eyesonsouthafrica Some honeymoons are about doing nothing. Others are about doing something together that neither of you will forget. South Africa’s Cape coast lets you do both: ride a wave in the morning, share a long dinner under Table Mountain at night, and wake up the next day to whales, vineyards or penguins. Start at…
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A Romantic Sundown in Cape Town eyesonsouthafrica Some cities save their best performance for the end of the day. Cape Town does it with a slow, theatrical hand: Table Mountain turns amber, the Atlantic goes silver, and the whole bay seems to exhale. If you want an evening that two people will remember for years,…
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The Careers Powering South Africa’s Next Generation eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 18, 2026 – Tourism may be one of South Africa’s most visible growth stories, but it’s far from the only one. Across mining towns turned tech hubs, renewable energy farms, hospital wards, courtrooms, and start-up incubators, a quieter transformation is underway — one built by…
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eyesonsouthafrica Eline van der Velden stood on a stage in Amsterdam this September, appearing virtually alongside her AI creation Tilly Norwood, and told the world’s broadcasters that everyone needs to “future-proof” themselves because AI disruption is coming. Six thousand miles south, in Cape Town, hundreds of film and television workers spent January standing outside Parliament…
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A Journey Through South Africa’s Dutch Heritage eyesonsouthafrica There is a corner of the world where windmill-straight gables rise against a backdrop of jagged mountains, where the language on street signs curls with the soft consonants of old Dutch, and where vineyards planted more than three centuries ago still ripen in the African sun. This…
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Where Dutch gables meet African rhythm under Table Mountain.
Whitewashed farmsteads and wild fynbos in one glance.
Inside South Africa’s Race to Reinvent Its Power Grid eyesonsouthafrica For nearly two decades, South Africans lived by a grim ritual: checking the load-shedding schedule before deciding whether to cook dinner, charge a laptop, or run a business. Rolling blackouts became so routine they earned their own vocabulary — “stage 2,” “stage 4,” the dreaded…
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