The launch EARTHBOX KIDS & FAMILY HOUR is just in time for the start of the school holidays and another good reason to head for the Lourensford Wine Estate in Sommerset West. EARTHBOX is usually only for children older than 5, but during our daily family hour we are welcoming the very little ones to explore....

The newly expanded picnic area at the Rondevlei section of the False Bay Nature Reserve was unveiled on Friday, 1 December 2023, by the City’s Biodiversity Management team together with the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews. The False Bay Nature Reserve consists of six parts...

Vendor Art has a special spread in The Big Issue #324, the BUMPER HOLIDAY EDITION with it's focus on education! And you get a FREE copy of the 2024 Art Craft + Museums Map with this edition. Art Theme this month for the vendor artists who are part of the art education run by Elaine Millin...

Cape Town is officially one of the world’s best cities for culture in Time Out’s list for the World’s Best Cities for Culture - coming in as number 3 after Mexico City and Prague! Affordability, diversity and a new respect for the cultural cachet of the Global South landed it a place on Time Out's list...

Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden kicks off its 2023/2024 series of concerts on Sunday, December 3 with a star-studded line-up of South Africa’s best loved, grooved-to acts. The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts are a deeply embedded, and much loved and looked forward to part of the Cape Town summer social scene....

The Big Issue BUMPER HOLIDAY EDITION is out and Derek Carelse, Big Issue MD, gives us many GREAT reasons for supporting this edition with its FREE copy of the 2024 Art Craft + Museums Map. Derek explains why "it’s more than just a good deed; it’s a damn good read.” To listen to the Sanlam Arts...

Red Bull King of the Air reaches new heights celebrating a decade of the extreme water sport event hosted in the Mother City. The City of Cape Town is thrilled to welcome back the premier big air kiteboarding competition returning to Kite Beach. The air bending competition has become a staple event in the kitesurfing world...

Cape Town has received an A-rating for climate action and transparency - the only African city awarded this status in 2023. This is according to the 2023 Cities A-List published by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system for states, cities, and companies. 

Andrew Putter – Flowers of the Cape Peninsula, Vol. 1 is inspired by Putter's long-term interest in indigenous plants. Each of Andrew Putter’s twelve new artworks in Vol. 1 – focuses on a different plant indigenous to the Cape Peninsula, where he has lived and worked his entire life.

2023 Festive Lights Switch-on and award-winning artist, rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and part-time boxer, Cassper Nyovest, is heading to the Festive Lights stage on Sunday 26 November. The City of Cape Town has announced the artists headlining this year’s free light extravaganza. The Grand Parade is all set and ready for the country’s largest free open-air...

It's bloomin’ lovely at Durbanville Garden’s first ever rose show and the City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department invites garden enthusiasts on Saturday, 11 November from 10:00 until noon. More than 5 000 varieties of roses in full bloom will be on show.

Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town has been named the best botanical garden in Africa by the World Luxury Travel Awards. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain.