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Today | High 28°C | Low 16°C | Wind NNW 13kph, gusts 35kph | Hazy sun, afternoon storms possible | Sunset 6:42pm
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A rare Himalayan Tahr sighting on Table Mountain's cliffs has people asking how it gets around on such exposed rock, the answer is it crawls on its knees. The tahrs descend from a pair that escaped Groote Schuur Zoo in 1936 and found the terrain close enough to home to thrive.
A 15-year-old from Cape Town just landed one of the most exclusive shootouts in junior motorsport: William Marshall is one of six drivers worldwide competing for a fully funded Formula 4 season in Spain this October. He's already collected a national karting title and a pole position in Italy, so the confidence checks out.
Cape Town's nature reserves are free to enter this Heritage Weekend, from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 September, with Blaauwberg, Tygerberg, Table Bay and Helderberg among those normally charging entry. Good timing too, spring's brought the fynbos into bloom.
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Wed 23 Sep, 18:00
R200 (R80 kids) |
Secret Sunrise throws its equinox edition at sunset instead of sunrise for once, headphones on, silent disco energy, zero judgment. Camps Bay Beach or Kommetjie, pick your sand. Kids ride along for R80. |
Thu 24 Sep, 14:00
Free |
WOMAD wraps its ten-day run with a free blowout at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre, closing out Heritage Day with fifty young Cape Flats drummers and a flamenco cajon crew doing things to a drum kit you didn't know were legal. |
Thu 24 Sep, 15:00
R175 |
SAFRA's Heritage Gala lets the accordion, concertina and harmonica loose for one night, swinging from boeremusiek to Argentine tango without missing a beat. It doubles as a hundred year birthday party, marking 1926's first boeremusiek recording and the birth of accordion legend Nico Carstens. Refreshments included. |
Sat 26 to Sun 27 Sep
Free entry |
The Faisa Edit pop-up market lands at Newlands Cricket Ground with 70-plus stalls of fashion, food, skincare and homeware, plus a kids' zone and lawn games so nobody has to fake enjoying four hours of shopping. Entry's free all weekend, with a bonus photo booth on Saturday. |
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The Wicket Brewer is South Africa's first restaurant inside a cricket stadium, tucked into Castle Corner at Newlands and open to the public beyond match days. Try the boerewors bouncers in spicy chakalaka or the barbecue sirloin, craft beer and stadium views included.
Biketique Coffee Shop pairs motorbikes parked out front with a menu that overdelivers, wagyu beef on ciabatta, smash burgers, a mocha shake that's the clear standout, and a hot honey bagel for the brave. Reviewers called it a 10 out of 10 experience.
Amura at the Mount Nelson is Spanish chef Ángel León's first venture outside Spain, sustainable seafood and bycatch species built into a daily-changing menu inspired by where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. Ocean-rooted fine dining, done beautifully.
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Fact of the Day
Those dassies sunning themselves on Table Mountain are actually the closest living relatives to elephants, sharing a common ancestor from millions of years ago.
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