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Cape Town

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks
Opinion
/ 30 November 2025

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks

Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver

By Ash Müller
Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts
Health
/ 25 November 2025

Anatomy of a hospital: Groote Schuur in a time of budget and staffing cuts

From porters to engineers, hospital staff navigate chronic underfunding and staffing shortages while maintaining world-class care at one of South Africa’s most storied medical institutions

By Sean Christie
Mervyn Sloman: The vision behind Cape Town’s beloved Book Lounge and Open Book Festival
Friday
/ 7 November 2025

Mervyn Sloman: The vision behind Cape Town’s beloved Book Lounge and Open Book Festival

Seventeen years later, Mervyn Sloman reflects on The Book Lounge thriving in the digital age and building reading community through Open Book Festival

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Diary: Gregory Porter in SA; Zeitz MOCAA symposium; DJ Bob Jazz Club
Friday
/ 7 November 2025

Diary: Gregory Porter in SA; Zeitz MOCAA symposium; DJ Bob Jazz Club

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Busi Lethole and Kibo Ngowi
Diary:  Kamyar Bineshtarigh’s Group Show to open at  Southern Guild this August, Don Toliver part of 2025 DStv Delicious line up and Apples releases Magic
Friday
/ 15 August 2025

Diary:  Kamyar Bineshtarigh’s Group Show to open at  Southern Guild this August, Don Toliver part of 2025 DStv Delicious line up and Apples releases Magic

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
A new chapter in the life of the glitzy Ritz hotel
Columns
/ 6 July 2025

A new chapter in the life of the glitzy Ritz hotel

After seven years of standing empty, the slender building with its glamorous past has finally been sold

By Ash Müller
Diary: Mikhaela Faye’s Gaslighter,  Basha Uhuru Freedom Fest, The Hyena’s Tuckshop at Market Theatre
Friday
/ 20 June 2025

Diary: Mikhaela Faye’s Gaslighter,  Basha Uhuru Freedom Fest, The Hyena’s Tuckshop at Market Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Why has Cape Town’s giant green residential building been cancelled?
Opinion
/ 15 June 2025

Why has Cape Town’s giant green residential building been cancelled?

The Fynbos, a vertical forest tower of 689 apartments, was initially planned for 142 Bree Street, smack in the city’s centre

By Ash Müller
Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre
Friday
/ 12 June 2025

Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu, Rowlene’s Moments After and Altman’s take on Stevie Wonder
Friday
/ 5 June 2025

Diary: The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu, Rowlene’s Moments After and Altman’s take on Stevie Wonder

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
What makes a building memorable long after the paint dries?
Opinion
/ 1 June 2025

What makes a building memorable long after the paint dries?

All buildings have their own stories and they hold those of the people who built them, lived there or used them

By Ash Müller
Simphiwe Dana reflects on two decades of music
Friday
/ 30 May 2025

Simphiwe Dana reflects on two decades of music

The musician talks about her long career, her legacy and the spirit guiding what could be her final album

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns
Friday
/ 11 April 2025

Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Lebo M’s legacy goes live
Friday
/ 9 April 2025

Lebo M’s legacy goes live

The multi-talented South African musician is set to celebrate his career with a performance in Cape Town

By Lesego Chepape
Kafka’s Ape is brave, gripping, important theatre
Friday
/ 7 April 2025

Kafka’s Ape is brave, gripping, important theatre

In a one-man show that has been touring the world for years, a larger-than-life actor offers theatre at its pure, raw, fearless best

By Keith Bain
Kenny G is coming to town
Friday
/ 2 April 2025

Kenny G is coming to town

He is bringing his timeless, smooth jazz and universal connections to our stages later this year

By Lesego Chepape
Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs
National
/ 28 March 2025

Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

By Umamah Bakharia
Diary: Jazz in the Lights, Dance for all, Street art in Maboneng
Friday
/ 28 March 2025

Diary: Jazz in the Lights, Dance for all, Street art in Maboneng

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning
Thought Leader
/ 27 March 2025

A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

By Phano Liphoto
Jazz in the key of freedom
Friday
/ 20 March 2025

Jazz in the key of freedom

Kesivan Naidoo blends local jazz with global influences to mark 30 years of democracy

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg
Friday
/ 14 March 2025

Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape and Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote
Friday
/ 7 March 2025

Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour
Friday
/ 5 March 2025

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Cape Town’s budget is pro-poor
Opinion
/ 3 March 2025

Cape Town’s budget is pro-poor

The auditor general recently commented in her audit report that Cape Town is exceeding every target for service delivery in townships

By Geordin Hill-Lewis
When art breaks the frame
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

When art breaks the frame

What happens when artists challenge beauty, publishing and politics? A fair like no other

By Kibo Ngowi
Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

By Zada Hanmer
Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy
Friday
/ 17 February 2025

Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy

Her gallery, Under the Aegis, is intended to nurture artists and build the community

By Kibo Ngowi
Cape Town Art Fair returns with new galleries, global talent and playful theme
Friday
/ 13 February 2025

Cape Town Art Fair returns with new galleries, global talent and playful theme

The theme for the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, which is taking place from 21 to 23 February at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, is ‘play’

By Kibo Ngowi
Lorin Sookool: A provocateur, a storyteller
Friday
/ 12 February 2025

Lorin Sookool: A provocateur, a storyteller

Her powerful double bill confronts colonial legacies through bold choreography that refuses easy answers

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Entries open for NEA Young Performer Awards, Requiem for the Impossible premieres in Cape Town, Kyle Shepherd Trio at Untitled Basement
Friday
/ 7 February 2025

Diary: Entries open for NEA Young Performer Awards, Requiem for the Impossible premieres in Cape Town, Kyle Shepherd Trio at Untitled Basement

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
A reshoot of Ernest Cole
Friday
/ 30 January 2025

A reshoot of Ernest Cole

Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself

By Sean O Toole
Young, black and reclaiming the gallery scene
Friday
/ 24 January 2025

Young, black and reclaiming the gallery scene

They are breaking down the barriers to what have long been seen as exclusionary spaces

By Kibo Ngowi
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