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Major development node slated for Stranfontein

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The neglected, derelict Strandfontein Pavilion has been earmarked to become a new mixed use development node featuring almost 1,200 residential units with retail and ecologically sensitive recreational facilities to banish the resort’s apartheid origins.

Currently isolated from Strandfontein’s urban edge, it is hoped the development will spur further private investment in the surrounding area, upgrading the under-used False Bay coastline between Muizenberg and Strand.… Read more

Tourism is back on track, along with carbon emissions

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Visitors at the Table Mountain frame at the V&A Waterfront
Cape Town tills are expected to ring as summer visitor numbers are back to pre-covid levels, but as a long-haul destination, the economic boost also contributes to the climate crisis.

The tourists are back. Covid lockdowns decimated the tourism and hospitality sector, with job losses across the board in 2020, but according to City and Province officials, Cape Town and the Western Cape are expecting a bumper summer season, with visitor numbers back up to pre-Covid levels.… Read more

Glen Carlou gets it right

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Bottle of wine

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

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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

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  • 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

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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

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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

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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