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Today's issue has a teenager conquering the Andes, a rare deep-sea shark washing up on the West Coast, and the City finally spending real money on Cape Town's parks.
There's a full week ahead too, from a philharmonic evening at the City Hall to a gypsy swing band taking over a District Six cocktail lounge.
Plus three spots worth knowing about, including a sushi counter that outperforms its price tag and a café hidden in the Tokai forest.
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Today | High 19°C | Low 12°C | Sunset 6:24pm
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At just thirteen, Julia Whitaker came home from Chile with gold, picking her own line down an ungroomed Andes face to win the IFSA La Parva Junior Freeride. She trains mostly off-snow in Cape Town, with the 2030 Winter Olympics now in her sights.
The City is pouring fresh money into its regional parks, R1.4 million restoring Arderne Gardens' historic ablution block alone, five original cast-iron benches included. Zandvlei's getting R1.42 million ahead of summer, with Maynardville, Wynberg and De Waal Park all picking up maintenance work too, De Waal's historic bandstand and water feature are next on the list.
A shark almost nobody sees alive washed up in St Helena Bay over the weekend, a rare megamouth, only the second ever recorded in South African waters. Researchers drove up from Cape Town to examine the carcass for clues about a species barely 300 sightings deep.
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Wed 26 Aug, 17:00
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Workshop Wednesday brings big-wave legend Chris Bertish to Workshop17 Watershed to talk through his 93 days alone crossing the Atlantic on a paddleboard. Ticket money builds a classroom in northern Kenya. |
Thu 27 Aug, 19:30
R210-R495 |
Spring Symphonies at the City Hall brings pianist Leo Gevisser to the Philharmonic for Ravel's Piano Concerto, closing with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. |
Thu 27 Aug, 18:00
Free before 10pm |
Riaan Smit's gypsy swing outfit Crimson House takes over Harringtons Cocktail Lounge for a night built for dancing. |
Fri 28 Aug, 09:00
R50 |
Vintage with Love's Big Sale turns the Cruise Terminal into racks of pre-loved fashion through the weekend, funding literacy programmes around the country. |
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Hokkaido at Westlake Shopping Centre is doing genuinely fresh sushi at prices that don't match the quality, plus a proper range of Chinese teas served in their own little tea set. Quietly one of the better sushi spots around.
The Power Above sits above its sister restaurant on Kloof Nek Road, open daily from breakfast to late with a sunny balcony and a kimchi chicken burger worth the climb.
Finding Secret Forest Café is half the point. Park at Tokai Lion's Club, walk the forest path with Elephant's Eye behind you, keep left, and follow the grey wall until coffee appears.
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Fact of the Day
Cape Point gets the fame, but the actual southernmost tip of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet, is Cape Agulhas, a windswept headland about 220 kilometres further along the coast.
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That's your sip, Brews. Go find your own hidden path through the forest.
CPT Brew
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