Billabong girl picked for World Surfing Games Cape Town beauty and surfer girl, Tanika Hoffman (above), has been chosen as one of six surfers to represent South Africa at the 2013 ISA World Surfing Games in Panama next month.Not only is Tanika Hoffman a sensational surfer, she is beyond beautiful and is the the portrait of a healthy and …
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Heritage Western Cape approves moving the Cenotaph
STANDING ORDERS … The Cenotaph War Memorial in Adderley Street Cape Cenotaph War Memorial on the move The City of Cape Town has been given the go-ahead by Heritage Western Cape (HWC) to relocate the Cenotaph from Adderley Street to the Heerengracht at the intersection with Hertzog Boulevard.ts new position will make it far more accessible to members of the …
Read More »Ocean conservation champion visits Simonstown
LET’S TALK ABOUT … Dr Tony Ribbink of the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST), SST patron Dr Sylvia Earle, Nondomiso the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), Hanli Prinsloo of the I Am Water trust and past premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Ben Ngubane at Earle’s talk ‘Sustainable Seas, the vision, the reality’. Photographer: Desiree Schirlinger Dr Sylvia Earle visits Lawhill …
Read More »Queen Mary 2, the length of three football fields
Right, royal Cape welcome for RMS Queen Mary 2 One of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, the Queen Mary 2, docked at the Eastern Mole in the Port of Cape Town earlier this week. The QM2, which is more than 345m long, has a guest capacity of 3 056 and carries 1 253 crew. Due to its length, the ship …
Read More »Cape Town was a hive of activity on Saturday
Cape Town was a hive of activity on Saturday when a number of events were held around the Peninsula.In the absence of a Stormers match at Newlands, the pride of place went to the Cape Town Carnival on Saturday evening. However, earlier in the day, hundreds of fun-seeking Capetonians made their way to the Boschendal/Jan van Riebeeck Festival, which took …
Read More »The 2013 Cape Town Carnival in pictures
DRUM ROLL … Drumming up support for Mr Chameleon at the Cape Town Carnival on a magical journey of the imagination along the Fan Walk in Green Point. Pic: Herman R Gibbs LOCKING HORNS … Just saying, put that in your pipe and smoke it! Pic: Herman R Gibbs NO WHITE ELEPHANT … This is the Fan Walk. …
Read More »Seli 1 ship wreck reduction efforts to resume next week
KEEP THE CAPE IN SHAPE … The City of Cape Town and the Department of Environmental Affairs are doing their best to preserve the beauty of the Cape coastline, which is so beautifully illustrated here by yet another picture of a stunning sunset, sent in by one of Cape Dreams readers. Wreckage team will get to the bottom of it …
Read More »Time for the Cape Town Carnival again
The Cape Town Carnival is set to ignite the Fan Walk, Somerset Road in Green Point this Saturday, 16 March 2013. More than 2 000 participants will take to the streets under the theme “African Legends”, which organisers say, “celebrates both the country and the city’s rich cultural heritage”. An array of dazzling floats, glittery costumes and stellar entertainment promise …
Read More »Cape Town laying on several athletics events
The City of Cape Town’s Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department, in partnership with Western Province Athletics, will host a number of athletics events during the month of March in order to promote healthy lifestyles and active communities across Cape Town. People of all ages and fitness levels will be able to participate in a range of athletics development fun runs. …
Read More »Cape Town International Jazz Festival – Africa’s biggest and best
espAfrika, organiser of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) have announced the addition of three new acts for the 14th chapter of the international music event, now billed as Africa’s biggest and best. In addition to the more than 37 artists already announced for the 14th CTIJF, an excited Festival Director and espAfrika CEO Rashid Lombard said that the …
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