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South Africa has a new Nobel laureate in Navi Pillay, the V&A Waterfront Marina has flown its Blue Flag for the eighth year running, and two Stellenbosch visitors put their market shopping on hold to help a stranger.
Plus a Noordhoek sunset market, a barn dance and free stargazing.
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Today | 19°C high | 11°C low | WSW wind 13 kph | Gusts 32 kph | 44% cloud
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Two Stellenbosch visitors on their first trip to the Milnerton Market put their shopping on hold when a fellow shopper needed urgent medical help. Georgia Finlagson and Ties Bakker offered to drive her to a medical facility, then came back to carry on browsing. The market has invited them back for a full day out and a complimentary breakfast at Fillipinos Food Delights.
The V&A Waterfront Marina has earned its eighth consecutive Full Blue Flag status, despite operating in a busy working harbour. Behind it are daily marine clean-ups, trash-catching nets and a wildlife management programme with the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation.
South Africa has a new Nobel laureate: Durban-born judge Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work holding the world's worst crimes to account. She began her career defending Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists, went on to help establish rape as a crime against humanity at the Rwanda tribunal, and is now the fifth South African to win the Peace Prize, after Luthuli, Tutu, Mandela and De Klerk.
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Wed 14 Oct
19:00
From R150
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Chopin Echoes from South Africa pairs oboe, clarinet and piano at Welgemeend Manor House in Gardens, with works by Neil Solomon and Peter Klatzow before Chopin's Fourth Ballade.
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Thu 15 Oct
16:30
Free
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The Cape Point Vineyards Market is back for summer on the Noordhoek slopes, with street food, live music, open lawns and a jungle gym. Bring a picnic blanket for the sunset. Entry is free and the market runs until 20:30.
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Fri 16 Oct
19:00
R80
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The Jubilee Barn Dance turns a church hall in Observatory into a country night, with line dancing and a barn supper included in the ticket.
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Sat 17 Oct
19:00
Free
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Public Stargazing sets up telescopes beside the Clock Tower at the V&A Waterfront, with short astronomy talks on the side. Bring your own scope or just your neck.
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Three Feathers Diner on Albert Road in Woodstock holds a 4.6 from 297 Google reviews, with breakfast, brunch and lunch plus a good beer and coffee list. It is open 9:30am to 5pm on weekdays.
Blank Books is a bookshop in old Observatory, also known as Obz Books, and it stays open until 8pm on weekdays. Rare finds and collectables turn up now and then. Free to wander, expensive to leave.
The Fix Cafe on Kloof Nek Road in Gardens holds a 4.8 from 119 Google reviews, with great coffee and tea, quick bites and free parking. It is open 7am to 3pm every day.
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Fact of the Day
In 1932 the Australian army sent soldiers with machine guns to cull emus wrecking Western Australian wheat farms, then withdrew when the birds proved too hard to hit.
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