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Antarctic icebreaker returns with alarming news

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Scientists aboard state-of-the-art research and supply vessel have been tracking ocean health
  • South Africa’s icebreaker ship, the SA Agulhas II, has returned to Cape Town after taking supplies and a relief crew to South Africa’s Antarctic base.
  • The ship had first sailed to East London where public were invited aboard during an open day before the two-day voyage home, which media and members of Parliament were invited to join.
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March gig guide: Faustus returns

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All we want to say is: billionaires, like Musk and his fellow Trump bootlickers, must just vokof to Mars. Also: having a good time while being kind is an act of resistance.
Theatre

We saw Jamie-Lee Money in that fantastic patriarchy-bashing punk play In Whorefish Bloomers alongside Donna Cormack-Thomson and were very sad when Jamie moved on from our little Mother City to the sprawling smoke of London.… Read more

January gig guide

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So that was the festive season, then. Jirre! Back at work but at least a paycheque has landed and we still have weekends and a lingering sense of what might be possible. 
Music

If you’re fast enough, you can catch local jazz maestro Hilton Schilder playing a solo gig at Natural Mystic (92 – 94 Station Rd, Obs) tonight, Friday 31 January at 9pm.… Read more

Cape Town not immune to Los Angeles type fire disaster

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The city has better preventative measures but is far less resourced than Los Angeles

A devastating fire, such as the one that has raged in Los Angeles over the past two weeks, could occur in Cape Town, say experts.

In Los Angeles, a hot summer and autumn combined with an unusually dry winter, led to the vegetation in the hills around the city being highly combustible.… Read more

Milnerton Lagoon still stinks

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Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, residents say the smell is nauseating

The stench of sewage from the Milnerton Lagoon in Cape Town is nothing new, but it has been nauseating over the past weeks, say residents.… Read more

PRASA finally signs rail deal with City

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The Service Level Plan gives the City oversight over annual performance plans, station revitalisation, and the introduction of more train sets

The City of Cape Town and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) have signed a Service Level Plan (SLP) following court action, threats of an intergovernmental dispute, and more than a year of negotiations.… Read more

Cars with attitude show off at Capestance

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On the Cape car calendar, there are a few events that stand out as representing the local car culture on an international level. Only the Fittest is certainly one of those.

Hosted by automotive cultural movement Capestance, the Only the Fittest exhibitions have developed over the past decade into a must for car fans across the Cape.… Read more

Dec/Jan gig guide – mense raak mal

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Hold on to your wallets peeps, it’s December holidays. Okay, let’s be real: you’re gonna have to shell out, but try not to hand it over to those capitalist bastards who would take the last 5c out of your credit card account and then sell your kidney to a muti mafia for the interest if they could, without even a single disturbed dream about it.
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