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. The historic Statsraad Lehmkuhl sailing ship, built in 1914, docked at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront on Friday:
A historic Norwegian sailing ship has docked in Cape Town
9. There are many establishments in Cape Town that accommodate South Africans with a special price upon presenting your South African ID card. With the high cost of living, a discounted rate is always welcome:
SA’s senior citizens can explore the city for less at these places
8. Less than a week after an aardvark washed up on Sunset Beach, the carcass of a porcupine was discovered this morning, leaving residents puzzled and calling for urgent investigation:
7. Through the Streetscapes project, homeless people are running surveys, earning an income, and changing lives:
6. Cape school, Hoërskool Strand, has been called out for having an almost entirely white teaching body. The backlash comes after the school posted a picture to its Facebook account of 16 newly hired white staff members:
Cape school called out for having an almost entirely white teaching body
5. The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has announced that the national pass rate for the matric class of 2022 currently stands at 80.1%. This is an increase of 3.7 percentage points from 2021:
4. If you’re a Capetonian on staycation or a visitor to the Mother City, the Northern Suburbs is an often overlooked district of the city that deserves your attention. Durbanville, Bellville and the surrounding areas have everything Cape Town’s more popular areas have, and then some:
3. Word on the street is that South African drivers’ licences might get a small update in the second half of 2023:
Look! Here’s what your licence cards may look like from 2023
2. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA received a complaint about horses being kept in poor living conditions on a property in Grassy Park:
SPCA staff arrest Grassy Park resident for using cruel horse training method
1. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA has commented on the death of a female Aardvark that washed up at Sunset Beach, Milnerton. An autopsy, conducted by attending wildlife veterinarian Doctor Luca Mendes, ruled out drowning as a cause of death:
Update: Post-mortem results on Sunset Beach Aardvark revealed
Picture: @geordinhl / Twitter