News
Entries Are Open for the 2025 Diners Club Winemaker and Young...
Entries for the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year and Young Winemaker of the Year awards are open, and the clock is ticking towards...
Municipality
No More Organic Waste to Landfill – by 2027
Local authorities have had headaches because of a lack of landfill space for several years. Stellenbosch Municipality currently transports its waste to a private...
Another Clean Audit for Stellenbosch Municipality
The Auditor General of South Africa, at the end of January, announced a clean audit for Stellenbosch Municipality for the 2020/21 financial year. The...
New Mayoral Committee Will Get Things Done
Following the inaugural council meeting on 15 November 2021 and it’s continuation on 23 November the Executive Mayor Adv. Gesie van Deventer announced her...
Lifestyle
It’s The Silent Season – Silent Reading & Tony Park Book...
Do you dream of some peace and quiet to finish your book? Perhaps with a glass of wine within an easy arm's reach? Something...
Chenin Blanc – Très Chic Like Its French Heritage
Wine Enthusiast calls Chenin Blanc the "little black dress of the wine world" and we couldn't agree more. With the annual Franschhoek Bastille Festival...
Entries Are Open for the 2025 Diners Club Winemaker and Young...
Entries for the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year and Young Winemaker of the Year awards are open, and the clock is ticking towards...
Business
Entries Are Open for the 2025 Diners Club Winemaker and Young...
Entries for the Diners Club Winemaker of the Year and Young Winemaker of the Year awards are open, and the clock is ticking towards...
New CEO for Historic Wines
Historic Wines of the Cape, the managerial company of acclaimed wine brands, La Motte Wine Estate and Leopard’s Leap Wines, is pleased to announce...
40 Years of Excellence
On 5 December 2024 La Petite Ferme celebrated four decades as a cornerstone of luxury, hospitality, and fine wine in the Cape Winelands. They...
Education
Bridge House Ballerina to Shine in The Nutcracker
Ava Bouwer, a talented young ballerina from Bridge House School, was selected to perform in the Cape Town City Ballet's highly anticipated production of...
Quiz brings reading to life for Franschhoek learners
As the Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) had book lovers abuzz around the Cape village recently, the joy of reading was also spilling over at...
Speech Contest Winners
The Huguenot Memorial Museum successfully hosted the local round of Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport’s Annual English Speech Contest for Grade 10 and...
Sport
Pickard wins the 2022 K-Way MaxiRace Cape Winelands 120km in under...
The heat was no match for Douglas Pickard, at yesterday’s 120km 2022 K-Way MaxiRace Cape Winelands presented by Banhoek Chilli Oil in association with...
From South to North and Back Again
Dick Muir played five tests and five tour matches for the Springboks and 183 first class games, but it is as a coach that...
Health
R36 Million Upgrades to Stellenbosch Hospital
On Tuesday, 30 May, Western Cape Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, officially opened the Stellenbosch Acute Psychiatric Unit (APU) which forms...
Green Products for Healthy Youngsters
The most basic argument for choosing organic cleaning products is that they reduce the presence of harsh chemicals in both our own bodies and...