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Bird lovers can now enjoy a series of walks at Kirstenbosch taking you on a stroll through the Garden with an experienced birder. You can spot and identify some of the 125 bird species known to occur in the Garden. Bring walking shoes, hat and water, as well as weather proof clothing. Binoculars will be very useful. During April these will take place on the 3, 10 and 23. The … [Read more...] about Bird lovers walks at Kirstenbosch

Infecting The City is proud to announce an extension of the Festival for 2013. Rained out from its scheduled time, the Afro Galactic Dream Factory will now take place at Hiddingh Hall on Tuesday 26 March at 8.30 pm. The Afro Galactic Dream Factory is an afro-techno audio-visual symphony, a mash-up of musical genres and artistic disciplines thrown into the bountiful void of … [Read more...] about The Afro Galactic Dream Factory at Hiddingh Hall

Maybe it’s the enigma associated with port cities across the globe: Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, Shanghai…. Perhaps it is the power inherent in the everyday lives of people and their music – think Goema, the musical love child of Cape Town’s past, and the scarred and empty landscape of District Six from which 60 000 residents were forcibly removed in the 1960’s – that has … [Read more...] about DISTRICT SIX ENCOUNTER SERIES

Organisers of the Green Kalahari Canoe Marathon in the Northern Cape predicted a fierce battle for top honours with the top three male paddlers only seconds apart at the start of the 26km final stage. The three day stage race started in Upington in the Northern Cape and finished at Khamkirri near Augrabies covering 99km on the majestic Orange River. In a split-second sprint to … [Read more...] about SPLIT SECOND FINISH IN GREEN KALAHARI CANOE MARATHON

Mikhael Subotzky: Retinal Shift Standard Bank Gallery 17 April – 15 June 2013 Retinal Shift, the exhibition by Mikhael Subotzky, Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for the Visual Arts in 2012, will be on display at Standard Bank Gallery from 17 April to 15 June 2013. This is the final stage in the country-wide tour of the exhibition which was first shown at the National … [Read more...] about Subotzky’s Retinal Shift for final showing at Standard Bank Gallery