Touring the winelands without wine

By Dominic Dear Every day, thousands of visitors descend on the winelands primarily to taste the great variety of cultivars on offer. Most of my days are spent facilitating this and after 13 years of living and working in Franschhoek, I interact with winemakers and specially select farms to visit that are small, exclusive, off …

History built and chiseled into the walls of our city

You can live your entire life in and around the city and not know the history that lies in every single brick you pass by, street you walk on and entrance doors you pass. Rewind about 12, 000 – 15,000 year ago, the ground we walk, commute and cycle on today was inhabited, nourished and …

A technicolour cultural walk along the Bo-Kaap

The colourful heart of Cape Town stands tall along Buitengracht Street creeping up the Eastern slopes of Signal Hill. The multicolour painted homes of this beautiful community represents their multi-dimensional culture and history. The colours mark a statement signaling freedom and independence after slavery in the Cape has come to an end. Some of these …

A Town worth celebrating

By Anlé Britz How is it that we have a city called Cape Town? Cape Town has trophy room that is filed with floor to ceiling with amazing awards that she has been polished since 2011. Not only does her name refer to the birth of civilisation in Southern Africa, but she stands tall in …