As the City of Cape Town embarks on yet another proposed desalination plant idea, this time a R5 billion project in Paarden Eiland, concerns have been raised among residents and political parties due to potential implications for water tariffs. This comes as prior desalination plants in Strandfontein and Monwabisi, which have since been decommissioned, “provided…
The World Academic Summit 2026 opened in Cape Town, South Africa, on September 29, bringing together global university leaders, policymakers, researchers and representatives from business and civil society to discuss the future of higher education in the age of artificial intelligence. Organised by Times Higher Education (THE) and jointly hosted by the University of Cape…
Cape Town is getting more international flights going into 2027, with two airlines adding frequencies ahead of the peak travel season. British Airways is increasing its number of international flights between London Heathrow and Cape Town for the upcoming summer season. The airline will increase the frequency on the route from seven flights per week…
Two German visitors spent the night on a remote stretch of the Cape Town coastline after one suffered an ankle injury and the pair found themselves struggling along a badly overgrown section of trail near the Boss 400 wreck, Cape {town} Etc reports. The rescue, which began late on Sunday afternoon and ended shortly after midday…
The City of Cape Town has issued an urgent call for residents in several southern and western suburbs to reduce their water consumption while emergency repairs are underway on a major pipeline in Claremont, Cape {town} Etc reports. The City’s Water and Sanitation team began attending to repairs on an 810mm-diameter pipeline on Tuesday, 29 September…
Today is the ancient feast of St Michael and All Angels, traditionally known in England as Michaelmas. The feast itself was celebrated across Western Christendom, but Michaelmas became deeply woven into English life. It marked the turning of the seasons, the end of harvest, and became one of England’s four traditional quarter days, when rents…
South Africa’s economy is not growing because the national budget is structured against growth. For every R100 the government spends, the bulk goes to salaries, debt interest, day-to-day costs and grants — leaving only a thin slice for the investments that expand the productive base of the economy. According to recent National Treasury consolidated expenditure…
Australia 42–38 South Africa The Springboks suffered a dramatic 42-38 defeat to Australia in a chaotic Test match at Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday, 27 September 2026. The Wallabies, under coach Les Kiss, built a commanding 42-17 lead with around 15 minutes remaining through tries from Len Ikitau (two), Ben Donaldson, Harry Wilson and…
Bold as brass, a lone great white shark made a big splash off the coast of Cape Town on Wednesday, September 23, becoming the first of its species to be sighted and filmed in False Bay in nearly eight years. These sharks disappeared from False Bay, largely because of predation by killer whales with an…
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, continues his StupidTM tour of the US, with the claim that South Africa has the highest number of white people outside the Northern Hemisphere. He shared this view during a panel discussion at the African Diaspora Forum hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on Friday, 18…
