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Found by Accident: How a 198-Year-Old Law Firm Became Invisible in Its Own City

Staff Writer21 September 2026

A Cape Chronicle Editorial The Cape Chronicle exists to tell the stories of this city. Its history, its institutions, its people, its landmarks. We seek out the threads that connect…

The Story of Sonstraal Dam
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The Story of Sonstraal Dam

Staff Writer27 August 202618 October 2026

Tucked into the suburb of Vygeboom in Durbanville, Sonstraal Dam is one of those quiet Cape Town landmarks that most Northern Suburbs residents have a childhood memory of — feeding…

THE PROMENADE OR THE DANGER ZONE?
Culture & Traditions Featured Tourism

THE PROMENADE OR THE DANGER ZONE?

Staff Writer27 August 202627 August 2026

Cape Town’s reckless experiment with e-scooters and e-bikes must end before a pedestrian is killed By the Cape Chronicle Investigative Desk There is something profoundly wrong with the idea of…

Evert van Guinea: From Enslavement to Pioneer of Cape Agriculture
Agriculture Cape History Featured People

Evert van Guinea: From Enslavement to Pioneer of Cape Agriculture

Staff Writer14 August 202617 August 2026

Long before the Cape’s vineyards became synonymous with wealth, prestige and international trade, its agricultural economy was being shaped by people whose names were seldom given prominence in the histories…

The Great Name Change That Didn’t Change the Name
Education Featured

The Great Name Change That Didn’t Change the Name

Staff Writer14 August 202617 August 2026

DF Malan High School became DF Akademie — but the initials of the man it supposedly wanted to leave behind remain firmly above the door There is something deeply ironic…

Business Featured Transport

Coca-Cola Silent as Questions Grow Over Truck Overtaking Video

Staff Writer12 August 202617 August 2026

A video circulating on Facebook appears to show one Coca-Cola truck overtaking another Coca-Cola truck on a blind rising — a manoeuvre that raises obvious questions about road safety and…

Culture & Traditions Featured

Chappies: The Little Piece of Bubble Gum That Changed Cape Culture

Staff Writer7 August 202617 August 2026

From a Johannesburg sweet factory to a familiar name in generations of South African childhood It was small enough to disappear into a child’s pocket, cheap enough to buy with…

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Originally started by Ria (H M) Maritz, mother of the Cape Chronicle’s publisher, in a small hall in Parow Vallei (Formerly Tiervlei), the business kept serving the community of local seniors as a member of the SA Seniors Fitness Association.

 

 

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