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FEATURES6–9 Planting Seeds to Hunt the Wind Photo essay by Subtle Agency/!Khwattu on sangomas, trance, and the relevance of fynbos as a natural medicine

10–13 Sense of the Land INTERVIEW with neuropsychoanalyst and Franschhoek wine farmer Mark Solms on social sustainability, and what it meant to him when a farm worker with a 7000-year-old stone tool declared, “My people were here before yours.”

50–53 Fashion Kaapse-Klopse-inspired looksin the sand dunes of Atlantis Plus trends ofthe season, and the revival of isishweshwe

54–61 Wine and Dine Pssst: Where CapeTown’s top chefs go for elegant dining,and where they order their scrambled eggs.Plus: overview of where our food comes from…

60 Seasons’s Choice Wine (60–61), Golf(62–63), Cars (64–65). AND in Books (84–86)INTERVIEW with Roger Smith, who has

shaken up crime writing with his visceral portrayals of Cape Town’s underbelly

70 OPINION Cape Town Stadium – what it is,and what it could have been

92–93 Where Hippos Roam – take a city safarinear the demographic centre of Cape Town

74–81 SPECIAL: Sharks What they eat, how to avoid them, and where to dive to keep one of their teeth as a souvenir

82–83 Get to Know Your City 021 visiteda nuclear particle accelerator located nextto Khayelitsha

88–91 Going for the Source – free-hiking theLiesbeek River from its mouth to the flanksof Table Mountain

PLUSDiary Listings on upcoming Festivals in theCape (18–20) and Southern Africa (22),Classical Music (24–25), Music Concertsand Parties (26–33), Theatre, Comedy andOpera (34–36), Visual Arts (44–46), Sports(68,71), NEW Dance (40–42, includesan INTERVIEW on Rieldans 72–73) and movie releases (97–101)

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Bridging mountains

The night before I was to write this Ed’s note, I witnessed another utterly and devastatingly beautiful, out-of-this-world Cape Town summer evening.It started with finding a good parking spot near Maiden’s Cove. I flip-flopped past the Bungalow crowd, descended onto Clifton 4th, and set up picnic among thousands of relaxed fellow Capetonians, who would soon leap to their feet to dance to this year’s Moonstruck band. Meanwhile the sun set, the moon rose, casting a golden reflection on the yachts moored in a very tranquil bay, while above us, amongst the stars, headlamps of Lion’s Head hikers flashed like luminous glowworms. It seemed as if the whole world had come out to enjoy itself.

Moments like these leave me close to speechless, with not much more to say than thankyouthankyouthankyou, to whoever might be so unfortunate as to have to listen to it.

This was the same week when many of us gathered at Kirstenbosch to see a movie under the stars; when hundreds of us practised yoga on Sea Point Promenade; when open-air concerts were held in the Winelands; when we came together to watch the host nation play Pakistan at Newlands. Not to mention those of us who enjoy being in Mother Nature on their own or with friends and family. Never truly alone, but literally in the company of a million others – all in the spirit of peace and joy.

Yet, this was also the very same week when Oscar Pistorius fell from grace, accused of having murdered his girlfriend. The same week when a girl in Bredasdorp had been laid to rest after being brutally raped and murdered. A week when possibly 25 000 others in this country were also raped.

How can these two opposing energies of peace and abuse occur in the same place, at the same time? Not only now, but always. By the time you read this, you continue to live in the utter beauty

that is Cape Town, and yet it will again be a time when something terrible has happened. This dichotomy is something that we all live with, no matter if we are affected directly or not, whether we are born-and-bred Capetonians, those who recently moved here, or have only come for a visit. We all face the same challenge. How can we come to terms with this?

In this edition of 021 Magazine, we want to show what can be done by featuring people and organisations that claim some success in transformation. Like a farmer who found a way to change a fearful relationship with his workers into one of trust (not an easy feat, considering recent farm strikes and a latest ranking that places South Africa in 144th place in terms of labourer/employer co-operation – out of 144 countries).

