STELLENBOSCh Is THe SECONd OLDESt SETTLEMENt IN THe CAPe (ABOUt 45 MINUTEs FROM THE MOTHEr CITY — CAPE TOWN. ITs HISTORy LIEs IN THE DISCOVERy AND SETTLEMENt OF THe AREA BY SIMON VAN DER STEL, THE GOVERNOR OF THE CAPE COLONY FOUNDED BY THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (VOC) IN 1679. THE NAME'S LITERAL TRANSLATION IS THE BUSH OF STEL. IN AFRIKAANS IT IS KNOWn AS EIKESTAD, MEANING CITY OF OAKS.
STELLENBOSCH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS THE HEARTLAND OF THE AFRIKANERS AND WAS A WHITE STRONGHOLD DURING THE APARTHEID ERA. THE UNIVERSITY IS STILL KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRIKANERS AND IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM AMONGST THIS INFLUENTIAL POPULATION GROUP. ALTHOUGH AFRIKAANS IS THE PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE, ENGLISH IS STILL WIDELY SPOKEN ALONG WITH AFRICAN LANGUAGES OF THE BLACK COMMUNITIES such as xhosa.
ONE OF STELLENBOSCH'S MOST ATTRACTIVE QUALITIES IS ITS CENTRALITY TO THE GASTRONOMY OF THE CAPE AND SOUTH AFRICA AS A WHOLE. FAMED FOR ITS NUMEROUS WINE ESTATES, TOGETHER WITH THE GASTRONOME'S HAVEN OF FRANSCHOEK NEARBY, THERE IS PLENTY TO ENSURE FEASTING THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE.
THE BANNER PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS A HOME IN THE TRADITIONAL CAPE DUTCH STYLE WITH THE TRADITIONAL GABLE, AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO REFLECT THE BELIEF THAT ONLY GOD CAN ACHIEVE PERFECTION.
STELLENBOSCH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IS THE HEARTLAND OF THE AFRIKANERS AND WAS A WHITE STRONGHOLD DURING THE APARTHEID ERA. THE UNIVERSITY IS STILL KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY FOR AFRIKANERS AND IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM AMONGST THIS INFLUENTIAL POPULATION GROUP. ALTHOUGH AFRIKAANS IS THE PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE, ENGLISH IS STILL WIDELY SPOKEN ALONG WITH AFRICAN LANGUAGES OF THE BLACK COMMUNITIES such as xhosa.
ONE OF STELLENBOSCH'S MOST ATTRACTIVE QUALITIES IS ITS CENTRALITY TO THE GASTRONOMY OF THE CAPE AND SOUTH AFRICA AS A WHOLE. FAMED FOR ITS NUMEROUS WINE ESTATES, TOGETHER WITH THE GASTRONOME'S HAVEN OF FRANSCHOEK NEARBY, THERE IS PLENTY TO ENSURE FEASTING THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE.
THE BANNER PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS A HOME IN THE TRADITIONAL CAPE DUTCH STYLE WITH THE TRADITIONAL GABLE, AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO REFLECT THE BELIEF THAT ONLY GOD CAN ACHIEVE PERFECTION.