Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of tea making back to the British.

A DUTCH-Thai couple who were robbed of €9 000 (R176 000), their passports and jewellery and were assaulted in the Cape Town CBD, are pleading with authorities to help them get back home as they ...

10. Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa): Built in the 17th century by the Dutch East India Company, the Castle of Good Hope is South Africa’s oldest colonial building and is said to be ...

They began arriving at the Cape of Good Hope when the Dutch East India Company started Cape Town in 1652. They had, until 1994, dominated South Africa's politics and the entire agricultural landscape.

The Dutch fort in Cape Town The Dutch East India Company built Kasteel de Goede Hoop (Castle of Good Hope) in what is now Cape Town. Built between 1666 and 1679, the castle is the oldest surviving ...

SA20 2025 final live telecast: Aiden Markram's Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be looking to clinch the SA20 title for the third time as they face first-time finalists MI Cape Town at the Wanderers ...

The MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, SA20 Final will be played at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, on Saturday, February 8, 2025 starting 9pm IST.

MI Cape Town chased down Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s 107 effortlessly in just 11 overs, thanks to a blistering partnership between Ryan Rickelton (59* off 36) and Rassie van der Dussen (48* off 30).

Comprising the union of Friesland, Groningen, Gelderland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, and Holland—which ultimately lent its name to the whole for a long time—it prospered economically and culturally ...

Although the beach site on the Bay of Bengal was not the most ideal, the Company was banking on the new settlement with a warehouse and fort becoming the foundation of their success in the future. It ...