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Today | High 15°C | Low 11°C | Wind WSW 21kph, gusting 24kph | Breezy, sun breaking through cloud | Sunset 6:12pm
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The City is capping e-scooters and e-bikes on Sea Point Promenade to 8km/h, with pedestrians getting right of way, no weaving through crowds, and one rider per device. New signage and an enforcement plan land by end of August, with rental operators facing formal compliance checks from September. Worth knowing before your next stroll turns into a near-miss.
Four UK supporters of Care for Wild strapped themselves to the wings of a 1940s biplane for a 10-minute flight, despite every single one of them being terrified of heights. The stunt raised over £10,000, about R218,330, for orphaned rhino rescue, rehab and anti-poaching work back in South Africa. Fear confronted, rhinos funded.
For Women's Day, the NSRI put four volunteers in the spotlight, from a shore controller who admits she and the ocean "are not very good friends" to a buoy custodian who started after watching a rip current nearly take two teenagers. Women now make up 30% of the organisation's volunteers.
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Wed 12 Aug, 16:00
Free |
The Oranjezicht Wednesday Night Market is back at Granger Bay for the season, five bars, a wall of food stalls and Table Bay right there for sunset. |
Wed 12 Aug, 19:30
R150 |
KG Mokgadi headlines Comedy in Common at Union House, another HEAT Festival slot, this one strictly for laughing. |
Thu 13 Aug, 18:30
From R100 |
Vuyo Viwe, Tessi Nandi and Ruby Alix share a bill at The H.U.B Gallery. Flute, R&B and a Cape Town singer performing her own songs live for the first time. |
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Mango Ginger has anchored a corner of Lower Main Road in Observatory since 2006, gluten-free cheesecake, stone-ground everything, and weekly specials that make it the neighbourhood's easiest on-budget plug.
Pho Hue just opened next to Bugatti's in Hout Bay, Vietnamese iced coffee and a proper bowl of pho sharing a menu with Korean fried chicken wings and sushi rolls. Worth the drive over the Nek.
Aiko Plus plates black rice, flame-kissed salmon and edible florals inside the Youngblood Gallery on Bree Street, a room built for a proper date night, not a quick lunch run.
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Fact of the Day
Table Mountain's flat top exists because it is technically a syncline, meaning the summit was once the floor of a valley, not a peak that got worn down.
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