What the City has done to clean up Cape Town’s vleis, rivers and wetlands
Glen Carlou gets it right
This past weekend I took myself on a solo date. Is there anything better than incredible food (that you didn’t cook yourself), fabulous wine, and fantastic company? The company being me and my latest book of course. In my lane, rested, moisturised and flourishing.… Read more
City ditches big legacy projects
Making public transport more affordable and attractive, promoting walking and cycling, encouraging densification of housing along transport routes, taking over the rail service, and encouraging businesses to allow remote working and flexible hours: These are some of the proposals outlined in the City of Cape Town’s new transport plan.… Read more
No urgency to stop River Club development, rules court
- Contempt of court application to be heard on 11 and 12 October
- Challenge to Goringhaicona leadership joined to hearings
Construction of the controversial multi-billion rand development at the River Club in Observatory continues despite legal challenges to the development.
Last month, an urgent application for an interdict was brought by the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) against the developers, Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) for resuming work despite a court order to halt construction, pending the hearing of a contempt of court application.… Read more
October gig guide
Equinox has come and gone, the nights are getting shorter, which is all the more reason to make the most of them. Also, doing something during the day no longer means you have to get home in the dark.
Theatre
The award-winning, exemplary, acclaimed theatrical team of Andrew Buckland, Sylvaine Strike, directed by the inimitable Toni Morkel, with live piano accompaniment by Tony Bentel, return to the Baxter theatre with Firefly.… Read more
A Father is Born: More selfie than self-portrait
Given the prevalence of social media, this obsession with propagating a curated image of oneself appears to have seeped into other aspects of our lives, and our creative endeavours.
In literature the memoir, once the preserve of writers or individuals of considerable achievement, and usually only published toward the end of one’s life, have become more prevalent.… Read more
Bad days call for good wine
Sometimes you have those days when nothing goes right. You might have woken up with a creeping sense of anxiety or you might have thought you had everything planned down to a tee. Regardless, suddenly everything implodes. And just when you think it can’t get any worse, the universe has another curve ball in store.… Read more
River Club opposition subject to faceless smear campaign
Anonymous pamphlets and a website are being used in an apparent attempt to hijack the Observatory Civic Association in order to smother litigation against the controversial River Club development.
Thousands of full-colour pamphlets were distributed door-to-door in Observatory on three different occasions in September.… Read more
Firefly: Evanescent beauty
The N1 is a long road, dry too, mostly. Grass faded blonde among the black rocks but still waving in the wind, even in the Karoo beneath the sun blasted mesas and the twisted ridges. A squint is burnt into the landscape by a merciless sun, becoming increasingly tortured the souther you go from Beaufort West.… Read more
Social housing in Sea Point
- Premier says section of Tafelberg site is being explored for well-located social housing, but appeal litigation drags on
- Housing activists reiterate calls for social housing at Tafelberg, say there is no legal barrier to development
— Two years since the Western Cape High Court set aside the sale of the Tafelberg property (formerly the Tafelberg Remedial School) in Sea Point, the Western Cape Government says it will use a portion of the site for social housing.… Read more