Holding power to account
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
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
— 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
“I just cried underneath the water,” says homeless woman after first hot shower in ages
South Africa’s first “wash bus” for the homeless is set to launch on Friday. Named Nina Manzi, the colourful bus has four hot water showers and four toilets divided for male and female use.… Read more
Opinions on billionaires – their very existence, that is – tend to be polarised. People either worship them or despise them.
Those who worship them, read their books (ghost written, of course) on how to be successful, follow their tweets and write Facebook fawning over how prophetic their favourite billionaire is, tend to be the same people who think capitalism, especially unfettered capitalism, is a good thing.… Read more
Lovers of books and poetry have the chance to get behind the pages written by their favourite local authors at Cape Town’s favourite literary celebration, the Open Book Festival, which returns to being an in-person occasion after two years of Covid-19 regulations.… Read more
Some of the most influential palates in the world of wine will be tasting this year’s Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten Challenge winners when international buyers, critics, and the media visit the country this spring.
Speaking on behalf of the Challenge’s five judges, panel chair James Pietersen said the winning line-up was arguably emblematic of the country’s best in Chenin winemaking.… Read more
Schools are having their civvies day, people are diving into the ocean at dawn en masse, flowers are blooming up the west coast, the City of Cape Town is holding back on cutting the grass in their parks and verges. Because: Spring.… Read more
There is only the actor, the stage, and two wooden crates. It’s all the piece requires. In Île, Sophie Joans takes us from Cape Town to Mauritius through a series of humorous and incisive narrative accounts of her family, her heritage and the legacies of colonialism.… Read more
The contempt of court case against company directors behind the contentious R4,5bn Amazon-tenanted River Club development, for resuming construction at the site despite a High Court interdict to stop work, was postponed yet again at the Western Cape High Court yesterday afternoon.… Read more