For me Tweede Nuwe Jaar (the second day of the new year) means one thing and one thing only. Test match cricket at Newlands! But to many other Capetonians it’s carnival time! A time for people to colour their faces black, put on their bright, cheerful, shiny clothes and sing and dance through the streets…
Picture this. A few city fathers in Cape Town, sitting around a table (or wherever they sit) having their regular meeting. The agenda item 5 reads “By-laws”. One of the city fathers on the executive committee: “We need to table a new by-law, people.” Someone else: “I know, but what.” They might have sat around…
It looks completely like winter in Cape Town today. Complete with heavy dark grey clouds, high winds and rain. Rain in Cape Town during winter…who would have thought. I’m loving it though. Until it’s time to go home! Not a fan of air conditioning or heaters at home. So its blankets and duvets and hot…
This morning I woke up at exactly 07.05 – bit later than I normally would as I’m on holiday. As usual I looked up at the digital clock to check the time, only to be greeted by flashing numbers. A sure sign of a power failure! The numbers on the clock indicated that power had…
Our City of Cape Town local government have been very busy trying to offend even more of it’s citizens. Not so long ago, the courts had to order the city to once again erect community toilets in Khayelitsha which mayor Dan Plato had removed just before the Soccer World Cup last year. (Some Khayelitsha residents…
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