Cape Town Brew – 31st Aug | Charity Stickers, City Lights & Hidden Gems

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A R10 sticker campaign has raised R1.9 million for charity, proving funky socks can do real work. Six pedestrian routes through the inner city just got strung with festoon lighting, and Kenilworth Race Course turns out to be the last stronghold of South Africa's smallest, most endangered frog.

Stellenbosch's got a market tucked inside a botanical garden, Durbanville's got a bakery already queuing for its cinnamon rolls, and Vredehoek's got a café that's been doing all-day breakfasts since forever.

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Headlines

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Funky socks are doing serious work this month. The PNA Funky Socks Day campaign has raised R1.9 million of its R2.5 million target for Breadline Africa, Rally to Read and Matla a Bana, off the back of a R10 sticker. National, not local, but a fair excuse to dig out the loud pair before 11 September.

The Mission for Inner City Cape Town has strung up 1.1km of festoon lighting across six inner-city pedestrian routes, roughly 940 LED bulbs so cheap to run that a 230m stretch costs under R500 a month to keep lit every night. Simple fix, real impact on how safe those streets feel after dark.

Right in the middle of Kenilworth Race Course lives the last stronghold of the endangered micro frog, South Africa's smallest frog and the only species in its genus, meaning there's no backup if it disappears. The 52-hectare wetland also hosts baboon spiders, Cape dwarf chameleons and around 110 bird species, and twilight tours run twice a winter if you want to see it for yourself.

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Events

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Tue 1 Sep, 19:30 R220	Art opens at Baxter Flipside, Marthinus Basson directing three old friends who nearly come to blows over an expensive white painting. It picked up the Kanna Award for Best Production at last year's KKNK.
Thu 3 Sep R280 to R580	MAMMA MIA! opens at Artscape Opera House for a six-week run, ABBA hits and all, led by Amra-Faye Wright fresh off three decades of Chicago on Broadway.
Sat 5 Sep, 17:00 From R270	Fight Island 6 brings professional boxing back to Makers Landing, four championship belts up for grabs across a ten-fight card under the stars.
Sun 6 Sep, 18:00 R200	Time Dance Competition Gala brings Cape Town's best young dancers to Sea Point Civic Centre for a night of ballet, hip-hop and tap before the awards.

Hidden Gems

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Market in the Garden sets up every Saturday inside Stellenbosch's Botanical Garden, craft and food stalls under the trees. It's a drive out of the city, but the R15 entry goes straight back into the garden's upkeep.

Luckylu Gelato and Bakery in Durbanville has only been open four months and already draws a queue for its Saturday cinnamon roll special, tiramisu one week, lotus biscuit the next. Grab the chocolate hazelnut croissant too.

Lazari in Vredehoek is the neighbourhood café at the foot of the mountain, doing all-day breakfasts and cheap lunch specials since forever. Order the Turkish eggs.

Fact of the Day

Allan Cormack studied physics at UCT and worked in Groote Schuur Hospital's radiology department before sharing the 1979 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing the maths behind the CT scanner.

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CPT Brew – 31st August, 2026

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