We interview a crime writer who draws his inspirations from the Cape Flats, and show photographs of artists who are drawn to ancient healing methods alive in the Cape. We asked our contributors to overcome their fears, whether they jump into an abyss, dive with sharks or spend a night on an island near Grassy Park. At the same time we honour those who make countless efforts for change in the creative arts, be it through their involvement in theatre or music, their skills, or their motivational strength. They are all stories of success, and ultimately of beauty. They all show the spirit that can come alive.

Tell me what you think of all this. Email me at editor@021magazine.co.za – I would love to hear from you and possibly publish your comments in the next edition.

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Dorothy Williams, herb seller and granddaughter of Wilhelmina Kleinschmidt (who sat for Vladimir Tretchikoff’s painting The Herb Seller) embracing Sutherlandia, commonly known as kankerbos, at her regular harvest site on the sandy slopes of the Karbonkelberg in Hout Bay.

Namanin “Wilde Boesman” Jan Oeliset Org, and his wife, Belinda Org, view the landscape through the leaves of a !Guxa bush in the Kgalagadi desert near Struizendam, Northern Cape. !Guxa is a foundational San medicine used for soul healing.

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Jean-Pierre James, also known as Judah, the Rastafarian “kruiedokter”, curator of the SANBI Indigenous Medicinal Herbal Demonstration Garden in Franschhoek (Western Cape), with his partner, Jessica van Rooyen, who is expecting their first child. They stand next to the medicine, umhlonyane (wilde als), which is the first herb given to an infant as a tea, as it is good for colic.

Mtambalala sangoma and maskandi star Thongo Tutsu sleeping in a forest of ilitha medicines. This “dreaming medicine”, which was divinely given to him at the age of nine, enhances his communication with amadlozi (ancestral spirits).

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Sangoma Veronica Mhlazi, a diviner from Bizana, holding udakwa bulbs at Ntufufu River mouth, Mtambalala, Eastern Cape. She is offering pre-dawn prayers to the water spirits so they will energetically charge the medicines.

Oom Calitz Cloete, from Steinkopf – founding manager of the Nama community centre, KooRooKoo – working on his mineral shrine.

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Spirit worker and Griekwa elder Mary “Magda” McCloud using mphephu in a healing ceremony in her consulting room in Lavender Hill, Cape Town. Ouma Magda plays a pivotal leadership role within contemporary Khoi politics and took up her calling as a healer at the age of 11.

Originally, the Cape boasted more plant species than the entire Northern Hemisphere. It also is home to the greatest non-tropical concentration of higher plant species in the world. However, when taking a first glimpse at fynbos or renosterveld, two of the Cape’s most important vegetation types, this botanical wealth is not very apparent. Outside of flowering season, the uninitiated might be struck by a rather unspectacular array of bushes of pale complexion. Botanists call the fynbos a sclerophyllous shrubland, a term that doesn’t evoke a land where milk and honey flow either. No wonder then that early European travellers, especially those with an empty stomach, expressed a slight disappointment at what came into view after a long voyage across the oceans.

The paradox of being right in the middle of some of the planet’s highest plant diversity, yet without much that’s yummy to nibble on, save perhaps the pulp from sour figs, shows how much we depend on indigenous knowledge to uncover the wealth at our feet. If it hadn’t been for the first inhabitants of this land, and their methods of intuition and trial and error, chances are the properties of rooibos, hoodia, or buchu, would have gone unnoticed. And with it the chance for healing.

This is what botanical, medicinal and anthropological research, combined with gardening, has tried to correct. Planting seeds to hunt the wind, a new photographic exhibition at the !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre near Yzerfontein on the West Coast, focuses on the role of healers.

Each image shows a healer in relation to a particular medicinal plant or natural curative substance of their choice. Although African healing practice draws on a broad-based body of collective

knowledge about the therapeutic properties of each substance used for healing, a large element of it is also subjective and interpersonal. In indigenous medicine, cosmos (outer) and psyche (inner) are intertwined, and spirituality finds a place in the practice of curative knowledge. Its most important ritual continues to be the healing or trance dance that enables healers to receive power from the spirit world and might include advice on plants to use for healing. Although mood-altering plants are not generally used during the trance dance, plants that enhance the senses, such as sweet-smelling buchu, are sometimes used to help people enter the trance. When entering the spirit world, powerful animals are believed to facilitate the journey.The metaphysical experience of healing is practised by a diverse group of kruiedokters, bossiedokters, smeerdokters and sangomas who work with African indigenous plant medicines in the Western, Eastern and Northern Cape provinces, and whose practices reflect those of their hunter-gatherer forebears.

