Every year, between October and November, some of South Africa’s streets erupt into a sea of lavender and violet. The annual jacaranda bloom is one of the country’s most loved natural spectacles – a ...

Fly above the elegant "Jacaranda City," Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital, with this breathtaking drone video. When the local Jacaranda trees flower, they paint the whole City purple and ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Johannesburg, known to locals simply as Joburg, has long been dubbed ...