Tales from South Africa

Hold on to your hats as we set off on a daring safari in a private game park and a search for promising young athletes in the country's largest township, Soweto.

Kathy Ireland at the Mala Mala Game Reserve in a Bikini ($94) and sheer safari jacket ($222) by Gottex

photograph by Robert Huntzinger

Wild Things - At Phinda, a private game reserve in the Natal Bush, you can get as close to the animals as you like - sometimes too close by E.M. Swift

Soweto - Soweto's talented young athletes are striving to excel, but they are hindered by the legacy of apartheid by Rick Reilly

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