Images are by Subtle Agency, a heterodox group of artists from different cultural backgrounds who have come together to explore everyday San and Khoikhoi healing practices. Julia Raynham, who initiated the project, explains: “We wanted to highlight a way of relating to nature that is outside of the middle-class Western construction of nature as a space of leisure. For African healing practitioners, nature is alive and sentient. Similarly, natural medicines are understood to be catalysts of life force or vectors for communication.”

Planting seeds to hunt the wind is a new exhibition at the !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre. Grootwater Farm , R27, 022 492 2998, www.khwattu.org

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Mark, did anyone strike on your farm during the latest protests?No, in our setup the farm workers would be striking against themselves. The farm workers, another farmer next door and I created a partnership called Solms-Delta where we each have one third of the shares. So our farm workers are also farm owners. The principle is that if you are on the same side then there is nothing to fight about.

What about the strikes turning violent in Marikana or in the Winelands?Those people have the feeling that they’ve got nothing to lose. What is increasingly worrying is that people say, “At this point I don’t care, now I’m going to throw away the little I’ve got.” This leads to self-destructive mob situations. The opposite approach is obviously so much better: the economy has to be owned by all of us. That is the principle we work with on our little farm, and one that is also applicable across other sectors of the economy and in our country.

Some of the very rich so-called “Winelands billionaire” farmers give their workers higher salaries, a bonus at the end of the year, two free chickens per week for consumption, free transportation in case of medical emergencies, free accommodation, and ownership of a small plot of land where workers can grow crops for additional income. Obviously not every farmer can afford these measures, but for those who have the means, is this a way forward to a broader solution?Charity is better than nothing. I’m sure that it comes from good intentions. But it’s also possible for it to be designed to prevent a solution, designed to keep things the same. The largesse to give a fraction of what you’ve got doesn’t

change anything. People don’t want to be only the beneficiaries of charities. What we have to do is something more fundamental, something more structural. We need redistribution of assets and of land. In our industry there has to be land reform. The situation is very dangerous. You only have to look at Zimbabwe to see where it ends. If we don’t take the matter into our hands, and find proactive and sincere solutions, eventually destruction and primitive emotions will win, and we will all be the poorer for it.

You work in London and New York as a neuropsychoanalyst and hold a chair in neuropsychology at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital. You left South Africa as a young man during apartheid times, and took over your family’s farm in the Franschhoek valley in 2001. Does it help to be able to see South Africa from different perspectives?When you are in South Africa you get caught up in all the emotions. It is very difficult to stay clear of the emotions, to see the patterns; I think it helped me a lot to distance myself from South Africa for that length of time, not to be so buffeted by all the emotions. In my profession as a clinician I am faced with crisis all the time. I have to learn to be analytical, separate my emotions from my thinking, even when I am under fire, even when I am anxious. I have to ask questions such as what are the symptoms, and what is the mechanism behind them? What does this all mean?

When you took over your farm, you first decided to stop production for three months and call in archaeologists and oral historians from UCT to unravel its history. Why did you do that?What I originally saw on the surface was a very difficult situation. I tried to engage

with the farm workers in discussing how we can make this a different sort of farm. How can we make this a farm that will be in tune with the vision of a transformed South Africa? Instead the workers were scared of me, they didn’t trust me, they felt ignorant and ashamed. They didn’t even look into my eyes. I felt very daunted by this situation.

Clinically speaking, would you call the way that the farm workers first reacted to you as them being traumatised? Definitely, I agree with that, but I don’t think that the farm workers are the patient and I am the doctor. The farm owner is a central part of the problem. We are all the patient.

