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‘Don’t discriminate’: Cape Town Pride lights up Green Point for Pride March and Mardi Gras
Cape Town Pride managed to break the world record for the Largest Drag Artist Stage Show with 97 drag kings and queens performing on stage simultaneously on Saturday 4 March.
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COMPETITION | Win VIP tickets to the Cape Town Carnival
Colourful costumes, floats, and artistic performances – the Cape Town Carnival parade returns to its former glory this year.
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Fear of baboons being left to run wild rises as clock ticks down to June deadline
“What will happen after 30 June?”
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‘Keep your wood in your hood’: Capetonians warned as tree-killing beetle’s path of destruction spreads
With the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle spreading steadily across the southern suburbs, residents are being asked to keep their wood in their ‘hood – and to be wary of false prophets.
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‘I want to be off the streets’: Homeless in Grassy Park speak up
Using a blanket to shield herself from the searing sun, Geraldine November sits under a makeshift tent with all her belongings on the pavement, just a stone’s throw away from Grassy Park Police Station.
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Bigger and better: International Public Art Festival returns to Cape Town for its 7th edition
A spectacle of art installations, sculptures, digital artworks, outdoor pop-up exhibitions, performances and street art tours were the order of the day at the International Public Art Festival (Ipaf) held in the company’s gardens in the city centre t
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Family’s memories go up in smoke as home gutted by blaze triggered by load shedding
A soot-covered picture of them in their younger days is all that is left as a reminder of the happy memories they have made in their home over the last 34 years.
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Sails ahoy for Mostert’s Mill: Restoration project nears the finishing line
One devastating wildfire and two years later, Mostert’s Mill is once again looking like a windmill.
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Residents reticent towards ‘pedestrian-friendly’ upgrade plans around Salt River station precinct
On Wednesday 1 March, the City’s urban planning and design department held an open day in Salt River where residents had an opportunity to view and give their input regarding the proposed design and upgrades for the Salt River station…
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Complaint lodged against controversial reverend’s ‘derogatory slur’
A LGBTQIA+ activist from Lavender Hill has lodged a formal complaint at the Human Rights Commission against a reverend for referring to homosexuality as “an abomination”.










