Western Cape

Simons Town School became the first school in South Africa to introduce a Maritime Studies department. By providing stud...

The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been ...

Established a few Decades ago, Jacobsbaai is a tranquil getaway between Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay. Home to a small com...

Its location was originally chosen to be within view of the Table Bay, the anchorage in front of the City, to permit the...

In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven...

The Victorian Gothic-style Clock Tower is an icon of the old Cape Town Harbour. It was declared a National Monument unde...

Ceres Road was located at the entrance to Mitchell's Pass, and adjoined the Village of Wolseley. Both were established a...

In 1721 the farm Langverwacht was allocated to Jean le Roux, a Huguenot settler. After a post office was opened on the s...

The Limietberg Nature Reserve, near Paarl, which is part of the Boland Mountains. The Nature Reserve covers an Area of 1...

The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history dating back to 1914 when it was scheduled to be completed

The Strawberry Hill Farmhouse (now a guest house) was built in the late 1800’s by Thomas Dunbar. Thomas Dunbar was a ren...

David Christiaan de Waal, a close friend of Cecil John Rhodes and mayor of Cape Town in 1889 and 1890,

The property was originally part of the Leeuwenhof Estate and was developed in about 1820 by Johannes Zorn. It consisted...

It's a very old, single story Hospital divided into probably about 40 buildings. The place has been trashed by vagrants,...

Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George R...

The Baxter Theatre Centre opened on 1 August  1977 and was designed by Jack Barnett as honor to the late Dr. W Dunc...

Groote Schuur is one of Cape Town's premier tertiary Academic Hospitals and was officially opened in 1938. The hospital ...

Station of the Berlin Missionary Society in the Uniondale District. Named after the German Missionary- Schmidt.  Wh...

Locality some 15 km, South-East from Prince Albert. Takes its name from the Wild Carnation-Anglier in Afrikaans and the ...

the border between the Cape and Transvaal provinces, ran through the Town, making it the only Town in South Africa that ...

The Seweweeks Poort is probably the most beautiful 18 km stretch of gravel road anywhere in South Africa. With easy grad...

Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'fre...

Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Am...

The structure was erected in 1799-1801 by Alexander Tennant, in Simonstown. It was declared a National Monument und...

The ‘Mauritius’ was one of the sea vessels, sent from the Netherlands, to find a trade Route to India in 1592. It was ca...

Mountain of which the highest point is 846 m, situated 22 km east of Stanford and 30 km South-East of Caledon. The name ...

The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney...

Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg ...

Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company specializing in research and publication on the visual arts i...

The Building dates from the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Ja...

The Town is also only an hour away from several Beaches. There is uncertainty about the origin of the name Riviersondere...

The Doring River is situated in the Northwestern Cederberg and has its origin the majestic Hex River Mountains towards t...