How important is history in the context of your farm, yet also in the context of your work as a psychonanalyst?If anyone is to analyse an impossibly complicated, knotted moral problem, it is vital to look at the underlying structure. Once you take a cross section, once you see how it all arose, once you get to the origins, to the underlying principles, then it all gets much clearer. It’s about taking the history. You have to get to the history, it is absolutely standard clinical practice. Just by seeing the underlying structure you have already simplified it.

What exactly happened once you began to work with the experts from the university?They recorded the process. We did this together in my house. We didn’t compel anyone to take part but many people on the farm joined us. We started with our own life histories and we told each other how apartheid had affected us. This is something that you can read up in a textbook, but you need to do it personally and concretely, experience it and talk with each other about it.

Sense of the LandThe last few months have seen violent strikes in the Winelands. Three people have been killed, vineyards burnt down, and access to wine farms and major roads was blocked. 021’s editor Bernard Franz talks with Mark Solms, a renowned psychoanalyst and Franschhoek wine farmer, about the sense of land, chicken for charity, and what it meant to him when a farm worker with a 7000-year-old stone tool declared, “My people were here before yours.”

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I can’t begin to tell you the impact that it had on me. To hear about the grinding poverty of people living on the farm. One after another after another telling the same stories. How they had no shoes, how excited they were when they got their first shoes. How in winter they kept their feet warm by putting them into cow shit, because that was warm. How they had to stop going to school, because with all the hard work on the farm the parents got sick, and in order to keep the house the children had to work for the farmer. And over and over again you hear: “I had to give up school when I was 9, I had to give up school when I was 11.” Over and over again the same stories.

No one, unless you are a monster, can be unaffected by hearing this. And then also me as a white person telling my story, that of the privileged life I had under apartheid with my little problems that I thought were important.

How did the farm workers react to the process of someone taking their life histories?They were quite impressed that white people from the university wanted to hear their life stories, that they wanted to record them. The people from the farms are normally very marginalised people, they are not considered important by anyone. Nobody wants to talk to them. For them it was important to have someone record their struggles and to ask them questions about their experiences.

What are some of the discoveries you made about the farm’s history?First of all that there are people on the farm who are descendants of the San and Khoikhoi. They had a hunter-gatherer economy, and they were pastoralists. The land was there for everyone to use. And then suddenly one year, in 1690 in the case of our valley, they find that this land belongs to these white okes, who say sorry this is my farm. Can you imagine, they had no idea what it meant that this land belongs to them? The concept of land ownership destroyed the economies of the indigenous populations, which in turn caused mutual incomprehension, migration, death. When there weren’t enough people to work the land, our ancestors brought in slaves from the East. When my farm was established in 1690 there were already more slaves in the Cape than settlers. The people living on the farm today are either there because their ancestors’ land

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attract the right kind of people. In the past few years many farmers have come and visited us and they have seen how our system works. Farmers are very practical people, as in the saying ’n boer maak ’n plan. They make a plan. I hope that this attitude will prevail. At the same time I don’t believe our way is the only way. More important is the attitude to acknowledge the problem. We have to admit that our history has left us with these inequities. So let’s sit down and look at this. Things that we wished away, have not gone away. Things that we thought we could miracle away in 1994 are still with us. At first when the strikes started some farmers became more defensive, and some workers became more aggressive. Now there is a little bit of tension. But we are very optimistic that we get this back on track once the strikes are over.

Is there any support system available for those farmers who are interested in your concept? What is the government doing, both nationally, provincially and locally? We launched the Franschhoek Transformation Charter last year. Desmond Tutu came to us and we had a huge turnout of a very diverse group of people of English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa backgrounds at the local Dutch Reformed Church. We had meetings with WOSA (Wines of South Africa), WIETA (Wine Industry Ethical Trade Association), with the provincial minister of economic development, Alan Winde, and with others in the industry. We see that there is a willingness to find ways to tackle this on a bigger scale.

