When: Thu Oct 23, 2025 17:00 – 18:30 (SAST) Where: 11th Floor Council Chambers, 44 Whale Street Who: The guest list is not available MEETING LINK
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Check out Friends of Valkenburg’s newly renovated coffee shop!
From an Obs local via WhatsApp: I just thought it was worth doing a shout out for Friends of Valkenburg trust as I just dropped off our work collection for them. Their NEWLY renovated coffee shop has top tier coffee and the patients are upskilled to become baristas – plus the best thrift shop deals…
Support Friends of the Liesbeek through MySchool card!
Woolworths has a new loyalty programme which means that the causes you chose under MySchool will no longer be supported unless you select your cause on their App within the next 30 days. The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet programme and WRewards has changed to a new loyalty programme called MyDifference. If you still want a portion…
How Women Walk at Midnight aims to ‘challenge the culture of normalised violence against women’
By Tasleem Gierdien, 19 August 2025 Women Walk at Midnight is exactly that — women from communities around the world coming together to walk at midnight, united by a shared purpose and vision to reclaim safety and joy in public spaces. In South Africa, these walks represent both an act of defiance and a glimpse…
City of Cape Town spends nearly R400 MILLION annually cleaning up waste dumped illegally
An image of illegal dumping in Cape Town. Picture: X/CityofCT By Celeste Martin, 26 August 2025 The City states that despite increased enforcement, including 20,000 fines issued in the past year, the illegal dumping problem persists. John Maytham (standing in for Cape Talk’s Lester Kiewit) chats to the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member…
Health fears mount at UN treaty talks: ‘Plastics are everywhere. We can’t protect ourselves’
Photo: Unsplash/engin akyurt By Celeste Martin, 06 August 2025 Environmental experts warn that without bold action; plastic pollution will spiral out of control. 702 and CapeTalk’s Africa Melane speaks to GroundWork campaigner Rico Euripidou, who is in attendance at the INC-5.2 conference in Geneva… READ MORE
Friends of Valkenberg Mandela Week
Obs Library Updates
Hack the Kitchen – Kids Flavour Science Lab
Extracting flavour from indigenous South African plants to make ice cream. The Food Indaba has partnered with the Cape Town Science Centre and Tapi Tapi Ice Cream to stage a series of chemistry and cooking workshops for kids aged 6 – 12. Kids will discover the science of cooking through a series of simple cooking…
What’s on at the Baxter
With winter in full swing, there’s nothing better than stepping out of the cold and into a warm theatre full of bold stories, big emotions and shared joy. Whether it’s a dazzling panto for the whole family or a quietly devastating Tennessee Williams classic, there’s something here for you this July. A Giant of a…