Explore Cape Town’s rich astronomical history with a day tour of one of the city’s oldest formal buildings. Your journey includes: ✨ A tour of the historical main building ✨ A walk through the scenic grounds ✨ Visits to telescope domes, including the iconic 120-year-old McClean Telescope ✨ A stop at the SAAO Museum ✨…
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Open studios at the Spice Yard
Deaf school pupils explore career options
Mary Khin School pupils, from left, Joshua Isaacs, Manyano Mbi and Ziyaad Ryklief. Lizahn Bowers – October 18 2024 An Observatory school for deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils held a career day to help them explore options for their future. Mary Kihn School teaches classes for pupils from ages 5 to 18, using either spoken English…
The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history
Lake Yliki in Boeotia, central Greece, with low water levels on July 11, 2024. Aris Oikonomou/AFP/Getty Images Laura Paddison, CNN – 16 October 2024 Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according…
Mdzananda Animal Clinic dog show on 26 October
Sausage dog, Unsplash Tasleem Gierdien – 18 October 2024 The event will take place at the Mdzananda Animal Clinic, located at 21297 Govan Mbeki Road, Mandela Park, Khayelitsha, from 10 am to 1 pm. Africa Melane speaks to Marcelle du Plessis of the Mdzananda Animal Clinic. LISTEN HERE
Come celebrate 28 years of serving the Khayelitsha community with our Fun Dog Show
The Mdzananda Animal Clinic is excited to announce its 28th anniversary of providing essential veterinary care and shelter to the pets of the Khayelitsha community. As the only animal clinic and shelter in the area, Mdzananda plays a vital role in ensuring that many animals receive the health care they need, as private veterinary services…
Cape Town fights uphill battle against ocean and waterway sewage spills
Camps Bay Beach]. Photographer: [Chris von Ulmenstein]. Kristin Engel -15 October 2024 Sewage contamination incidents around parts of Cape Town’s coastline, and the City of Cape Town’s marine outfalls in Camps Bay, Hout Bay and Green Point, where sewage is pumped into the ocean daily, have sparked debate about public health, pollution and infrastructure failures….
Minutes of 3rd Working Committee meeting 1 October 2024 plus important announcement
Two links of interest below (following on the note I shared regarding King David Mowbray Golf Course ‘mixed use’ plans). The first link is short synopsis from Voice of the Cape – regarding social housing development in Rondebosch. The second link relates to heavy traffic congestion in Cape Town. Any further development (and there are…
Tushita Kadampa Meditation Centre open day
Leslie London reviews ‘An Uncomfortable Paradise: A history of dispossession and slavery in Simon’s Town’
Reviewer: Leslie London Book Review Type: Standard Book Review Joline Young’s new book, “An uncomfortable paradise” takes us on a journey, part personal, part historical, and a South African history that few know of – early colonial life in Simons Town. Modern day Simon’s Town is a tourist hub in which South Africa’s naval base…