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Bargaining ride-hailing service inDriver launches in Cape Town

Cape Town on Thursday received a new competitor to Uber and Taxify in the form of Russian ride-hailing service inDriver. The company, headquartered in…

Watch South Africa’s #SONA2019 live from Cape Town here

After last year’s SONA delay, courtesy of the change in the Presidency, 2019’s State of the Nation Address will start on time, and on…

You can now order food on Uber Eats in Paarl

Uber Eats is now available 60km northeast of Cape Town in the Winelands town of Paarl, the company announced on Thursday. It’s the third…

SANParks: Lion’s Head weekend fire will delay hiking trail’s reopening

The grand reopening of Lion’s Head’s popular hiking trail frequented by selfie-seekers has been postponed following the wildfire which ravaged the peak on Sunday….

Cape Town’s Bloubergstrand is South Africa’s most Instagrammable place

After South Africa was crowned as the fifth most Instagrammable country in the world earlier this month by Big Seven Travel, a long list…

South Africa is the world’s fifth most Instagrammable country

South Africa is the world’s fifth most Instagrammable country according to travel publication Big Seven Travel. Ranking 192 countries based on hashtags, geolocations, reader…

Cape Town’s December dam levels decline, but there are positives

As of 10 December 2018, Cape Town’s dams are 69.5% full, declining by 0.9% over the previous week. This may seem like a substantial…

NASA loop shows the ever-shrinking Theewaterskloof Dam from space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has today published a GIF showing the desiccation of Cape Town’s largest dam —…

Dam levels drop 0.9% as Cape Town struggles to save water

Good news, Cape Town. Well, sort of. While last week’s dam report saw a dire dam level loss of 1.4%, this week’s decrease is…

TapOff is Cape Town’s prettiest water saving gamification app

Last week, Memeburn rounded up a few notable apps to download before Cape Town faces its imminent Day Zero crisis, but we seemingly neglected…

Forecasting flames: SAWS slams Zille, talks rainfall probability in Cape Town

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has just issued one of the most entertaining and fact-heavy press releases you’ll likely read this year. Issued…

Maze Runner: The Death Cure takes you on a zombified tour of Cape Town

There are a lot of reasons to be excited for Maze Runner: The Death Cure: it closes out the Maze Runner trilogy, it features…

Cape Town dams: Day Zero now 80 days away as dam levels fall 1.4%

If you aren’t yet preparing for Cape Town’s impending water scarcity disaster, right now may be a good time to begin. This at least…

#DayZero: 89 days to disaster: news you missed this weekend (22 January 2018)

The world has robbed us of another weekend. How kind of it. And how kind of us too to fill you in on the…

Cape Town’s Day Zero ‘now very likely’, Level 6B water restrictions incoming

“We have reached the point of no return,” writes the City of Cape Town in what could be its bleakest statement about the city’s…

Watch: Casey Neistat’s latest vlog is a mini love letter to Cape Town

We’ve seen a slew of celebrities hitting Cape Town’s shores this holiday season, and vlog pioneer Casey Neistat was no exception. The New York-based…

Cape Town’s ‘green’ map reveals water usage per household

The City of Cape Town has this week made spying on friends, family or even neighbours’ water usage habits even easier. Previously, one would…

Cape Town dams: Theewaterskloof Dam less than 16% full

After last week’s notable decline, the City of Cape Town has this week recorded yet another decrease to the dam levels across the Western…

Cape Town dams: Day Zero is now just 14 weeks away

The City of Cape Town released its first dam report for 2018 on 1 January, but you’d be hard pressed to find any new…

Instagram, celebrities flaunt Cape Town’s curves during summer holidays

Cape Town may feel a little devoid of Johannesburgers this holiday season, but we can assure you there’s no shortage of celebrities running around…

Cape Town water report: December eats into water reserves

It’s difficult to extract any positives from the City of Cape Town’s dam level report this week (dates surveyed between 27 November to 3…

Brett Herron live-tweets ‘horrific’ Metrorail journey across Cape Town

How difficult is it to take a train from Khayelitsha to Cape Town on a Thursday morning? Very. At least that’s what MayCo member…

Cape Town water crisis: above-average rainfall hit by huge usage spike

November has been a rather wet month for some areas of the Western Cape, but that doesn’t mean Cape Town’s dam levels have benefited…

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