We’ve been having some seriously odd weather in Cape Town lately. A lot of Cape Town property has been damaged, most roads have been flooded, and us laid-back Capetonians are shivering in our Wellington boots. I posted recently on an international forum, complaining about the temperatures here on the southern tip of the...
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I’m an amateur photographer. Amateur in the sense that I may have an unwieldy Canon with a lens that can take a photo of a gnat on Mars, but damned if I ever get a great picture out of it. I’ve attempted to put my lack-of-talent to good use, but find that it gets squandered on photojournalism and documentation – no payment...
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You know, not everything about Cape Town is so spick and span. The city crawls with the undergrowth which every developing city acquires, from homelessness to crime, litter to the daily offerings on Long Street of any drug under the sun. Scared yet? You shouldn’t be. As far as cities go, Cape Town is actually one of the best...
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My first chance to visit Cape Town was when I was four to see my grandfather moor his boat in the then-stark harbour. It was only three years ago when I came back on holiday to this Mother City that I seriously considered moving here. I had been located in the horrid confines of Johannesburg, working away and never seeing the sun....
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