Cape Town is the city with the fittest people in South Africa, according to an index by Discovery Vitality. “The Mother City’s urban infrastructure gives Capetonians the edge when it comes to facilities and an environment that encourages and facilitates exercise,” the company said in a statement on Thursday. “Cape Town’s residents have the lowest car dependency in the country …

Let the mothers eat cake, say Tsogo Sun In 2011 Capetonian Lynne Cumings started a Mother’s Day initiative in memory of her mother.  In year one she donated one cake to the Cape Peninsula Organisation for the Aged but vowed to get more people and companies involved going forward.  In year two, with the support of the Kfm Breakfast Team, …

  Pizza perfect: Ghanchaka, May-Lau-Ling and Dangwhoodle The wait is over for pizza lovers, the Col’Cacchio pizzeria Celebrity Chef Series is back!  Four months, four celebrity chefs and four amazing pizzas! Liam Tomlin kicks off in May, followed by extreme adventurer and chef, David Grier in June, and the creative goddesses from Charly’s Bakery in July.And in the spotlight for …

Experience the Vivacious Vixens of the Villa as they entertain you with a volcanic variety of your favourite songs. Performing in their Pradas for over 17 years,  the gals Lilly Slaptsilli and Keiron Legacy will leave audiences spellbound with their craft and array of designer frocks. The MINCE show has been performed locally and abroad and the Southern Sun Cape …

  Spreading the word of coastal conservation to all The Sustainable Seas Trust along with the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) are currently on the SAMSA SEA Pledge Saldanha to Sodwana Tour. For four weeks the team will be touring South Africa’s coastline and spreading the word of coastal conservation to everyone from young school children to the various …

26th April 2013 – 1st May 2013 Start your engines! Get to Canal Walk Shopping Centre’s action-packed, adrenalin-fuelled Motor Show from Friday, 26 April to Wednesday, 1 May 2013. This annual event is pure paradise for the petrol-head. Canal Walk is giving away a CITROËN DS3 THP Sport valued at a whopping R285,000 sponsored by CITROËN Cape Town. All you …

  MEET THE CHAMP … South African free-diving champion and ocean conservationist, Hanli Prinsloo, was the acclaimed guest speaker at the Sustainable Seas Trust and South African Maritime Safety Authority’s SEA Pledge Saldanha to Sodwana Tour function held at Misty Waves Hotel in Hermanus.                                                                  Photographer: Desiree Schirlinger   Hanli Prinsloo: ‘The ocean is your garden’ “When the sperm …

  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 …

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 …

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 …