Dutch Heritage Along South Africa’s Garden Route eyesonsouthafrica East of Cape Town, where the mountains soften into forest and the coastline unfurls into a string of lagoons, lakes, and cliffs, lies one of the most celebrated scenic drives on the planet: the Garden Route. Most travelers come for the views — and they are, by…
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Where Dutch gables meet African rhythm under Table Mountain.
What South Africa Is — and Isn’t — Doing, and Whether It Can Close the Race Gap eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, Septermber 7, 2026 – Saudi Arabia and the UAE moved fast and moved from the top down: a state-mandated AI curriculum for six million schoolchildren, a national enrollment drive putting a premium AI subscription into university…
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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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South Africa’s Bold Bid for 2030 — and the Data Revolution Behind Bafana Bafana eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 5, 2026 – Sixteen years after hosting the World Cup on home soil, South Africa finally returned to football’s biggest stage in 2026 — and did something Bafana Bafana had never managed before: they reached the knockout rounds.…
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How South Africa’s Biological Vineyards Are Reshaping Wine Tourism eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 5, 2026 – At the southern tip of Africa, where the Cape Fold Mountains meet two oceans, a quiet revolution has been unfolding among the vines. For centuries, the Cape Winelands built their reputation on world-class wine. Now they’re building something else too:…
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How tourism is powering jobs and growth across South Africa.
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Road to 2034 eyesonsaudi-arabia Amsterdam, August 29, 2026 – On a December evening in 2024, FIFA made it official: the 2034 World Cup would belong to Saudi Arabia. There was no drama in the vote — the Kingdom was the only bidder — but the decade of work that followed the announcement…
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Inside Saudi Arabia’s Bet on a Post-Oil Future eyesonsaudi-arabia Amsterdam, August 23, 2026 – For nearly a century, Saudi Arabia’s story has been written in oil. It built the world’s largest exporter of crude, funded a welfare state, and gave a handful of royal decision-makers outsized influence over global energy markets. But in April 2016,…
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