SOUTH AFRICAN GOLF HISTORY Far from par: brief history of golf in South Africa. Golf arrived in South Africa sometime in 1885, even before it was played in America only two years later. South Africa’s first golf was played at Waterloo Green in Wynberg Cape Town, under the name Cape […]

South Africa Country Info South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, […]

  Cape Dutch and Cape Malay A very distinctive regional style of South African cooking is often referred to as “Cape Dutch”. This cuisine is characterized by the use of spices such as nutmeg, allspice and chili peppers. The Cape Dutch cookery style owes at least as much to the […]

The History of South-African Wine So how did vines reach South Africa? During the 1600’s, Europeans began colonising the world – and many took with them their winemaking skills and practices. The first vines were brought to Cape Town and planted by Dutch settlers in 1655, (368 years ago) setting […]