Langebaan in South Africa
25 March 2025 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 7 minutes Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay. The Lagoon stretches for 17 km from Saldanha Bay, past Langebaan to Geelbek in the South. In places it is up to 4 km wide. read more…Ponte City in Johannesburg
14 February 2025 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 8 minutes Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea district of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), and was the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa for 48 years, until overtaken in 2023 by Building D01, in Egypt‘s New Administrative Capital. The 55-storey building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light into the apartments. The centre space is known as “the core” and rises above an uneven rock floor. When built, Ponte City was seen as an extremely desirable address due to its location and views over Johannesburg, but it became infamous for its crime and poor maintenance in the late 1980s to 1990s. It has since been refurbished into a safe property. The neon sign on top of the building is the largest sign in the Southern Hemisphere. Prior to 2000, it advertised the Coca-Cola Company. In 2000, this was replaced by a banner promoting South African branch of Vodacom. Vodacom rebranded in 2023 to advertise VodaPay, a digital wallet system. read more…Oudtshoorn, the ostrich capital of the world
28 October 2024 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 4 minutes Oudtshoorn is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Dubbed the “ostrich capital of the world”, Oudtshoorn is known for its ostrich-feather booms, during 1865–1870 and 1900–1914. With approximately 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest town in the Klein Karoo region. The town’s economy is primarily reliant on the ostrich farming and tourism industries. read more…Camps Bay in Cape Town
1 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 10 minutes
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Long Street in Cape Town
27 June 2024 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General, Architecture, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time: 5 minutes
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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town
1 March 2024 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General, House of the Month, Hotels, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 8 minutes
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Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town
13 November 2023 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General Reading Time: 8 minutes
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Cape Town City Hall
1 July 2023 | Author/Destination: Africa / Afrika | Category: General, House of the Month Reading Time: 5 minutes
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