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Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists are worried about what the city is telling the public

Urban water bodies – rivers, lakes and oceans – are in trouble globally. Large sewage volumes damage the open environment, and new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds don’t break down on their own. When they are released into the open environment, they build up in living tissues all along the food…

The Conversation

Jodi Windvogel wins 2025 Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award for work on Cape Town housing occupation

The 2025 Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award has been awarded to Jodi Windvogel for her documentary photography work in South Africa

Digital Camera World

Louis Moholo-Moholo obituary

Jazz drummer with the Blues Notes who brought enthralling new sounds from South Africa to the wider world in the 1960s

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The food-lover’s city where three-course meals cost less than £20

It offers luxury experiences at high-street prices

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Lady Eliza Spencer reveals the heart wrenching response she gave when told of aunt Princess Diana's death

The twins discussed the death of Princess Diana in conversation with The Standard

Evening Standard

From Goma to Cape Town, the young Congolese athlete pedalling for peace

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in his troubled country. He talks to RFI about his Pedals for Peace project and the message…

Radio France Internationale

Louis Moholo-Moholo, a lion of South African jazz who used his drums to find freedom

Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer:

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The Spencer twins: a wild ride with Princess Diana's nieces, London's favourite aristocrats

Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza Spencer are the guests everyone wants at their party this summer. Julia Llewellyn Smith meets them

Evening Standard

‘I don’t want my boy to be positive’: pregnant women face sky-high viral loads as cuts hit HIV care in Africa

As the withdrawal of US funding disrupts treatment and halts crucial research in South Africa, clinics fear the resurgence of mother-to-child transmission of the virus

The Guardian - UK

How to grow cape honeysuckle – experts suggest ways to add this shrubby vine to a hot, dry landscape

Tecomaria capensis blooms profusely with hot colors in unforgiving terrain

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Watch: Huge elephant seal pays surprise visit to residents in local neighbourhood

A humongous elephant seal was caught roaming around a residential area in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Independent UK

'A huge indulgence': Eurovision commentator Graham Norton's extraordinary property portfolio

Eurovision commentator Graham Norton put his listed London house and his Manhattan home on the market within the space of a week

Evening Standard

Groundbreaking Cameroonian Curator Kouoh Dies: Cape Town Art Museum

Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh, the head of the top contemporary art museum in Africa and first African woman appointed to lead the Venice Biennale, has died Saturday, the Zeitz MOCAA museum said.

International Business Times

Dachshunds, kangaroos and a tortoise on the loose – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Kicking up a stink: row over sewage pollution blighting Cape Town’s beaches

Campaigners say authorities should be doing more to clean up waters around the city of nearly 5 million people

Evening Standard

This is the best South African wine, according to a wine expert

The One&Only Cape Town’s Head Sommelier Luvo Ntzeo decodes the signatures of the wine-making country and the expressions to sip on

Autosport

Latest Cape Town F1 proposal aims to build on World Cup legacy

The South African government is nearing a decision on which project to support as it aims to bring Formula 1 back to the country. Organisers behind Cape Town's bid have detailed the latest changes to their street race proposal.

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Discover Cape Town's latest F1 grand prix project

The South African government is nearing a decision on which bid to support as it aims to bring Formula 1 back to the country. Organisers behind Cape Town's bid have detailed the latest changes to their street race proposal.

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South Africa's Garden Route: is this the ultimate road trip to do with kids?

Could a family trip to South Africa be the perfect escape from London’s gloomy weather?

The Conversation

South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water: study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead

As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of litres of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa’s Water Research Commission recently commissioned a study into using seawater to flush toilets in…

The Conversation

Inside an urban terror network: book reveals how police finally cracked Pagad gang violence in Cape Town

A campaign against gangsterism in Cape Town, South Africa led by the People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) turned violent in the mid-1990s when a group known as Pagad G-Force began what became known as an urban terrorism campaign. Lives on the Line, written by security analyst David Africa, is…

Evening Standard

A neighbourhood guide to Cape Town: this year's hottest foodie destination

Go beyond the sightseeing checklist

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Formula One: South Africa bids to return F1 to continent – where, when, how

Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring Formula One back to the African continent for the first time in 32 years.

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Firefighters Making Progress Battling Table Mountain Blazes In Cape Town

Swift response from firefighters in South Africa to contain fires on Table Mountain, showing promising results. No danger to Cape Town or G20 meeting. Impo...

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More than 100 firefighters battle blazes on South Africa's Table Mountain in Cape Town

More than 100 firefighters are battling two blazes on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain

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