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A nine-year-old is off to Madeira for the world championships, the City has a reminder about fireworks, and a blind adventurer is about to ride 750 kilometres on a tandem.

Add a Gothic ballet, a picnic film night in Kirstenbosch and a boerewors roll worth the walk, and your Monday has plenty going for it.

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Today's headlines 3 reads

Nine-year-old Karlo Marais has boarded a flight to Madeira for the Biathle, Triathle and Laser Run World Championships, thanks to a community fundraiser that covered the trip. The Grade 3 learner took home six medals from last year's worlds in Mossel Bay, three gold and three silver. He runs, swims and shoots lasers, and still keeps a 92% average.

Fireworks complaints are already climbing ahead of Guy Fawkes and Diwali, with the City logging at least 62 in the first three weeks of October, up from nine in September. The City's reminder is that there are no designated fireworks sites in Cape Town, so letting them off in a public space or street can get you fined.

Hein Wagner, who is blind and holds the world blind land speed record at 322.52 km/h, is taking on the Nedbank Gravel Burn: seven days, about 750 kilometres and more than 10,000 metres of climbing, on a tandem with a sighted pilot. The ride is raising funds for the Hein Wagner Academy, which trains blind and visually impaired South Africans for work and independent living. We're cheering him on for every kilometre.
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Upcoming events 4 plans
WED
28
OCT
19:30
From R250

Cape Town City Ballet: Dracula

David Nixon's Gothic ballet returns to Artscape for a Halloween-weekend run, after a sold-out season earlier this year. It runs to 1 November and is not for under 13s.
FRI
30
OCT
19:00
R449

Mystery Ghost Tour Cape Town: Halloween

A Halloween ghost tour by car convoy, starting at Prestwich Memorial and getting out at each spooky stop. Costumes are encouraged, so bring a torch and flat shoes.
SAT
31
OCT
11:00
From R150

Deep South Oktober Beer Fest

Three Deep South craft breweries take over Fish Hoek Sports Fields with food trucks, live Oktoberfest-style music and a Halloween kids zone on Saturday. It runs all weekend, and kids under 12 get in free.
SAT
31
OCT
20:30
From R120

Koos Kombuis at Triggerfish Brewing

The annual Koos Kombuis show at Triggerfish in Paardevlei, now something of a tradition. Doors open at 18:00 for a pint first, and it is family friendly.
 
Hidden gems 3 finds
01

Custodian Pastry Bar in the Longkloof Precinct on Park Road, Gardens, is a fresh pastry counter where bakes start from R35. It is open Monday to Saturday from 08:00 to 16:00, so a Monday reward is fully in play.
02

Buri at 99 Harrington Street gives the boerewors roll a proper promotion. Rolls run R85 to R95, there are mini doughnuts for pudding, and a pork-free wors is available on request. Open Monday to Saturday from 10:00.
03

777 Coffee Shop on Keerom Street pours from 06:00 to 21:30 every day, with coffees from R35. Point at the chocolate-dipped spiral croissants.
Fact of the day
Did you know?

Sea otters have a loose flap of skin under each forearm that works as a pocket, and many keep a favourite rock in it, sometimes the same one for months or years.

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