A few decades ago, the annual holiday run to the coasts did not include Cape Town or Umhlanga and Ballito. Families headed to the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, to Port Edward, Shelley Beach – Sanlameer if you had bucks – and St Michaels. There's Uvongo, Margate, Ramsgate and, for the budget conscious, the TO Strand in Leisure Bay. With more blue flag beaches than the Grinch has fingers, the South Coast is still as beautiful, gorgeous and hospitable as it was when it was considered fab. Because it still is, in so many ways.
At the centre of it all there's Pumula Lodge, a family-run boutique hotel in Hibberdene that's less than a minute's walk to a beach that attracts every cliché in the book: stunning, pristine, beautiful and so on. You'd need a thesaurus and an appetite for hyperbole when staying at the place, because it's that, well, lekker.
Here, it is all about family. The way it should be. Though if you are a singleton or a couple looking for a place where you don't have to lift a finger and where chilling becomes a temporary occupation between boardrooms, this is the place.
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Vienna lights up streets for shoppers
MARKETS: SUPPORT FOR STRUGGLING RETAILERS
A front-row seat to the rich tapestry of nature
River cruising offers intimate experience
The song remains the same
It's the message not the medium that's important
Downs intent on hitting hard
If you think Mamelodi Sundowns will take their foot off the pedal should they race to an early lead in the Carling Knockout final against Magesi FC, then you're grossly mistaken.
Clean sweep beckons
STICK: SPRINGBOKS CHASE THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE AGAINST WALES
Recognising burgeoning talent
AWARDS: FEINBERG-MNGOMEZULU COULD CAP A BREAKTHROUGH YEAR IN MONACO
Deputy Howley backs Gatland to get Wales out of trouble
Under-fire Wales boss Warren Gatland is the \"world's best coach\" and going nowhere, according to assistant Rob Howley (right).
Flyhalf is very 'Sexton-esque'
Sam Prendergast (above) has never been lacking in self-confidence, with his talent evident to many, and today he will get to pull the strings for Ireland at flyhalf in the Test against Fiji.
Scottish success riding on Aussie Test
Huw Jones believes the success of Scotland's November international campaign will be judged on whether they beat a rejuvenated Australia at Murrayfield tomorrow.
French defeat is hard to swallow
ALL BLACKS: SHOWING HEALTHY RESPECT FOR AZZURRI