This week’s top 10 stories include Cape Town bucket list adventures you need to embark on. Starbucks opening in Muizenberg, which spurred mixed reactions from locals. The 70s aesthetic, but with a Cape Town twist. Which story rose to our most-read you might ponder? Here’s the countdown to find out, and catch up on what you might have missed.
10. Bucket list adventures in Cape Town that you need to embark on!
Cape Town bucket list activities as quested by an explorer
9. A mother gave birth to a 5kg baby… without an epidural.
Mom gives birth to 5kg baby without epidural: “It hurt like hell”
8. Post mortem reports confirmed that the cats murdered by the Manenberg cat killer were brutally or maliciously killed.
Post mortem reports confirm AWS SA’s worst fear regarding Manenberg cat killer
7. Another cold front hit the Mother City on August 12.
6.Waffles should never be underrated, and neither should these 5 waffle spots in Cape Town!
Waffles that dreams are made of, 5 spots to check out in Cape Town
5. Kicking off the top 5, Checkers is trialling cashless and ‘cashierless ‘stores in the Mother City.
WATCH: Checkers trials new cashless, cashierless store in Cape Town
4. Local coffee shops and bakeries make Muizenberg, and so it was no surprise that coffee giant Starbucks opening up in the coastal suburb would spur mixed reactions.
Mixed reactions after Starbucks opens for business in Muizenberg
3. At number three, our dam levels have risen, sitting at 98.1%.
Cape Town dam levels at 98.1% following substantial rainfall
2. The 70s is back, and Capetonians are remixing the fashion aesthetic for the modern-day like no one else.
The 70s kicked back into fashion and no one’s remixing it better than Cape Town
1. At number one, bark stripping continues at Newlands Forest, and our trees are crying out for help.
Our trees are crying out for help as bark stripping continues at Newlands Forest
Picture: Instagram @wendyvollmer