The Cape Peninsula University of Technology has indefinitely shut down all its campuses and ceased educational activities amid “violent” student protests. The university made the announcement on ...

I would like to respond to Fran Gebhardt’s article, “Mistakes of past decades must be rectified or there will be no wild baboons left”, which raises several concerns. Specifically, I object to the ...

An action plan to minimise the amount of time baboons spend in human-dominated environments and prevent further habituation has been agreed to by authorities in the Western Cape. Under the tough new ...

A recent study finds that a group of caracals in South Africa has become regular seabird hunters, including eating endangered Cape cormorants and African penguins. The dietary shift is the result of ...

The peninsula’s alluring mix of space, scenery and proximity to Cape Town has long attracted a free-spirited mix of artists, hippies, surfers, expats and creative professionals. Driving down South ...

The real Grinch? A video of a Cape Peninsula baboon helping itself to Christmas goodies has gone viral on social ...

In short: Parts of Cape York Peninsula, which spans 12,000 square kilometres in Queensland's north-east, have been nominated to Australia's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The Peninsula is home ...

Frustrations reached a boiling point on Monday, 11 February, as Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students clashed with police over the university’s ongoing accommodation crisis. The ...

National Geographic defines a peninsula as “a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side.” Peninsulas can be massive and contain entire ...

Much of the coastal area south of Simonstown in the Cape Peninsula was out of bounds and you could not go there without a permit. This was because of the large number of British ships that passed by.

Last week’s article was about an aborted Dutch East India Company (VOC) plan to dig a canal between Table Bay and False Bay in the 1650s to prevent the Khoisan from “trespassing” on territory which ...