The Latest Breaking News from Stellenbosch

In 1825, a tax collector compiling a census in South Africa’s Cape Colony paused to write a poem in the margin of his work. In it, he complained about the idle chatter of townsmen in Stellenbosch and uncooperative taxpayers. It is a tiny window on the regular frustrations of a…

For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a supermarket bargain rather than a fine wine contender. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, with world-class terroir, a deep winemaking history and producers crafting bottles that can rival Burgundy, Bordeaux and Champagne, it’s time for UK drinkers to take it…

The group had just reached a narrow ledge at a waterfall in the Banhoek Mountains near Stellenbosch when they were hit by a barrage of rocks from some territorial baboons above

A few years ago, one of us (Guillaume) moved to the town of Stellenbosch, in South Africa, and found himself walking through town while being shaded from the sun by European oak trees. The region is famous for its wine, and the oaks were imported centuries ago to make wood…

Hannah Cornelius, 21, was with friend Cheslin Marsh when the car they were travelling in was halted by a 'pack of wolves' gang in a secluded area of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Hannah Cornelius had been travelling through a secluded area of Stellenbosch, South Africa, with her friend in 2017 when she was carjacked and subjected to a fatal 11-hour ordeal