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Author Shameez Patel
Lauren O'Connor-May|Published 2 days ago

Cape Town author writes gamers romance because she loves love

Cape Town Opera welcomes three singers and pianist

Published 3 days ago

Cape Town Opera welcomes new members.

Book review: Gabriel's Moon

Published 3 days ago

In Gabriel's Moon, William Boyd crafts a gripping tale of espionage set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions.

Baby Leo battles rare disorder

Lizahn Bowers|Published 5 days ago

Eight-month-old Leo Parker from Claremont faces a desperate race against time as his parents search for a matching bone marrow donor. Diagnosed with a rare genetic ...

AI-generated opera set to disrupt traditional performance

Staff Reporter|Published 6 days ago

A groundbreaking fusion of dance, opera, and artificial intelligence (AI) on show at the Baxter theatre this March by Cape-based Darkroom Contemporary.

Chicago makes return to Cape Town

Staff Reporter|Published 6 days ago

Owing to popular demand, Showtime Management has announced that Chicago is back in 2025.

Sassa beneficiaries can access payments after missed deadline

Yolande Du Preez|Published 1 week ago

Beneficiaries missing the Thursday March 20 deadline for Postbank black cards can still access their grants through a cardless withdrawal system, as confirmed by ...

HPV vaccine programme being rolled out

OWN Correspondent|Published 1 week ago

The provincial department of Health and Wellness urges parents to vaccinate young girls against HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer, through a school health ...

Fond farewell after a quarter century of journalism

Chantel Erfort|Published 1 week ago

As Africa Community Media's pioneering first black female editor bids farewell after 24 transformative years, she reflects on the evolution of community journalism, ...

Kentridge and puppet company re-unite for play

Staff Reporter|Published 1 week ago

William Kentridge and Handspring Puppet Company present Faustus in Africa

From tragedy to triumph. . . Roman

Carolyn Frost|Published 1 week ago

Hello and goodbye. . . young Roman, and companion Samuri, walked to the end of their paddock as I left, as if to say “goodbye, come back soon”. . . Karin Paschen, ...

Book review: Odette

Karen Watkins|Published 1 week ago

Hout Bay author's book follows tale of love and resistance in World War II Paris

From Brahms to Blues at Helderberg Village

Staff Reporter|Published 1 week ago

Concert at Helderberg Village, Brahms to Blues.

Cape Town non-profit clinic celebrates 90 years of life-changing paediatric care

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

St Joseph’s Intermediate Paediatric Care is celebrating close to 90 years of pioneering paediatric healthcare. Founded in September 1935 by the German Pallottine ...

Pride Festival brings rainbows this Saturday

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

The annual Cape Town Pride Festival’s Pride Parade and Mardi Gras will take place on Saturday March 1, bringing to an end the three-week event which started on February ...

The Premier League about to heat up

Tauriq Hassen|Published 2 weeks ago

The football season about to reach the business end, and with many of the group stages out the way, it’s time to separate the men from the boys. That very famous ...

SA version of Thrill Me now on stage

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

Stephen Dolginoff’s internationally acclaimed murder-musical, Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, is being staged at Theatre On The Bay until Saturday March 15. ...

St Patrick’s Day dance

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

CPFs celebrated

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

Bongi Mvuyana brings Power to Bree Street

Staff Reporter|Published 2 weeks ago

Alternative soul artist Bongi Mvuyana is taking her new album, Power, on tour with an intimate performance at Youngblood, in Bree Street in the Cape Town city centre, ...