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The Book Lounge and Karavan Press launched Nick Clelland’s novel, Good Hope in Spin Street on Thursday April 29.

The renovation of Sea Point fire station has started.

A Mother's Day Show, presented at the Milnerton Methodist Hall on Sunday May 12 at 3pm, promises to be an afternoon of music, laughter and memories...and features the talents of Shannon Lewis, Sadia Hartle and Faried Swartz, as well as a performance from 7-year-old Aafiyah.

The Schotsche Kloof civic centre is set to undergo scheduled maintenance from this week.

Sophie Joans, of Observatory, and Anthea Thompson, of Plumstead, co-star in Dog Rose, a two-person play at the Baxter Theatre later this month.

Young actors from 42 schools and drama groups will perform abridged 30-to-40-minute versions of Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and other Shakespearean plays over three weeks in District Six.

With a host of top SA and international acts on offer at the weekend’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival at the CTICC, music lovers can be forgiven for having had difficulty deciding who to see or where to go.

Pride Fighting Academy’s Asekho Nocele made it four out of four wins with a second-round knockout of Ishmael Makhodo, at Hope Street Hall, on Saturday night, April 27.

It was a good day in the office for coach Matt Leisching and his camp at MadFit Boxing this past Saturday night.

The deputy chair of the mayoral advisory committee on water quality in wetlands and waterways, Alex Lansdowne, told a City council meeting last week that the city’s beaches had seen uninterrupted Blue Flag status throughout the holidays and that no recreational water bodies had been closed due to pollution in the past 365 days, but environmentalists and the Atlantic Sun’s reporting on this issue...

Pride Fighting Academy’s Asekho Nocele made it four out of four wins with a second-round knockout of Ishmael Makhodo, at Hope Street Hall, on Saturday night, April 27.

It was a good day in the office for coach Matt Leisching and his camp at MadFit Boxing this past Saturday night.

In Any Dream Will Do – My Pad Met Webber, singer, actor and songwriter André Schwartz explores his relationship with all that is Andrew Lloyd Webber, since encountering his work for the first time at the age of 12 when he saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Jazz pianist and singer Melorie Jane will perform at various Cape Town venues throughout May, promoting her second album.

The ability to read and write is empowering, but equally so the inability to read and write causes feelings of unworthiness and exclusion from conversations, says education specialist Anette Steyn.

Six people graduated from the Waterfront’s Artist Alliance mentorship programme in a ceremony held at the Zeitz MOCAA on Thursday April 25.

Author of Prisoners of Jan Smuts, Karen Horn promoted her book at V&A Exclusive books on Thursday April 25.

Chef Shin Takagi, from the two Michelin-star restaurant Zeniya in Japan, partnered with local chefs, Peter Tempelhoff of FYN Restaurant, and Sushiya’s head chef Ryan Reyes for a sushi demonstration at Time Out Market at the Waterfront on Saturday April 27.

The Western Cape Government has welcomed the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) which upheld its appeal in the case of the old Tafelberg School premises.

The inaugural Love Life Festival takes place from Friday April 26 to Sunday April 28 in the village of McGregor.

Dr Zahid Badroodien, mayoral committee member for water and sanitation in the City of Cape Town, says they are aware of the Proteus, a real-time water quality monitoring system being used in European rivers and sea side waters.

The Green Point Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (GPRRA) is leading the effort to improve the garden at the Colin Eglin Library in Sea Point.

An exhibition showcasing artworks made from old office furniture was on at Makers Landing at the V&A Waterfront over the weekend.

A stellar cast of seasoned stand-up comics, singers, and entertainers, accompanied by international acts, is lining up to perform in the 25th anniversary edition of South Africa’s premier comedy variety show, the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Justin February is preparing to take on Durban’s Stavon Lewis for the World Muay Thai Organisation’s middleweight South African professional-amateur vacant title.

The Green Point lighthouse celebrated its 200th anniversary on Friday April 12, becoming the oldest lighthouse on the South African coast.

It’s been a little over two months since Cameron Aberdeen, owner of Cerberus Tactical Security, shot and killed Waleed Abrahams, a Bo-Kaap resident.

The City of Cape Town will be doing roadworks along Camps Bay Drive, Buitengracht Street and New Church Street, planned to take place until Wednesday May 22 at night, from 7.30pm to 5.30am, Monday to Friday.

A 14-year-old girl has the opportunity to play soccer in Spain, but she needs help getting there.

Melkbosstrand singer and songwriter, Luna Paige, is celebrating the release of two new full-length albums, Dis die dors and Harmony, last Friday, April 12.