Cape Town

When in Cape Town: download these 10+ essential apps for Android and iOS

Welcome to Cape Town! It’s the city Memeburn calls home, and a city that’s a budding tech jewel in South Africa’s crown. Although we…

Cape Town’s MyCiTi app is essential for seamless summer travels

Getting around town can be especially difficult when public transport is involved. I, for example, rely on Cape Town’s MyCiti bus service to make…

Table Mountain Cableway tourists were ‘stuck’ up top amid load shedding

If you’re heading up the famous Table Mountain Cableway when load shedding is in the air, you may want to pack a pair of…

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…

Find the load shedding schedule for your city or municipality in South Africa

Finding your load shedding schedule for your specific city, town or municipality can be a torrid task online, and searching for them online wastes…

Mbalula to visit Cape Town Station after train fire disrupts service, destroys trains

Cape Town’s Metrorail network was brought to a standstill this morning, after a train fire gutted several carriages at Cape Town Station. The fire,…

Blue Route Mall to get Cape Town’s second IMAX movie theatre

Blue Route Mall in Tokai, Cape Town, will launch the city’s second IMAX theatre in December, Ster Kinekor announced on Tuesday. At present, Cape…

Checkers’ Sixty60 grocery delivery service debuts in Cape Town, Sandton

Checkers on Monday, and just in time for Black Friday, announced its on-demand grocery delivery service that promises to deliver within an hour. It’s…

Rain 5G is now available to households in Gauteng, Cape Town in 2020

After switching on its 5G service for select users in September, Rain has announced that households can now also take advantage of Rain 5G….

Design Indaba announces the dates for its 25th edition in 2020

The Design Indaba, a calendar highlight for creatives and designers in Cape Town and abroad, returns next year for its 25th edition. “Design Indaba…

Cape Town dam levels jump for the second consecutive week

Apparently it’s nearly summer, but you wouldn’t be able to tell based on Cape Town’s dam levels. For the second week running, the City…

How Cape Town’s ‘winter’ weekend of rain pushed dam levels higher

This past weekend of heavy rainfall across Cape Town has done wonders for the city’s dam levels. According to the City of Cape Town’s…

SA Twitter forgets the rugby, complains about Joburg weather instead

It’s not the fierce RWC semi-final between England and New Zealand grabbing everyone’s attention on Saturday, but this morning’s Joburg weather. While heavy rain…

Cold front update: Cape Town just got a month of rain in a single day

Update, Friday 25 Oct, 4pm: The South African Weather Service has issued an update on the rainfall figures for stations across Cape Town. Measured…

4 things to know about the ‘winter’ cold fronts striking Cape Town this weekend

In an update on Thursday, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) explained in more detail what sort of weather Cape Town, and other areas…

FNB extends its smart ID, passport collections to Cape Town branch

Applying for a smart ID or passport in Cape Town but don’t want to visit Home Affairs? FNB on Thursday announced that, through a…

SAWS issues cold front watch for Cape Town, heatwave advisory for Gauteng

Update, Thu 24 Oct: SAWS has updated its advisories and watches for Cape Town and South Africa’s northern provinces. Original article: It’s late October,…

City cautions Cape Town after it exceeds water consumption target

The great Cape Town drought of the decade may largely be a thing of the past, but it’s not something that should be forgotten…

Why is the City of Cape Town load shedding in Stage 1?

An abrupt bout of load shedding has hit South Africa hard this week, with Stage 2 cutting power in some areas for up to…

Cape Town can munch on a CBD oil doughssant this weekend

The doughssant has long been Cape Town’s exclusive equivalent of the cronut, offered every weekend by local eatery Jason Bakery. Usually these confectioneries include…

Cape Town dams remain above 80%, but water usage spikes

It’s been a while since we’ve written about Cape Town’s dams, but there’s been nothing short of good news for the city and its…

In pictures: this is Cape Town’s first certified Lego store

It’s been a while coming, but the Great Yellow Brick Company has officially launched its first certified Lego store in Cape Town. Located at…

Eskom: low risk of load shedding today despite ‘constrained’ system

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite will cost R12 999 in SA, available in Feb

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