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• Honouring the life of Theresa Solomon

  A great tree has fallen. A baobab has been cut down. Who is going to protect us now from the great African sun? African soil will feel your footsteps no more.

• Cape Town has officially been named Best City in the World b

  Cape Town has officially been named Best City in the World by readers of The Telegraph in its 2025 Telegraph Travel Awards. It’s the seventh time the city has claimed this coveted title, and the second time this year it has been crowned the world’s best.

• The world premiere of Symphony of Bansuri will take place at

  The world premiere of Symphony of Bansuri will take place at the Artscape Opera House on Friday August 2.

• Two of Cape Town’s brightest future stars in women’s boxing,

  Two of Cape Town’s brightest future stars in women’s boxing, Simamkele Tutsheni and Caleigh Swart, are on course for a head-to-head showdown that has all the makings of a modern classic.

• Mandela Day honoured through community service

  Every year on July 18, the country marks Mandela Day – a global call to action that honours the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president, anti-apartheid leader, and philanthropist.

• Lamta presents new fantasy cirque experience

  Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy (LAMTA) will present BEYOND — a new fantasy cirque experience running at Theatre on the Bay from Thursday July 17 to Saturday July 26. Directed by Anton Luitingh and Duane Alexander in collaboration with Followspot Productions, the show blends choreography, music, acrobatics, clowning and theatrical spectacle.

• Help Thanaa,12, get to vocal comp

  Twelve-year-old Thanaa Voterson from Milnerton has qualified for two national vocal competitions and will now represent South Africa in the international Mediterranean Legends competition in Spain and France.

• Don’t miss PFL Africa’s first event

  The Professional Fighting League (PFL) has finally landed on African soil, and it’s hitting big. Come Saturday, July 19, Cape Town’s GrandWest Arena will host the continent’s first-ever global MMA extravaganza under the PFL banner.

• The Ladles of Love team is hard at work preparing for Mandel

  The Ladles of Love team is hard at work preparing for Mandela Day.

• Bo Kaap star shooting his way up the ranks

  “That is one of the greatest tries you will see from one of the greatest young talents on planet earth right now,” said a commentator who summed up Haashim Pead's latest try at the U20 World Championship in Italy.

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• Researchers plan to survey 500 to 1000 residents of several

  Researchers plan to survey 500 to 1000 residents of several Cape Peninsula suburbs, asking them to give their views on baboons....

• Fencing being erected around the Hout Bay Harbour seems to b

  Fencing being erected around the Hout Bay Harbour seems to be a sight nobody wants to see....

• Swanky sex club gets neighbours steamed

  There has been a slew of complaints about the goings-on at a swanky suburban sex club in Hout Bay’s upmarket Rhodes Estate, according to the City....

• Minister pulls chain on City’s poo permits

  A national minister’s decision to pull the permits that let the City pump raw sewage into the Atlantic has been welcomed by environmentalists, with one saying the Hammans- kraal cholera outbreak, which left more than 20 dead, carries stark lessons for political appointees tasked with waste disposal....

• That was 12 years ago, in August 2010, and South Africa had

  That was 12 years ago, in August 2010, and South Africa had just hosted the first Fifa Soccer World Cup on the continent. Between sorting out her travel arrangements and packing her bags, there was simply no time to have a picture taken for the paper....

• Sewage matters under spotlight

  A public presentation on sewage pollution organised by a proportional representation (PR) councillor who serves on the City of Cape Town’s Economic Growth Portfolio Committee, had more than 100 Camps Bay residents attending....

• Well-known sports scribe Joseph Norman Pillay, 64, died at h

  Well-known sports scribe Joseph Norman Pillay, 64, died at his home in Strandfontein, last week....

• Neighbours hopping mad over trampoline park

  More than a dozen residents of Hout Bay’s Bokkemanskloof area are hopping mad over the noise from the Clay Café’s trampoline park, which they say wasn’t in a plan the owners showed them before moving onto the site in 2016....

• Jason van't Slot is an extreme cyclist, public speaker and s

  Jason van't Slot is an extreme cyclist, public speaker and sales representative who lives in Noordhoek, but when he was eight months old he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, or CF, and his parents were told he would likely live only 10 years....

• City blueprints for greater densification in parts of the so

  City blueprints for greater densification in parts of the southern suburbs have drawn a bitter response from residents who viewed them at a public meeting in Constantia....