At Illovo Beach, 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Durban, I watched the "rainbow nation," as post-apartheid South Africa likes to think of itself, united in harvest. An Indian woman, glamorous in ...

We headed to Voeklip Beach, which has great waves for ... assured me as we packed the boot of our hire car. “South Africa is amazing for kids.” Returning to her mum’s place on the outskirts ...