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A nineteen-year-old just became Cape Town's youngest firefighter graduate, and a rescued shark got her own documentary after years as a trafficking survivor. Another teenager's chasing the English Channel later this month.
Sort your Friday night for the Stormers clash, then fill the weekend with a farm market, an art walkabout, and a comedy run at the Homecoming Centre. Here's what's brewing.
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At just 19, Anelisa Matebese has become Cape Town's youngest 2026 firefighter graduate, talking her doubtful family into backing her through the Cadet Firefighter programme. Her favourite part was fire season, real calls, real fires, no controlled environment. Her advice for anyone hesitating: what the next person can do, you can do too.
The Two Oceans Aquarium has released a documentary tracing Blue the ragged-tooth shark's journey from trafficking to freedom. Rescued alongside three other sharks, Blue spent years as an ambassador for her critically endangered species before her release at Struisbaai in March, one of the lucky ones in a trade that most sharks don't survive.
Eighteen-year-old Amber-Rose Berry is about to attempt a Dover-to-France Channel crossing later this month, chasing the record for youngest South African ever to finish it. She already holds the youngest-woman title for the 34km False Bay swim, so nerves aside, the Fish Hoek old girl has form.
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Fri-Sun 9 Aug
From R240 |
Gilli Apter closes a sold-out world tour with a short Cape Town run at the Homecoming Centre, covering everything from AI to Botox to her own tangled identity politics. |
Sat 8 Aug
Free |
Oranjezicht City Farm Market takes over Saturday mornings at Granger Bay, a proper farmers' market of organic veg, fresh bread and good coffee. Entry's free. |
Sat 8 Aug
R300 |
Welgemeend Art Month's Cecil Skotnes centenary show gets a walkabout from Strauss & Co's Frank Kilbourn, through a house museum stacked with Battiss, Preller and Pierneef. |
Sat 8 Aug
From R100 |
Institutional Redress gathers curators from Iziko and the Norval Foundation at the Alliance Française to unpack what museums actually owe the redress project, part of Heat Festival's talks programme. |
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Quay Four at the V&A Waterfront pairs a harbourside terrace with big screens for Friday's Stormers vs All Blacks clash, cold beer, hearty pub fare, and the occasional seal popping up off the deck. Get there early for sunset over the water before kick-off.
Flirt is a solid date-night pick, pasta and cocktails with daily specials and happy hour running every single day. Good value for a repeat spot if you're after somewhere cosy without the markup.
Dias in Claremont is opening its doors for Stormers vs All Blacks with screens set up around the room so no seat misses a tackle. Portuguese food, proper sit-down dinner, book ahead through DinePlan.
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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
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