As always, we’re keeping you in the loop and making sure that you never miss a Cape Town moment. Here are our Top 10 stories of the week:
10. ‘A few years ago homeless people started moving on to a plot of land in Green Point, a wealthy suburb in Cape Town, South Africa.’
Photographing an eviction in Cape Town
9. A family of Cape clawless otters were spotted making the most of summer in true Capetonian style, with a little summer beach day in the Camps Bay area:
8. This annual extravaganza has become a hallmark event in the Mother City:
Grab a bite of culture at Cape Town Ramadaan & Lifestyle Expo
7. ‘They believe I know something about my child’s disappearance, and I know nothing, not even Boeta, none of us know anything about it.’
Mother of Joshlin Smith says police had to protect her from angry locals
6. Here are the most recent combined levels of all reservoirs in the Western Cape:
Department calls for vigilance with dams below two-thirds level
5. A local man’s video recently went viral on social media, as he recorded an ordeal with trying to fit into FlySafair’s seats, as a larger individual:
‘Die FlySafair is a Quantum’: Passenger has fellow travellers in stitches
4. After five surgeries to repair the damage caused to his right leg and knee after he was struck by an alleged drunk driver while cycling on Glencairn Main Road, Dewald van der Westhuizen says his life has changed forever:
Five surgeries later, cyclist struck by alleged drunk driver still unable to walk
3. The City of Cape Town has implemented new interventions to curb ‘extreme and unprecedented levels of load-shedding-related vandalism’ in these areas:
City of Cape Town implements measures to combat ‘loadshedding-related vandalism’
2. If you find yourself in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs in search of some good sushi, pay a visit to Salushi – an unsung hero that’s been quietly revolutionising Cape Town’s sushiscape on the other side of the mountain:
The suburban sushi haven that’s redefining freshness and fusion
1. As severe weather looms over parts of the Western Cape, residents are advised to prepare for heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong winds:
Caution urged as Western Cape braces for severe thunderstorms
Picture: Ashraf Hendricks /GroundUp