Cape Town

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…

SAWS: Cape Town can expect a wet, windy Thursday thanks to cold front

We may be heading into spring, but it seems that winter just can’t let go of Cape Town just yet. The South African Weather…

Cape Town protests: citizens march on Parliament and the CTICC demanding answers

Cape Town was the epicentre of protests on Wednesday, as those demonstrating against gender-based violence and the recent attacks on foreign nationals took to…

Uyinene Mrwetyana: South Africans rally together in search of missing student

South Africans are rallying together on social media to bring home a missing University of Cape Town student. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, has been missing…

Water usage drops as Cape Town dam levels keep climbing

Unsurprisingly, Cape Town dam levels continued to climb this week. According to the City, dam levels are now at a combined 81.7%, increasing by…

Cape Town dams break the 80% full mark, Theewaterskloof now beyond 70%

What a difference a drought makes. Back in 2017, Cape Town dams at this point in August were just 30.5% full. Now, as of…

Cape Town’s Metrorail train updates are now available on Telegram

Cape Town’s Metrorail train service at the beginning of this month shuttered its free SMS update alert service, noting that it would look to…

Cape Town hit by ‘total shutdown’ protests across the city

A citywide “total shutdown” is affecting many parts of Cape Town on Thursday. The total shutdown is an outcry towards government’s lack of housing…

This beautiful cold front dropped even more rain over Cape Town today

A bit of brief but beautiful cold front lashed Cape Town earlier today, bringing with it blustery conditions and near-horizontal rain to the region…

Uber Eats Pass brings monthly free deliveries to South Africans

Google Maps translation feature will help users navigate foreign countries

Uber launches new RideCheck feature in South Africa

Venture capitalist questions lack of women, role of foreign founders in Africa’s tech sector

Rainbow wins 2019 Innovating Justice Challenge Southern Africa regional finals

Motorola RAZR 2019 proves the flip phone never really died

Fitbit OS update: 7 new features heading to the Versa and Ionic

Orange, Itel and KaiOS announce the $28 Sansa XL smart feature phone

What other parts may need to be replaced with my windscreen? [Sponsored]

African car company Mureza to debut Prim8 mini-SUV at Automechanika Johannesburg

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m