The PSHB is an invasive species that poses a serious threat to Cape Town’s urban forest. It can easily spread across suburbs if extra precaution is not taken. Apart from infected wood, the beetle can spread through clothing, vehicle crevices, or unclean horticultural equipment. We need the support and collaboration of residents and businesses to prevent the…
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Civic Honours 2025: Cape Town Mayor calls for nominations
13 January 2025 Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and the City of Cape Town are inviting residents to nominate individuals or organisations to be awarded with Civic Honours in 2025. Nominations are now open for two months from 13 January 2025 – 12 March 2025, with the ceremony set to take place later this year… READ MORE
OBSID December 2024 Activity Report
OBSERVATORY LIESBEEK RIVER CLEAN UP STARTED IN 2013
BY CHARMAINE SMITH Anyone who’s started a volunteer initiative will tell you that the biggest challenge is to keep the project going in the long run. Asking people to dedicate their time for free – or donate money towards expenses – is a tough call in an era of busy schedules and economic hardship. But…
Cape Town Open Nights at SAAO
Cape Town Open Nights The SAAO’s headquarters are in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory on the site of the former Royal Observatory. The historic building is recognised as a National Heritage Site, and houses administration facilities, offices, and the SAAO library. You are welcome to visit the SAAO in Cape Town on SAAO Open…
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Cape Town retains title as MOST congested city in South Africa
A bird’s eye view of the City of Cape Town. Picture: SkyPixels/Wikimedia Commons By Chanté Ho Hip, 13 January 2025 The Mother City has the worst traffic in South Africa and some of the worst in the world. As people get back to work and schools prepare to open, it probably won’t surprise residents that…
Greg Frey’s wondrous recommendations for fiction and non-fiction from 2024
From Midjourney One of our favourite writers, Greg Frey, recommends his reads from 2024: FICTION Kitchen – Banana Yashimoto Before Murakami became the go-to for surreal Japanese fiction Yashimoto was blazing the trail. There’s something about her gentle, minimalist style that I adore. This is a book that’s dealing with characters at risk of losing themselves or…
Taking stock, five years on from the pandemic we were about to meet
Meiringspoort. (Photo: Tony Jackman) By Tony Jackman – 20 December 2024 Roads dissipate like shape-shifting mirages when the stories of the unfolding years dissolve into what’s really in front of you. As the final days of the year are swallowed up, you cast an eye over your shoulder and realise how far you’ve all come….
The Spookily Accurate Predictions For 2025 Made 100 Years Ago
Envisioning interactive headsets way back in 1925 is pretty impressive. Image credit: Owlie Productions/Shutterstock.com By BENJAMIN TAUB Freelance Writer Edited by Laura Simmons It’s now a quarter of a century since Y2K, which means we’re well into the futuristic age imagined by the science-fiction writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. And while we’re yet…