Western Cape

Driving from Cape Town, the stunningly craggy Cogmanskloof and its tapestry of Cape Fold Mountains lead to the charming ...

The September floods displaced the residents of Stanford in the Western Cape's Overstrand Local Municipality, damaged th...

McGregor, often called the village that time forgot, is a tranquil Victorian town with whitewashed cottages, gardens and...

The land has been used for large-scale wheat farming for most of its history and has become known as the breadbasket of ...

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...

29 km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein...

There is a Kramat (holy shrine) on the island dedicated to the Prince of Madura – Pangeran Chakra Deningrat – who died o...

It was laid-out as an Area for Coloureds and for houses to be erected the middle income group, about 30 years ago! Parts...

Cape Agulhas is some 32 km South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is said to have been given beca...

The Statue of Cecil Rhodes was erected at Company’s Garden in Cape Town in 1908. It features a full body replica of Rhod...

Houtbaai (Wood Bay) was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the bay behind Table Mountain.

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

At 4km long, the Huguenot Tunnel through the Du Toitskloof Mountains is the longest road tunnel on the continent!

The Knysna Forest has a rich history spanning thousands of Years, from indigenous use to colonial exploitation and moder...

The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Ca...

The Cape Provinces official name was: 'The Province of the Cape of Good Hope', but is often just called: 'The Cape.'  ...

Thesen Islands is steeped in the History of the Southern Cape. It is situated in the midst of the tranquil waters of one...

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

Cape Town’s Two Oceans Aquarium celebrates the unique collection of Marine Life that lives off South Africa's Coasts, wh...

It was named Aguada de Sao Bras, by Vasco de Gama in 1497, when He set off with 170 men on an expedition to find a sea r...

The property was purchased in 1817 by PJ Truter, the local customs collector, who probably built its dwelling. In 1868 i...

The U.S. Consulate General in Cape Town serves as a branch of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to South Africa. It is located...

It was named after the Roman goddess of Agriculture, Ceres, a name which is fitting as the valley in which the Town is s...

In the course of the inter World War years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more forma...

Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape. The name i...

Saldanha is a seaside village that lies in the northern most corner of Saldanha bay - the largest and deepest natural ba...

The Battle of Muizenberg landscape has officially been declared a Provincial Heritage Site, bringing long-overdue recogn...

Hopefield, town, Western Cape province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named fo...

Vissershok is one of the oldest farms in South Africa and was home to the country's first wheat farm. Tucked along the b...

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

It is about 15 kms West-North-West of the Provincial Capital City of Cape Town.

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

Pakhuis Pass (R364) is a spectacular 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's Western Cape, connecting Clanwilliam ...

Louis Leipoldt was a South African doctor, journalist, and a leading poet of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement. Spe...

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

The site is now an octagonal memorial erected on a traffic island in remembrance of the very large number of slaves that...

Mmusi Maimane, in full Mmusi Aloysias Maimane, (born June 6, 1980, Krugersdorp, South Africa), South African businessman...

To the Cape’s indigenous people – the Khoi pastoralists and the San hunter-gatherers – the area now occupied by Cape Tow...

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