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 Ferrari owner decided to back down from a hefty claim against the City of Cape Town’s Traffic Services in the wake of allegations that his vehicle suffered damage during the impoundment process:
Ferrari owner drops impound damage claim against Cape Town Traffic Services
9. With the arrival of summer and the holiday season, there have already been four confirmed reports of great white sharks in False Bay in the last week:
8. A gang of brazen criminals decided to go on an early morning Christmas shopping spree at Canal Walk Shopping Centre:
7. Located upstairs at the V&A Waterfront’s Victoria Wharf is a sophisticated landmark for fine seafood cuisine and wine in Cape Town:
6. Yes! exclusive flowers is hosting a series of German-inspired Christmas markets every Saturday leading up to Christmas:
Yes! exclusive flowers brings German Christmas markets to Cape Town
5. The water quality assessment of several beaches and tidal pools in Cape Town, including Fish Hoek Beach, Strand Beach, Hout Bay Beach, and both Camps Bay tidal pools, reveals poor water quality, as reported in the City’s coastal water quality evaluation:
Water treatment expert warns of risks swimming at Cape Town beaches
4. Planning a coastal retreat for the summer holidays and considering an investment in a holiday home or Airbnb rental? Seeff explores some of this year’s top hotspots:
Exploring the best Cape coastal holiday home hotspots of 2023
3. More than three years after their closure, train stations in Stellenbosch are expected to reopen:
Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
2. Russell Peters, the Canadian king of international comedy, will return to South Africa in 2024 and is heading to Cape Town:
1. 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: