The Kruger National Park was first established by the President of the Transvaal, Paul Kruger in 1898 after realising that the lowveld animals needed to be protected, the area between the sabie and crocodile rivers was set aside...
To understand the rise and success of Ackermans more clearly, let’s take it back to 1916 when Gus Ackerman, the father of Raymond Ackerman(Pick N Pay founder), opened the first Ackermans store in Wynberg, Cape Town, setting a...
South Africa was home to a ground tracking station at Hartebeesthoek that played a role in Nasa’s Apollo missions to the moon in the 1960s. The Hartebeesthoek radio astronomy observatory (Hartrao) is a national research...
Brandt BRV( Brandt Radical Vehicles) is a South African motor vehicle manufacturer founded in 2001 by Antonie and Marietjie Brandt. The company’s 2000 square meters factory is based in Bloemfontein, and currently...
The City of Johannesburg’s vision of Braamfontein as a creative and entrepreneurial hub is still under construction but so far so good. Johannesburg’s 4th-largest office node has become a commercial, retail...
The majority of the South Africa’s gold resources are located in the Witwatersrand basin, one of the world’s largest gold placer deposits. This underground geological formation surfacing in the Witwatersrand is a 56...
Over the years, Sandton has come to be associated with luxurious living and luxury in South Africa. Penthouses are no exception to the city’s collection of some of the most opulent homes in the country. Penthouses in...
The V&A Waterfront is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Africa. As part of South Africa’s oldest working harbour, the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront receives in excess of 20 million visitors a year, with...
In early 2022, Grammy award winning DJ Black Coffee teamed up with South Africa’s most awarded interior architect, Tristan du Plessis, to redesign his penthouse in Johannesburg’s Hallmark House Hotel. Some of Du...
The Portuguese mariner, Bartolomeu Dias, was the first European to explore the coastline of South Africa in 1488, which showed there was a viable way to reach India. Vasco Da Gama rounded the Cape again on the 22nd november 1497...