Looking for the Perfect Dress?
PretPakkie is one of many South African clothing shops selling everyday dresses that are easy to wear and doesn’t look like Temu had a Black Friday Sale. Whatever you’re dressing…
Category: Culture & Traditions
Why Cape Town Prefers “Braai Day” to Heritage Day
On coals, culture, and a government that keeps forgetting there are other people here Every year on the 24th of September, South Africa’s government reminds its citizens to celebrate Heritage…
Spring Has Sprung: What to Expect in the Cape’s Oceans This Season
23 September marks the official arrival of spring along the Western Cape coast — and the ocean is already stirring back to life. Whether you’re a surfer, freediver, spearfisher, rock…
THE PROMENADE OR THE DANGER ZONE?
Cape Town’s reckless experiment with e-scooters and e-bikes must end before a pedestrian is killed By the Cape Chronicle Investigative Desk There is something profoundly wrong with the idea of…
Chappies: The Little Piece of Bubble Gum That Changed Cape Culture
From a Johannesburg sweet factory to a familiar name in generations of South African childhood It was small enough to disappear into a child’s pocket, cheap enough to buy with…
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If Dagbreek Cottage Falls, Another Piece of the Cape Falls With It
The City of Cape Town never tires of marketing itself as a world-class city. It boasts about tourism, celebrates its historic precincts, and proudly sells visitors a destination rich in…
The Greatest Threat to the Kaapse Klopse Has Never Been Its History—It Has Been the Institutions That Keep Rewriting It
Opinion Written by Heinrich Muller I recently stumbled upon a post on facebook published by a Henri Fortuin about the “Cape Coons” he grew up with and while reading through…