The multinational naval exercise WILL FOR PEACE, hosted by the South African Navy in Simon’s Town, brought the navies of China, Russia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates to Cape waters in January 2026.
BOOK REVIEWS
Michael Stevenson’s Samuel Daniell: A Life of an Artist in Southern Africa and Ceylon, 1799–1811 stands as a work of rare distinction: sumptuous in production, meticulous in scholarship, and deeply rewarding in intellectual substance.
BLUE PLAQUES
This is one of the first residential buildings to be completed for the dynamite factory – the latest in the world - which opened in 1896. Set in extensive grounds, the house was built using materials imported from Germany, and the roof is Germanic in character. It was the home of the first Factory Manager, Franz Hoenig, and housed seven successive Factory Managers from 1897 to 1949.