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Today | High 17°C | Low 12°C | Wind N | Gusts 5 kph | Cloud 80%
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A Free State sting operation rescued a pangolin from the illegal wildlife trade this week. He is now at Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital, recovering under a name the rescue team gave him: Kito. Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on the planet. One small win.
The Cape Town social enterprise that trains and employs Deaf baristas has hit a milestone worth pausing on. I Love Coffee has logged 500,000 Deaf working hours across a decade of operation in the Western Cape. Your flat white has been doing more work than you thought.
Cape Town freediver Amber Fillary swam 100 metres under ice in Norway, blacked out, survived, and then went back to break the world record. A new documentary captures the whole thing. It has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and Netflix is reportedly circling a spin-off. Classic Cape Town energy: nearly die, then do it better.
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12:00
~R150 |
World Ocean Day at Two Oceans Aquarium, V&A Waterfront. Special programming through the afternoon for World Ocean Day: talks, touch pools, and the usual sharks-and-rays show, now with added context about what is happening to the ocean. Open until 17:00. |
17:30
R350 |
Handwritten: The Founding Story of Yuppiechef, Workshop 17 Watershed, V&A Waterfront. Andrew Smith's no-holds-barred account of how he and Shane Dryden built Yuppiechef from a garage into a R500m acquisition by Mr Price. Book launch on the Heavy Chef stage, 17:30 to 20:00. Ticket includes a signed copy. |
19:00
R250 |
Jive Cape Town Funny Festival, Pam Golding Theatre, Baxter Theatre Centre. The festival continues with Cape Town comedians in a small, intimate room. If you need a reason to leave the house on a Monday evening, this is a reasonable one. |
19:30
R250 |
Constellations by Nick Payne, Baxter Studio Theatre, Rondebosch. A two-hander about love, quantum mechanics, and roads not taken. Smart writing, small stage, multiple versions of the same relationship playing out across parallel universes. Tickets via Webtickets. |
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All events Monday 8 June.
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Scala Pasta Bar, 81 Church Street, Heritage Square, City Centre. Open from midday. A small pasta restaurant tucked into the Heritage Square courtyard, fresh pasta, seasonal menu, no fuss. Sunday lunch here is what Heritage Square was always supposed to feel like. Mains around R130 to R160.
Beta Beach, Bakoven, Atlantic Seaboard. Free. A sheltered cove just past the rocks at Camps Bay's southern end. Smaller, quieter, mostly known to the people who live nearby. In June the light is flat and the tide pools are full. There is no parking problem because most people have not heard of it.
Origin Coffee Roasting, 28 Hudson Street, De Waterkant. Cape Town's longest-running specialty roastery, still doing the thing properly. Good place to spend a slow Sunday morning before the week catches you. Coffees around R40 to R60.
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Quote of the Day
“Language is the only homeland.”
Antjie Krog
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That's your sip, Brews. Stay slow, stay warm.
CPT Brew
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