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. With more residents turning to solar power due to loadshedding and the prospect of the power supply situation worsening, the City of Cape Town says it is often approached for guidance as to how to choose the right system and installer:
City of Cape Town’s checklist for safely going solar
9. Kimberley Prytz, a Capetonian adventure swimmer, will become the first person in history to swim from Melkbostrand to Robben Island and back when she takes to the Cape’s unpredictable waters later this month:
Cape Town teacher to swim from Melkbostrand to Robben Island and back
8. Video: With the help of a strategically positioned camera trap, a female Cape Leopard was recorded gracefully grooming herself on a bridge, suitably surrounded by a jungle of tree trunks and foliage:
Watch: Cape Leopard caught on hidden camera at Paul Clüver Wines
7. The City of Cape Town has issued a warning to beachgoers, stating that criminals are increasingly targeting beaches:
The City warns residents to be aware of criminals targeting beaches
6. Watch: A group of young men were seemingly not so brave when an otter jumped onto the same floating Jetty in Simons Town, with all of them taking evasive action from the curious critter:
Video: Friendly otter spooks group of young men in Simons Town
5. Two years ago, Anele “Nellie” Tembe died after falling from a balcony at the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town. Or was she murdered? This is the question on everyone’s lips after her fiancée, Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, was killed on Florida Road in Durban on 10 February 2023:
4. Within hours of landing in Cape Town, British journalist and CNN news anchor, Richard Quest, shared an image on Twitter with the caption: “Oh no! There’s a mountain spoiling the view from my hotel window!!:
SA is the “most beautiful, friendly place to visit” … but there’s no power
3. Premier Alan Winde had the honour of delivering his fifth annual State of the Province Address (SOPA), held yesterday, 16 February 2023. The premier emphasised the urgency with which the Western Cape government plans to mitigate the energy crisis in the province:
Premier Winde shares his R1bn plan to save the WC from loadshedding
2. Here are the things you can do for free or heavily subsidized on your birthday in Cape Town:
In Cape Town, the best things in life are free (on your birthday)!
1. Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) teams of professionals and volunteers were dispatched late Saturday afternoon to assist a 29-year-old tourist who fell on the skywalk high up on the mountain and broke his arm:
Tourist falls on Table Mountain after breaking the “golden rules” of hiking
Picture: AKA / Instagram