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Today 19°C / 11°C | Wind SSE, gusts to 37kph | Cloud cover 20% | Sunshine and a few clouds
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A 20-year-old UCT student got tired of guessing what dinner would cost, so he built an app that crowdsources real restaurant prices from other diners. No coding background, no funding, just a deeply relatable grudge against menus with no numbers on them.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 young people packed Clifton and Camps Bay beaches over the weekend, with law enforcement confiscating about 1,000 units of alcohol and issuing 64 fines, and the City now reviewing how to handle similar crowds ahead of upcoming matric celebrations and year-end events.
Groote Schuur Hospital has opened its upgraded Emergency and Trauma Centre, a R200 million revamp of one of Africa's busiest emergency units, with dedicated trauma treatment areas, improved resuscitation facilities and a new Patient Liaison Officer to keep families informed.
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Fri-Sat 9-10 Oct, 19:30
From R200 |
Chester's Got Talent turns Conrad Koch's puppet crew into a competitive talent show, each one scheming to win the audience vote. Family-friendly chaos in Somerset West. |
Sat 10 Oct, 10:00
Free entry |
Welgemoed Straatwinkel brings its annual street market back to Imhoff Park with live music, new food stalls and a kids' zone. Bring the dog, bring Ouma, bring a tote. |
Sat 10 Oct, 18:00
R150 |
Sunset Sweatshop bring their goema-rock-reggae mashup to The Loft in Hout Bay, then hand off to a DJ who keeps things going well past anyone's bedtime. Bring stamina. |
Sat 10 Oct, 18:00
From R280 |
Jeremy Loops headlines Woordfees's outdoor stage in Stellenbosch, looping harmonica and guitar into a one-man wall of sound. It's a proper drive, but worth it. |
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Spencer pours single-origin coffee from a rotating cast of local roasters out of a shopfront by the Salt River MyCiti stop, with bags to take home if you fall for the blend. A proper locals' pit stop, not a chain.
Lion's Bread on Rose Street slow ferments its sourdough for days before it ever meets an oven, and the loaves sell out most mornings. Get there early or settle happily for a pastry instead.
Minimalist Wines runs an inner city tasting room on Roodehek Street, pouring low intervention Syrah from grapes grown across the Cape. Book a tasting and skip the usual drive to the Winelands.
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Fact of the Day
Wombats are the only known animal that produces cube shaped droppings, a quirk of their unusually shaped intestines that stops the cubes rolling away so they stay put as territory markers.
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That's your sip, Brews. Go cause some trouble on Church Street.
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