The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is running from now until 13 March 2012 at the Iziko South African Museum. The UK competition is run by the Natural History Museum in conjunction with BBC Wildlife Magazine and it is one wildlife photography exhibition that you simply cannot miss! A Glimpse of the Cape Town [...]
Up the Creek is not a youngsters rave, it’s a music festival for everyone who remembers what a good party is all about regardless of age – children are welcome. It does require you to camp (unless you have pre-booked a cabin or luxury tent) and to love music of all genres since a variety [...]
If you have never experienced the joy of jumping barefoot into a barrel of juicy grapes and squishing them between your toes, now’s your chance! Over the next couple of months, numerous wine estates in the Cape Winelands are celebrating the grape harvest with a traditional barefoot grape stomp. Here are a few grape stomping [...]
The start of a new year marks a good time to look ahead and make plans for a better life. We came across a fascinating year-long survey dedicated to South Africans living the good life. It looked at adults living in top earning South African households (earning over R30 000 a month) and turned up [...]
The first Queen’s Plate winner in 1861 received a silver plate and 500 sovereigns courtesy of Queen Victoria and this year’s proud new owner of the highly esteemed trophy will trot away with a cool R1 million. The L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate is THE Cape Town horse racing event of the year and is taking place [...]
Anyone who thinks Shakespeare’s plays are outdated is wrong. He may have written them in the 16th century, but his words are still pertinent. They are all about relationships and misunderstandings and the dynamic that hasn’t changed between men and women in four hundred years. The Comedy of Errors is this year’s Shakespeare in the [...]
You’d never know that what looks like a poolside changing room at the Wild Mushroom Boutique Hotel outside Stellenbosch, is actually a mushroom growing lab. All sorts of things at The Wild Mushroom are not quite what they seem, including the Manager, Dr Adriaan Smit, who happens to be a mycologist –a branch of botany [...]
Festival of Chariots On 26 December a local version of an ancient Indian street festival, made popular by Hare Krishna devotees, will be parading through Main Road, Seapoint. Festival-goers will hand-pull a 20-metre wooden chariot bearing the figures of Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra to the sounds of melodious singing. This tradition is over 5,000 years [...]
The festive season in the Cape is such a special time, particularly at Cape Grace. From Christmas carols sung by staff making up the ‘Cape Grace Choir’ to a jolly Father Christmas, delectable menus, mince pies and eggnog – you’ll really enjoy a Cape Grace Christmas! As you step through the doors, our Christmas tree [...]
The Mother City Queer Project fancy dress party on Saturday 17 December 2011 is the MCQP’s 18th outrageous Christmas event to celebrate gay rights in South Africa. For Queens and other royalty, this year’s theme, ‘Maid in China’, will bring out Geisha girls and boys, hunky housemaids and oriental Ken and Barbies. Red and black [...]