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. If we were to compile all the intricate details that define a neighbourhood and translate them into action figures, what might the representations of Cape Town’s various suburbs resemble?
Here’s what Cape Town suburbs would look like as action figures
9. The famous landmark at the foot of Devil’s Peak has some of the world’s best physicians, surgeons, specialists, trauma nurses and healthcare workers. But that is where Groote Schuur Hospital stops being world-class and with NHI on the cards, Cyril has a job on his hands, writes Gasant Abarder in his lastest #SliceofGasant:
8. Klein Kwagga, the seven-year-old from Mpumalanga, stole the hearts of South Africans across the country when his passionate performance of Bernice West’s Lyfie was recorded and uploaded to TikTok:
7. A woman was seriously injured at a popular market in Cape Town when a bedouin (stretch) tent was blown onto a wooden structure by a strong gust of wind, leading to its collapse and injuring several patrons:
Cape Town woman injured after collapse of structure at popular food market
6. The festive season comes alive with creativity and local spirit at the Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay:
Feel the buzz of the festive season at the Bay Harbour Market
5. A video has been circulated of a baboon at Black Marlin Restaurant in Miller’s Point, just south of Simon’s Town. The baboon is seen helping itself to food, eliciting an unfavourable reaction from diners:
4. Three men opened fire at shoppers at N1 City Mall in Goodwood earlier today, injuring two people:
3. The City of Cape Town has been conducting patrols around the Table Mountain National Park to address the recent surge in crime in the area:
2. A visiting German hiker was carried from the popular Platteklip Gorge trail after 20 people slogged away for nearly five hours during an epic late-night rescue earlier this week:
1. Workdays are falling away, traffic is at its peak and everyone’s got their flip-flops out. It’s summer. And although we all want to rush to the beach when the sun comes out, you may not need to leave Cape Town’s inner city:
Cool off this summer in Cape Town’s inner city with these pools