Whats On Category: PAST Events

  Lovers of Cabernet Franc will be excited to attend the 5th Cabernet Franc Festival at Vrede en Lust outside Franschhoek on Saturday 27 May. More than 20 Cabernet Franc producers will offer their 30 wines for tasting at the event. Participating wineries include Anthology Wines, Rietvallei Wine Estate, Marklew Family Wines, Lynx Wine Estate,…

  There is a variety of things to do in the Cape on New Year’s Eve: Taj Cape Town: Dinner R1650/R1850 includes a glass of bubbly and DJ Bacini’s : 3 course meal, DJ, and bubbly, R475 Rooftop Party at Radisson RED: Pascal & Pearce and other DJs, drinks, and food to buy, R1850 Asoka…

  Fancy a spoil when visiting Cape Town? How about taking a helicopter flip over the Mother City? There are some of the helicopter companies offering trips over Cape Town:  City Sightseeing Atlantic Scenic Flight, R1850 for 12 minutes, R2750 for 20 minutes, Cape Peninsula Tour R7350 for 50 minutes. Sport Helicopters:  The Hopper (12…

The South African Jewish Museum on Hatfield Street is an extension of South Africa’s oldest shul, the Gardens Synagogue, its modern architecture creating a fusion with that of the heritage of the synagogue. The Museum contains various displays and exhibitions taking the visitor back to the early roots of South African Jews mainly from Eastern…

Visitors will encounter an array of marine life found on the Cape coastline at the Two Oceans Aquarium in the Waterfront, including sharks, an octopus, stingrays, jelly fish, kelp forests, turtles, starfishes, seahorses, a multitude of fish varieties (including the Longhorn cowfish, Spider crabs, West Coast rock lobsters, eels, and Western clownfish) and penguins. One…

Last week Ramenhead Restaurant opened next door to Labotessa Hotel, a Japanese street food restaurant located on the ground floor of Speakers’ Corner. Sister restaurant FYN is located on the fifth floor of the same building. Ramen is a Japanese noodle dish, using Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a dashi-base broth. Common flavours are soy…

Capetonians celebrate Christmas with an informal lunch on Christmas Day 25 December. The family will celebrate at a restaurant, or at a meal at home, various family members bringing a dish to share for the Christmas table. Family members might wear a paper hat and Christmas crackers are sure to be on the table, containing…

  A number of  Christmas Markets are being held around the Cape this year: Gift Market Strand, until 23 December Pinelands Craft Market, until 22 December South Market, Westcott Primary, Bergvliet, until 23 December Simply Gifts Market, Sans Souci Girls High School, Newlands, until 23 December Boerevintage Gift Market, Redberry Farm, George, until 31 December…

  Blouberg lies north of the Cape Town city centre, and is known to offer the best view of Cape Town’s iconic mountains Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain and Lion’s Head. It is located at the Atlantic Ocean, and is the closest suburb to Robben Island. It has two bays: Big Bay and Little Bay. The…

  Politician Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr was affectionately known as ‘Onze Jan’, our Jan, in Dutch. His statue dominates the centre of Church Square, facing the Groote Kerk, close to Labotessa. Hofmeyr served as a Minister of the Cape House of Assembly during the British rule of the Cape, from 1879 – 1909, representing the Stellenbosch…