A mountain search and rescue team headed into the Jonkershoek mountains one evening after a runner was reported overdue. They found him the next morning, safe. He'd simply gone over the wrong side of the summit. But one team came home with a story of their own: high on a trail, they rounded a corner and came face to face with a Cape leopard. For a moment nobody moved. Then the cat slipped back into the mountain. The Cape Leopard Trust's camera traps picked up a leopard in the same area around the same time, close enough that it could be the very same animal.

Cape Town runner Siya Mfanta is heading to Comrades in two weeks to run his first-ever Up Run, fresh off a sub-three-hour Cape Town Marathon. He does it to raise funds for the Cart Horse Protection Association, the people who look after the working horses that keep many families moving across the city. "I run so they don't have to suffer," he says. "I run because they can't." The donate link is in the story if you want to chip in.

Content creator Mitch Matyana posted a video about a phrase every South African knows but has probably never thought too hard about: "Are you winning?" It sounds like a question about success. But as Matyana points out, it's the thing a parent says while standing in the doorway watching you lose your mind over maths homework. Technically, no. You are not winning. Yet here we are. The comments went off, and honestly, same.

Furny's Fine Wines in Noordhoek is the kind of place you stumble into once and quietly return to forever. Hidden under milkwood trees at 67 Beach Road, it is a wine bar, deli and restaurant run by the Furness family, with 60 wines available by the glass. Every Friday from 4:30 to 6:30pm they run complimentary wine tastings, which is possibly the best sentence ever written about a Friday afternoon. Dogs and kids welcome. Noordhoek.

Silvermine Nature Reserve sits right in the fold of the Constantiaberg, on the way to Noordhoek, and not nearly enough people go. There are dams, fynbos walking trails, and views from the ridge that take in both False Bay and the Atlantic at once. Entry is R102 through SANParks and it is genuinely a proper half-day. The kind of thing to do before the long weekend properly kicks in. Tokai / Silvermine Road.

C'est La Vie Bakery and Café is a Fish Hoek institution that deserves far more attention from the rest of the city. The Bakery on Recreation Road does extraordinary croissants, pastries and artisanal sourdough from a wood-fired oven, and the Café around the corner serves toasted sandwiches and proper coffee. Ideal stop after a walk along Jager's Walk or a dip in the calm waters of Fish Hoek Beach. Very affordable. Fish Hoek.

Quote of the Day

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou