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Goema superstar: how composer Mac McKenzie reshaped the sound of Cape Town

Gerald “Mac” McKenzie passed away on 29 April 2024. He will be remembered as a renegade spirit and innovator in South African music. The composer and bassist changed Cape Town’s goema music tradition forever. Growing up in the city’s carnival culture, he helped form The Genuines, combining styles like rock,…

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Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in Cape Town

A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor.

The Conversation

A refreshed Cape Grace hotel embraces the best of South African heritage

Cape Town’s Cape Grace hotel reopens its doors following an extensive and playful renovation by international interior design studio, 1508 London

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‘Cape of Storms’ – climate researchers explain Cape Town’s recent extreme weather

A severe storm hit South Africa’s Western Cape province between 6 and 9 April 2024, with extreme winds gusting at up to 135km/h. The storm left a trail of destruction across Cape Town and surrounding areas – at least 1,500 people were left homeless after the high winds fanned fires…

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From Scythia to South Korea: a potted history of poo in warfare

Suspected North Korean balloons carrying faeces are latest example of dung or human waste being used in conflict

The Guardian - UK

Affirmative action becomes divisive issue in South African elections

As South Africans vote in a crunch general election, one key issue that's impacted the campaign is the policy of affirmative action the country began in 1994. A series of measures, known as the "Triple B double E Act" (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment), have favoured non-White South Africans in public…

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Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province

Township residents say the opposition Democratic Alliance is elitist and runs a city that functions only for the rich.

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‘People have died on the waiting lists’: South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election

The hopes raised by the ANC coming to power in 1994 have, 30 years on, been dashed for millions still without a decent roof over their heads

The Guardian - UK

Clothed pig carcasses are revealing the secrets of mummification – South African study provides insights for forensic scientists

It was the kind of task any competent seamstress has completed hundreds of times before: altering denim jeans and jerseys. But there was something different about this piece of work. Though our team of scientists were paying for it, we weren’t her ultimate customers – the clothes were to be…

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South Africa gears up for crucial election

In tonight's edition: With just one week to go before South Africa heads to the polls, we head to Cape Town, where our correspondent tells us what's at stake before the crucial day. Also, an investigation by Lighthouse Reports accuses the EU of funding serious human rights abuses in Tunisia,…

France 24

'There is no respect anymore' as ambulances come under attack in South Africa

That's what one paramedic says of the targeting of ambulance crews. Criminals are after phones and wallets along with medical equipment and drugs. We ride along with a Cape Town crew in a Red Zone.

WEKU

Three Belmond destinations celebrated in pictures at Photo London 2024

At Photo London 2024, Belmond presents new ‘As Seen By’ books, as photographers Coco Capitán, Letizia Le Flur and Rosie Marks capture unique images of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, and hotels in Amalfi and Cape Town

Wallpaper

Will Israel’s war on Gaza sway South Africa’s election?

Ruling ANC is vocally pro-Palestine while main opposition DA is neutral on Gaza war, which may affect voters on May 29.

Al Jazeera

Construction Tragedy In South Africa: Dozens Buried Under Rubble

Tragic building collapse in Cape Town, South Africa, leaves 5 dead, 49 missing, and 21 injured. Rescue efforts continue with community support.

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South Africa Aquarium Overwhelmed By Baby Sea Turtles

Cape Town's aquarium faces a challenge after rescuing 500 baby sea turtles post-storm, highlighting plastic pollution dangers in oceans.

International Business Times

Trading Titans Clash As AfriMarkets Snags FSCA License

Nestled in the heart of Cape Town (registration number 2022/734726/07), AfriMarkets is gearing up to revolutionize the game with its strategic hook-up with a third-party liquidity provider.

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Matt Beers: Coming off Cape Epic win, I'm pretty confident for Sea Otter

South African gravel and marathon MTB champion focused on Life Time Grand Prix do-over in 2024

Motorsport

Misano E-Prix: Da Costa beats Rowland to victory after chaotic race

The Porsche driver hit the front three laps from home in the 28-lap race after passing Rowland into Turn 5 – a move that proved pivotal as he took victory by less than half a second and his first win since Cape Town last season.

Autosport

Misano E-Prix: Da Costa beats Rowland to victory after chaotic Formula E race

The Porsche driver hit the front three laps from home in the 28-lap race after passing Rowland into Turn 5 – a move that proved pivotal as he took his first win since Cape Town last season by less than half a second.

Al Jazeera

Thirty years after apartheid, South Africa’s failed housing promise

Ahead of key elections, hundreds of thousands in need of homes in opposition-run Western Cape languish on waiting lists.

Al Jazeera

Why scores of dogs will honour a Great Dane in Cape Town this weekend

A quaint local festival celebrates the life of the first dog to receive a Royal Navy rank

Evening Standard

From Kloof Street to Kalk Bay: a luxury hotel tour in Cape Town

From a palatial pink hotel with Wes Anderson appeal, to a wine estate where they rub shoulders with Stormzy and Maya Jama, Meg Honigmann and her native grandma travel coast to coast to see if the city’s luxest hotels are worth the hype

Al Jazeera

The pickled fish dish that unites Christians and Muslims at Easter

Christians eat fish on Good Friday. But in Cape Town the fish is almost always smothered in a sweet curried sauce – and

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