The famous Mona Lisa painting has no eyebrows. When Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, he included eyebrows, but over time they were eroded due to cleaning, to the point where they are no longer ...

Soldiers are believed to have spoken to one another, sung carols, exchanged food and cigarettes - but the most enduring ...

Earlier this year, Jaco Lochner argued that claims that “whites own most land” in South Africa are unverified. Without a national cadastre, ownership remains un ...

Johannesburg, the wealthiest city in Africa and home to more than 12,000 millionaires is about to become a ghost ...

The once iconic main Post Office building in the Durban CBD has over recent years seen an aesthetic decline. Visible evidence ...

1647 English Puritans under Oliver Cromwell, who overthrew Anglican King Charles I ban Christmas celebration. After chopping ...

Once the Durban Town Hall on whose steps in December 1899 a young war correspondent named Winston Churchill made a famous speech after escaping Boer captivity during the siege of Ladysmith.

Discover the remarkable life of Harry Escombe, a pivotal figure in Durban's history, whose contributions to the harbour and politics shaped the region. Explore the legacy of his family home, Bay View, ...

This 1899 Wolseley 3.5hp Voiturette’s single-cylinder motor first burst into life when Queen Victoria was on the throne and ...

A crisis more than a century ago involved U.S. aims to assert military supremacy, a hard-partying dictator and frictions ...

Investors are betting that there are higher bids yet to come for Warner Bros. Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison sat with a number of Warner investors in meetings in New York on Tuesday, ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a ...