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Today | High 17°C | Low 11°C | Wind NW 20 kph | Morning drizzle, mostly cloudy | Sunrise 7:44 | Sunset 17:54
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Cape Town ballerina Candice Desilets has become the first South African to graduate from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St Petersburg, the most prestigious classical ballet school in the world, whose alumni include Nureyev and Baryshnikov. She danced her final exam on two broken legs.
A Golden Arrow bus driver found a lost 7-year-old asleep on his route, bought the boy lunch, and kept his mother updated until they were safely reunited. The child had dozed off in Claremont and woken up far from home, alone and confused. The driver stayed with him the whole time.
The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra has welcomed three young cadets into its development programme: Marelise Brink (bassoon, Oranjezicht), Carin Donson (French horn, Tableview) and Andrea Salomo (oboe, Blue Downs). They join the full orchestra from 1 August.
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Sat 4
Free |
Springboks vs England (Nations Championship). Cafe Roux, Noordhoek Farm Village is hosting a watch party. 4pm kick-off. Book ahead for a table. No cover charge. |
Sun 5
R130 |
Peter Pan at Canal Walk (Centre Court, Canal Walk, Century City). Family theatre running until 19 July. Shows at 12:30pm and 2pm. Killian Blerk as Peter Pan, Jeremy Richard as Hook. A solid rainy-day plan with the kids. R130 per person, R480 family bundle. |
Sun 5
R206–375 |
Cape Town Opera brings Sondheim’s A Little Night Music to Theatre on the Bay, Camps Bay. Runs until 12 July. Shows at 2pm and 7:30pm. Jonathan Roxmouth, Aviva Pelham, and Send in the Clowns done properly. Book ahead. |
Sun 5
R200 |
A Legacy in Every Note. Jazz legends McCoy Mrubata & Gary Wittner at Guga S’thebe Arts & Cultural Centre, Langa. 3pm–6pm. Two masters. One unmissable afternoon. |
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Cucina Labia at Casa Labia (192 Main Road, Muizenberg). A 1920s Venetian palazzo on the Muizenberg beachfront that genuinely comes alive on a grey winter day. There’s a pianist every Saturday afternoon, a serious kitchen, and ocean light filtering through fog-streaked windows that’s worth the drive alone. Book ahead.
The Book Lounge (71 Roeland Street, Gardens). Cape Town’s best independent bookshop is made for a rainy Saturday. Warm, beautifully curated, and nobody will rush you. Browse for as long as you like, find something you weren’t looking for, leave happy. Free to enter.
The Athletic Club & Social (Bree Street, City Bowl). Old-world-inspired social club with live jazz, craft cocktails, and an atmosphere that feels like stepping into another era. The kind of place where a rainy Saturday afternoon stretches easily into evening. The Whiskey Sour is the move.
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Quote of the Day
“I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, enduring.”
Miriam Makeba
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Stay warm out there. A little drizzle never stopped Cape Town.
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