Fantastic performances aside, we are not quite sure what to make of this star-studded adaptation of the Booker prize winning The Promise
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Subtitles’ failure highlights my own
Loadshedding is a bitch … so is laziness
Murder, passion, heartbreak … ahhh, opera
What a fabulous night at the opera, no gimmicks or twists added, just good old-fashioned murder, passion and heartbreak played out large and loud
Prohibition has failed, let’s put people first
Kgalema Motlanthe opens Africa Drug Policy Week with a call to end the war on drugs/war on people who use drugs
Buy the best veggies, support a fabulous cause
Buying produce from a garden tended by some of Cape Town’s most vulnerable residents gives us a lot more than the freshest, most delicious, ‘cheap as chips’ , hyper-local, plastic-free veggies
Renting our own little piece of the sun
Too good to be true? Maybe not. We have no complaints about our rental solar equipment … so far
Love Notes from Don Vino and Selim Kajee
Play the video; you will know if it is for you within seconds
Building on the Brics
What will expanding the gang mean for the original 5 gangsters? And for the newbies?
Notes from The Fringe
Sophie Joans tell us that fringe is the future and live performance is the last line of defence against AI
GetWine gets more wine … to you!
CyberCellar gobbled up in bid to get more wines to the people
As Zim goes to the polls, let us not forget Matabeleland
Prepare to have your heart broken …
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Four funerals and no wedding
Fantastic performances aside, we are not quite sure what to make of this star-studded adaptation of the Booker prize winning The Promise
Subtitles’ failure highlights my own
Loadshedding is a bitch … so is laziness
Murder, passion, heartbreak … ahhh, opera
What a fabulous night at the opera, no gimmicks or twists added, just good old-fashioned murder, passion and heartbreak played out large and loud
Prohibition has failed, let’s put people first
Kgalema Motlanthe opens Africa Drug Policy Week with a call to end the war on drugs/war on people who use drugs
Buy the best veggies, support a fabulous cause
Buying produce from a garden tended by some of Cape Town’s most vulnerable residents gives us a lot more than the freshest, most delicious, ‘cheap as chips’ , hyper-local, plastic-free veggies
Renting our own little piece of the sun
Too good to be true? Maybe not. We have no complaints about our rental solar equipment … so far
Love Notes from Don Vino and Selim Kajee
Play the video; you will know if it is for you within seconds
Building on the Brics
What will expanding the gang mean for the original 5 gangsters? And for the newbies?
Notes from The Fringe
Sophie Joans tell us that fringe is the future and live performance is the last line of defence against AI
GetWine gets more wine … to you!
CyberCellar gobbled up in bid to get more wines to the people
As Zim goes to the polls, let us not forget Matabeleland
Prepare to have your heart broken …
Like love and hate, there is a fine line between madness and sanity
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, on at the Baxter, is one of those rare treats that comes along only so often and shows the unifying art of excellent storytelling
‘Screw the passengers’ as taxi and council ratchet up their war
It is war between the taxi bosses and the city, and it is the passengers who suffer
A festival of South African sista’hood on stage
From raunchy lady rockers to drag queens, the Drama Factory celebrates the feminine in Women’s Month Festival
Why early flowering of Namaqualand daisies is a red flag
Spectacular seasonal event s happening earlier every year, meaning “risk of failed flowering seasons, and eventually local extinction”.
Cape Town awash with joy: A lesson in grace
People who live on the streets showed us a thing or two about gratitude and grace when the rain clouds cleared for a day recently
Scribbling in the sand, like 140,000 years ago
The urge to draw circles or write love-notes in the sand is irresistible; it is also ancient
Give a man a fish/teach him to fish …
A day spent taking care of people who live on the street is a gift for all of us on Mandela Day
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Building on the Brics
What will expanding the gang mean for the original 5 gangsters? And for the newbies?
Prohibition has failed, let’s put people first
Kgalema Motlanthe opens Africa Drug Policy Week with a call to end the war on drugs/war on people who use drugs
‘Screw the passengers’ as taxi and council ratchet up their war
It is war between the taxi bosses and the city, and it is the passengers who suffer
Food & Drink
GetWine gets more wine … to you!
CyberCellar gobbled up in bid to get more wines to the people
All bets on as Sting takes us back to casino that promised to be a foodie mecca
Remembering the pleasure and the promise of an incredible feast at Time Square, and wondering what we will find there 5 years later
Imagining, like fermenting
We expect Sepial to work magic with food and people at her new venture, The Fermentary, at Makers Landing
Feast on local flavours and support our future foodies
Savouring local flavours and supporting local foodies of the future at a different kind of food market
Health
The battle of the plagues
Still, the Global Fund says, ‘the pandemic presents us with a chance to build a better, more equitable and healthier world’
Interactive map gives snapshot of vaccination rollout in Africa
Amazing map provides an easy reference of where Africa is at re Covid-19 jabs (and might just introduce many to countries they had not heard of before)
U=U brings an Aids-free world into sight
Overwhelming evidence is causing a cultural shift in HIV prevention
Learning to live with the plague
As it becomes accepted that herd immunity is not going to happen, at least not in our lifetimes, the focus turns to learning to live with Covid-19
Call Off The Search
A survivor’s guide to train travel in SA
A 10-point guide to resisting the South African railway service’s best efforts to ruin what should be one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world.
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