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Big ideas. Bold ambitions. The 2024 Earthshot Prize Winners - five innovators from 15 incredible Finalists, were unveiled at a star-studded awards ceremony in Cape Town attended by the Prince of Wales. Each Winner will receive £1 million to scale their game-changing environmental solutions.

Cape Town beaches continue to lead with eight Blue Flag accolades, which highlights the City's ongoing dedication to maintaining these standards, ensuring that our coastline remains a safe and enjoyable destination for residents and visitors alike. At a national ceremony held in Cape Town on 28 October, the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)...

The Cape Town International Kite Festival’s annual Pop-Up Fly Event will take place at Melkbosstrand Beach on Sunday, 27 October from 10H00, and will feature extraordinary local professional kiters such as Mari and Bradley Ware-Lane, Bobby Gathoo, Brian Skinner, and others - as well as a few international surprises! Also make note of the dates for:...

The October Trash Bash beach cleanup by the Two Oceans Aquarium heads to Sunset Beach this Saturday 19 October to tackle plastic pollution on the beach. It was pointed out at the recent launch of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Ocean Campus that ‘a healthy ocean means a healthy planet and healthy people’. A healthy...

Vendor Artist Solomon Masoso features in The Big Issue #333, which is on sale right now from your local vendor or through the app connection below. The theme for Women's month was honouring special women in their lives - what qualities do they gift you and find an image for this. Quote: A woman is the...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City is excited to host the Prince of Wales for The Earthshot Prize Awards, set to take place during Earthshot Week on 6 November 2024. The Earthshot Prize is an ambitious global environmental prize which aims to discover, spotlight and scale the world’s most innovative climate and environmental solutions: This is the...

The inaugural Hazendal Festival will take place on the weekend of 4 - 6 October and will be dedicated to the life-fostering organic material – soil. Forget the run-of-the-mill weekend of wine tasting, celebrated Stellenbosch wine estate Hazendal has envisioned an entertaining and curated art festival for the whole family. Down to earth: 10 things to...

‘A Vital Legacy’ – phase II of The Cape Gallery annual Wildlife exhibition is on show through October. Understanding the bio-web that we are all a part of; the complexity and diversity of creature and plant life that sustains us and the existential threat if we don’t care for it will enable better planning and the hope of a...

Botanical Art and Photography Exhibition at Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, the oldest Academic Botanical Garden in South Africa, opens on Saturday 28 September. This year the exhibition showcases the exceptional works of 31 botanical artists and photographers. Many works pay homage to the the Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden's incredible impact on conservation and education by depicting...

Join a celebration of culture and heritage at Kuier@TheCastle, Cape Town CBD’s biggest monthly family-friendly creative and lifestyle event on 28 September at the Castle of Good Hope. In celebration of Heritage and Tourism Month, this is a special edition of Kuier@TheCastle to pay tribute to South Africa’s rich cultural diversity. This edition will highlight the...