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Today | High 16°C | Low 10°C | Wind NNW 22 kph, gusts 46 kph | 87% cloud | Sunrise 7:52 am | Sunset 5:48 pm
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| feel-good Cape Town news |
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Vuvuzelas filled OR Tambo arrivals hall on Wednesday as South Africa welcomed Bafana Bafana home from their historic FIFA World Cup campaign. Supporters in green and gold turned the airport into something between a party and a collective exhale. The round of 32 may be where it ended, but the feeling it left behind is something else entirely.
A brand-new flower species has been formally added to the botanical record, and it grows on exactly one hillside in the world. Lachenalia groenewaldii, a delicate cream-and-pink bulb found only in the Overberg’s Haarwegskloof Reserve, was first noticed in 2014 by a reserve manager who thought something looked subtly different. After more than a decade of watching, botanists confirmed he was right: a completely new species, never before recorded by science. They named it after him.
Alfred Motloung found an injured barn owl in his yard on Saturday night, tracked down the SA Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre online, and had a kind Uber driver collect the bird. The whole rescue took 40 minutes, partly because the organisation keeps a dedicated Uber fund for exactly this kind of emergency. The owl is in care. Cape Town never stops, even after dark.
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| things to do around Cape Town |
Sat 4
R100 GA |
BokTown Watch Party at Bellville Velodrome fires up from 2pm, with Jimmy Nevis, DJ Ready D, Youngsta CPT, Biggy, and Nasty C warming things up before the Boks kick off at 5:40. General admission R100, Castle Corner R300 if you’re feeling it. |
Sat 4
R300 |
Brett Bailey’s Routes of Sound at Spier from 7:30pm takes audiences through three intimate performances across the estate’s most distinctive spaces, wine in hand. This weekend features folk voices Tubatsi and Chosi, Afrikaans songwriter Magé Troskie, and blues-rock musician Cheyenne Hill. R300 includes wine. |
Sat 4
From R300 |
Mexican producer Rebolledo makes his Cape Town debut at Botanik Social House in Gardens from 8pm, supported by Resident DTK, Richard Marshall, El Gordo, and Wata Mami. Psychedelic disco-techno overlooking Company Gardens is apparently a real thing. From R300. |
Sat 4
Ticketed |
R&B Fest rolls into District Six at 10pm with five hours of 90s and 00s anthems: TLC, Destiny’s Child, Sean Paul, Ashanti, the works. DJs who know exactly what they are doing. Running until 3am. |
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| local spots worth knowing |
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Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay packs roughly 80 stalls, live music, and a fishing village atmosphere into one of the city’s best free outings. It opens on Friday evenings too, which makes it the ideal first move of the weekend. Free entry.
Rosetta Roastery on Kloof Street has a hidden garden courtyard that most people walking past have no idea exists. One of Cape Town’s most thoughtful independent roasters, with excellent filter and espresso, and the kind of calm that makes it a proper Friday reset before the evening kicks in.
Groot Constantia is South Africa’s oldest wine estate, and the grounds alone earn the drive to Constantia: Baroque manor house, old oaks, a mountain backdrop, and the kind of quiet that explains why people chose to build here in 1685. Wine tastings from R80. Walking the estate is free.
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Quote of the Day
“There is no politics in music. Music itself is a politics.”
Hugh Masekela
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That’s your Friday sip, Brews. Go find something good out there.
CPT Brew
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