Cape Town

One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown. Simon’s Town is a very ...

The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm, Janbiesjeskraal, and was named in...

Table Mountain is not an "8th Wonder" in the traditional sense, but it was officially recognized as one of the New 7 Won...

Cape Town is a modern City with high-rise office Buildings and pedestrian Malls. Although it is a major Political and Ec...

Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town, is situated North of Kenilworth, East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Wes...

Cape Town Civic Centre is very near the Waterfront and new Hotels and businesses. Local and international buyers are sna...

The Village of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post, and was located in False Bay, on the ...

The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum w...

The Former estate in the magisterial district of Wynberg, 15 miles (24 km) by road from Cape Town. It was over 891 morge...

The tree-lined avenue, with its benches and resident squirrels, forms a pathway between the suburb of Gardens and the ci...

The Bridge was Built in 1901 using Jarrah Wood by the Royal Engineers to provide an Entrance to a Cannon Trench. Since i...

This building, formerly known as the Government Garden House, and later as the Commandant's House. The land on which thi...

Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. safe beach.

The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children has a vision to create a safe and secure society and a human rights ...

Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque Ca...

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Soli Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March 2026), one of South Afric...

The Heerengracht was Cape Town's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue. In 1850 its n...

in 1779 the Company relented and decided to give Lutherans permission to erect their own church. For many years before t...

When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck. They erected a Fort b...

 It was mounted at Middle North Battery Simon's Town in 1896 where it still exists. The gun, carriage, slide and mo...

The village of Papendorp lay some 2km east of Cape Town, on the main road to Stellenbosch, and was named after Pieter va...

The Cape Flats comprises the areas East of the Northern and Southern suburbs of Cape Town and is made up of Black Townsh...

Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Coun...

The site currently known as Durbanville was originally called: 'Pampoen Kraal'. On 2 September 1836 it was renamed D'Urb...

Slaves of Muslim descent and faith who had been brought to the Cape by the Dutch settlers originally inhabited this area...

If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg, you will have a great view of the C...

The slave lodge was built in 1679, to house the slaves that provided labour to the early Dutch colonists. The Slave Lodg...

The farm was originally granted to Johan Rauch in 1792, Within two months, had sold it on to Andries Teubes, who probabl...

This structure was erected in 1883 and was used as a repeater-station for harbour signals between the observatory and Si...

The South African Archive is made up of records pertaining mostly to Governance and Laws Enacted, but also includes Docu...

For years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which st...

Gardens is a residential suburb of Cape Town, and was probably so named because it incorporated part of Van Riebeeck's o...

 It lies east of Cape Town City, within the Cape Peninsula urban Area.  This Area was originally use...

The Groot Constantia estate was formerly part of the farm Constantia, which was granted to Simon van der Stel in 1685. T...

This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towa...

In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'N...

One of the Northern municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town, 11 km from the centre of the city and in the...

In 1901 Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm Kruispad to George Henry Walton, a Scottish immigrant, who named his pu...

Indeed, the City was widely renowned as "The Tavern of the Seas". There were no telephones or telegraphs before the latt...

Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform th...