning actor, Lupita Nyong’o, has been announced as De Beers first ever Global Ambassador this autumn. Standing strong in their latest brand campaign, De Beers: Where It Begins, Nyong’o can be...

Glass enjoys a safari in overdrive at The Farmstead at Royal Malewane, South Africa

Amanda Bernstein

February 14, 2022

Feature, Travel

THE bloodied remnants of a buffalo’s corpse are draped over the branch of a Marula tree like a soaked towel that’s been hung out to dry. We’re 30 feet from a stretched-out female leopard, her belly rounded by ...

Glass finds a paradisical hideaway in Mozambique – White Pearl Resorts

Amanda Bernstein

October 19, 2020

Africa, Feature, Travel

WHITE Pearl Resorts is the kind of destination that Robin Crusoe wished he had been shipwrecked upon. A 90-minute drive from Maputo Airport or 40 minutes from the South African Kosi Bay border, this luxury lodg...

Lifting the lid on The Oyster Box, Umhlanga, South Africa

Amanda Bernstein

September 28, 2020

Africa, Feature, Travel

AS the bell is sounded, everyone peers towards the ocean. We spot a large pod of dolphins playfully jumping in and out of the ocean as they swim past us. This ritual has been taking place every day for many yea...

London-based store Koibird showcases a triumph of African designers this season

Imogen Clark

August 12, 2020

Fashion, News

FOR THOSE with a thirst for adventure and a love for fashion, London’s Koibird is the store for you. Each season the store reinvents itself through both an extreme refurbishment interiorly to match the new them...

De Beers donates $200,000 to support women’s shelters

Imogen Clark

April 30, 2020

Culture, Human Rights, News

THE De Beers Group announced their donation of $200,000 split equally to four of their partner countries Botswana, Canada and Namibia and South Africa in aid of women's shelters and to support organisations lin...

Glass heads to Cape Town and finds a city that has it all

Charlie Navin-Holder

February 25, 2020

Africa, Feature, Travel

FOR those who’ve never been to Cape Town, which included myself prior to this trip, it’s difficult to pin down exactly what makes it so great. The core of the problem is that there ceases to be a unique selling...

Glass reviews Billy Monk’s photographs of the outcasts of apartheid at The Container in Tokyo

Peter Yeoh

December 24, 2019

Art, Feature, Photography

Glass reviews Billy Monk: Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid at The Container in Tokyo, and discusses the exhibition with its curator, Shai Ohayon AT A glance, you might think Billy Monk shot the photogr...

De Beers Group announce programme to support more than 1,200 female entrepreneurs in South Africa

Emma Hart

October 4, 2018

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

AS part of their one-year anniversary of the De Beers partnership with United Nations (UN) Women, have announced the creation of a three-year capacity-building programme to support over 1200 female entrepreneur...

Simon-Sinek and Matthew Upchurch in discussion at Virtuoso Travel Week 2018[6]

Glass attends Virtuoso Travel Week, Las Vegas

Amanda Bernstein

September 3, 2018

News, Travel

A TOTAL 6,000 travel professionals from around the globe converged on Las Vegas on Sunday August 12 for the opening of the 30th Virtuoso Travel Week. It is one of the world’s most renowned travel conferences wh...

SOUTH AFRICA : White rhinoceros and her offspring

Glass goes on a bush walk in South Africa

Sean Sheehan

April 23, 2018

Feature, Travel

SETTING your phone alarm for 04.45 while on holiday feels like the act of a masochist and I blame a Dutch couple whom I’d met a day earlier. They told me I would not regret going on a morning bush walk organis...

Glass has a peach of a time in Jozie, South Africa

Sean Sheehan

February 5, 2018

Feature, Travel

REFERRING to the city of Johannesburg as Jo-burg is merely convenient, reducing its four syllables to two, but calling it Jozie seeks to soften the syllables and bring a feminine touch to its harsh reputation. ...

Hammer and Tongs launch their first South African festive menu

Allie Nawrat

December 1, 2017

Dining, Food & Drink, News

INSPIRED by the South African tradition of braai, Clerkenwell-based restaurant Hammer and Tongs are launching their first Christmas menu. Braai is a kind of barbecue and all of the dishes at Hammer and Tongs ar...

Glass is enchanted by Namibia

Amanda Bernstein

October 27, 2016

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

NAMIBIA, a country of unimaginably diverse natural beauty, is located along the southwest coast of Africa. It is almost four times the size of Great Britain, yet only has a population of 2.2 million. Getting to...

For the love of it – Glass talks to rising star British actor Adam Nagaitis

Arjun Sajip

April 15, 2015

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature

Glass had a great time interviewing Adam Nagaitis, the RADA graduate rapidly making a name for himself in the film industry. Born and raised in Chorley, Lancashire, Adam began his training at the prestigious St...

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