Gig guide: Into october
Steve Kretzmann
Everyone dies: No gauche debutante
Not thinking about death – our own and that of the people we love – is probably a mechanism of the mind that prevents us from being paralysed by its inevitability. Although, paradoxically, death can provide the impetus to enjoy life while we have it, and to find the kind of perspective that allows us to gracefully deal with the daily frustrations and irritations that accompany a beating heart.… Read more
Gig guide: September
Like, spring is coming. You think? GET OUT AND DO SHIT
Theatre
There’s been some antici……..pation titillating the nerve endings since the announcement a couple of months ago that SA author Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise would be adapted for stage.… Read more
Amazon development: Lawyer in qualification lie
- Timothy Dunn, an attorney in the River Club dispute, does not have the master’s degree he claims to have
The lawyer who brought a case to the High Court which accused a First Nations leader opposed to the controversial R4,6-billion Amazon development at the River Club of fraud, has misrepresented his own qualifications to the public.… Read more
Attorney in midst of Amazon development debacle faces Legal Practice Council complaint
Besides misrepresenting his qualifications, a complaint has been laid against Cape Town attorney Timothy Dunn with the Legal Practice Council by the Willow Arts Collective (WAC).
The collective is a group of about 30 people who occupy the former National Circus School grounds at 2 Willow Street in Observatory.… Read more
River Club: New twist in the plot
The founder of the Krotoa of the Goringhaicona says he told developers to target Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council leader Tauriq Jenkins
The founder of Krotoa of the Goringhaicona, an organisation which favoured the development of the River Club site in Cape Town, has revealed that he urged the developers to target the leader of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council, which opposed the development.… Read more
June gig guide: give uncle Gweezy the middle finger
When it’s cold and dark and your UPS is dying and Eskom is gas lighting you that it’s loadshedding and not blackouts, be comforted by the fact most venues have made a plan to offer light and warmth and a haven for like-minded people who will see you and share the joys of music and theatre and, ahem, alcohol.
… Read moreWole Soyinka’s new novel is an exuberant takedown of a corrupt state
It is a mighty tome from the great Nigerian writer. Chronicles From The Land Of The Happiest People On Earth is a mire of poetic prose. It is possible to sink in it. Flail about and enjoy the view. Tense doesn’t always seem to make sense, but not often enough to do away with it altogether.… Read more
Obs collective fight eviction
- The City of Cape Town is seeking an eviction order against the Willow Arts Collective occupying municipal land in Observatory, after they proposed renting the land.
- The property was formerly leased to the South African National Circus School whose owner had unlawfully sublet the property.
Unfinished freeway gives way to Foreshore development
Development of Cape Town’s Gateway Precinct linking the Foreshore to Bo-Kaap, De Waterkant and the V&A Waterfront, which includes new housing, can now begin as land along lower Buitengracht Street has been released to the City by the provincial government.
After being held back for more than 40 years due to a road reserve along Buitengracht Street being kept by the provincial government for the unfinished Foreshore freeway, the 11,254 square metres of land was released to the City of Cape Town on 20 January.… Read more