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Today | High 22°C | Low 14°C | Wind SSE 11kph, gusting 24kph | Mostly cloudy (90%), shower in the afternoon, stray storm late | Sunrise 6:49AM | Sunset 6:36PM
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When flames blocked her only exit at 4am, a mother had to lower her two daughters, a 16-month-old and an 8-year-old, out of a second-floor window to a total stranger below. Joe Hollins caught both children safely before the mother jumped herself, all three survived, and the family credits him with saving their lives.
The Springboks beat the All Blacks 43-28 in Baltimore to seal a 3-1 series win in the inaugural Rugby's Greatest Rivalry. Rassie Erasmus, marking his 100th Test in charge, thanked South Africans watching "on the farm or in the township or in the businesses or in the shopping mall," saying the team plays simply to make its people proud.
A group of local creatives turned Corona beer cans into pinhole cameras, left outdoors for up to seven days to let the sun draw the image. The results, shot around Lion's Head, Chapman's Peak, Camps Bay and Table Mountain, are now on display at Chimi.
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Thu 17 Sep, 19:00
R450 |
Vusi Mahlasela and Guy Buttery share a stage for the first time at the Holy Trinity Church in Kalk Bay, the SAMA legend and the fingerstyle guitar prodigy trading songs in a church by the sea. |
Sat 19 Sep, 16:00
From R100 |
Silent Disco Strand Beach hands out headphones with three channels, amapiano, RnB and techno, so the whole beach dances to a different beat depending who's tuned in where. |
Sat 19 Sep, 17:00
From R120, 18+ |
Shortstraw launch their new EP 'Everything In Between' with a live show at Daisy Jones Bar in Stellenbosch, doors at five, support from Bam Bam Brown, music after eight. |
Ongoing
Free |
Worth the drive: Stanford in Bloom turns the village into a fynbos festival for two weeks, market stalls, open gardens and evening markets through 27 September. |
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Zeke's Beach Lounge in Glencairn is the sundowners spot to bookmark as the weather warms up, ocean views on the Southern Peninsula, a cocktail menu that shouldn't be skipped, and wood-fired pizzas, wings, burgers and steak that are all seriously affordable. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30am to 9pm.
Suur Bakery on the Foreshore is former MasterChef contestant Francois Zietsman's love letter to sourdough, worth the hype, with cinnamon buns pulled hot from the oven most mornings. Halal friendly, open weekdays 6am to 4pm and Saturdays 7am to 2pm, closed Sundays.
Saigon on Kloof Street in Gardens is worth a look if you're after Vietnamese and Asian flavours, with meals ranging from R100 to R375 depending on what you order.
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Fact of the Day
Cape Town's Company's Garden began in 1652 as a vegetable patch planted to resupply passing Dutch East India Company ships, and it's still South Africa's oldest garden.
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