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Interconnected: Stephen Hobbs’ show The Visitors, on at the David Krut Gallery in Joburg, reflects on our relationship with nature.
DAVID KRUT GALLERY

Stephen Hobbs: Of man-made forests and the hidden work of fungi

Exhibition delves into the connections and balance between urban life and nature

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
At the Bel Ombre Meadows in Constantia a mushroom foraging expedition turns up a good bounty of edibles the participants divide among themselves. Photo: Veld and Sea
CAPE TOWN

Forage for edible mushrooms in Cape Town

Mary Corrigall went on an expedition and turned up edibles you seldom find in a supermarket

  • Mary Corrigall
9 min read
‘Gaia’ is more than an eerie, haunted forest film. It juxtaposes the beauty of the natural world with the fragility of our hi-tech, industrial society.
ALEX VAN DYK

Local film ‘Gaia’ is a psychedelic take on fantasy and horror

Gaia’ is more than an eerie, haunted forest film. It juxtaposes the beauty of the natural world with the fragility of our hi-tech, industrial society

  • Kimberley Schoeman
3 min read
Fungus forager: Gary Goldman is educating locals about the huge variety of mushrooms in South Africa.
MUSHROOMS

Mushrooms: delectable fungi

Foraging classes, internet buzz and phone apps bring mushroom hunting into the mainstream

  • Brent Meersman
4 min read
The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Intelligent building design promotes energy efficiency

WSP Group Africa wins the Business Award.

  • Jocelyn Newmarch Author
2 min read
MUSHROOMS

A ‘shroom with a view

Niren Tolsi made an omelette of his brain before Amsterdam’s magic mushroom ban took effect this week.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read