Tagged: cape colony PicturesList 01 The trade · 29 Jan 2026 Four Times Someone Tried to Own the Word Rooibos The famous fight over the word "rooibos" ran from 1993 to 2005 in a US courtroom. It was not the first attempt to own the name, and it was not the last. Here are the other three, including the one the industry's own founding family gave back on its own. Nothing filed under this topic yet.