You yourself once said that South African wine was kak, because the history of South African wine is kak. The attitude of the farm workers always has an effect on the product. It matters how much they care, it matters if they hate the person they work for. To make wine both in the field and in the cellar is labour-intensive, slow, difficult and backbreaking work, month after month, and there are a million ways to sabotage wine. In the end, attitude and emotions will have an effect on the flavour and the quality of the wine. It’s a bit like having a very good recipe. It still matters how a person prepares it.The long history of South African wine hasn’t actually been a very successful one. The current success really has to do with what happened in the early 1990s when international perception shifted towards

was taken away from them, or because their ancestors were taken away against their will from their homes to work for our ancestors. What does that do to the soul of those people? It’s dangerous. Someone was hurt, and these things have still not come right.

How does this reflect on the labour situation?The bottom line is that this is not a normal labour situation. The people who now work on the farm never had a chance to seek work in a normal situation such as: I am willing to sell my labour to you, if you tell me what you are willing to pay me. The people are there anyway. They are there because of our history. That has nothing to do with choice. You own the land, and they have to work for you. They have no other skills. They have no other home. You have to employ them, otherwise you’ve got a problem, because you’ve got those people living on your farm whether you employ them or not. This is a very sick situation. It is a history of the dispossession of the local people and the dislocation of the slaves, and we are still living with the consequences today.

Did the archaeologists and oral historians make any recommendations?They educated us, yes. For example, I didn’t realise that it is considered shameful for many South African farm workers to be descended from slaves, or that it is even shameful for them to be descendants of the San. The experts from the university explained what it really means to be descended from slaves or Bushmen. They showed them that their ancestors had been here for thousands and thousands of years, they took them to see evidence of their ancestors’ skills such as stone tools or paintings in the mountains. The archaeologists consistently asked them to dig with them. It was an incredible process of discovery and it brought up all sorts of facts, such as thousands of stone tools. This discovery creates a new context, one in which a farm worker can stand in front of me with a 7000-year-old stone tool which he found 40m away from my stoep, look me in the eye and declare: “My people were here before yours.”

Doesn’t this powerful statement also question your land ownership? Many so-called Truth and Reconciliation events around the world prove time and

again that it is one thing to bring out the truth, but quite another to find a way to compensate for injustice. Once you assessed the situation, what came next? What I recognised is that it’s not right how we got the land, but also that I don’t want to give the farm back. I am a sixth generation landowner, and my children are the seventh generation. When I spoke to the farm workers about this, it was not hard for them to understand. Nobody expects you to not act in your own self-interest. Nobody is a saint.

Eventually I didn’t give my farm back. In fact I didn’t give anything away. All that I did was take a risk, or actually not even that. I only acknowledged a risk, the risk that we are not living in a sustainable situation because this situation is built on a past that causes suffering. And that we need to do something that is more fair. This applies not only to one farm, but to the whole country.

People avoid these conversations because they are scared, and guilty, and because these emotions get in the way, but if you face the emotions then you can see the solutions. In my case we came to a very simple one: we went to the bank and we asked it to take the value of my farm and that of another farmer next door as security, so that the farm workers could buy a farm next to ours. In that way it now is my responsibility to make sure that their farm succeeds, because if it doesn’t then my farm is on the line as well. This way we created a realistic basis to share skills and operations.

How do other farmers in the valley react to your initiative? Surely not every farmer can afford to take the steps you took. We are fortunate in that our initiatives

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the country, and its wine. This history has not yet come to an end.

In South Africa we are still finding our terroir, this concept which the French use to indicate a sense of place. To me the central feature of the South African terroir is its labour relationships. If we improve this, it can make a world of difference to the quality of South African wine.

You have been hosting the Oesfees, a harvest festival, for the past seven years. How many people attend the festival?If we count the number of paying visitors we see that the festival has risen considerably, to 5500 last year. This year we are planning to have 7000 people. This shows that there is a great demand for this kind of festival. Apart from paying visitors, farm workers from our three combined farms have free access.

We also give 12 tickets each to the 46 farms in the Franschhoek valley.

That’s quite a different approach from many other harvest and street festivals across the country, that charge a fee to locals and visitors alike, which in many cases excludes poorer locals from attending these festivals, or to even be barred access to public spaces. The tragedy of this is multiplied by the fact that many organisers don’t even realise that this is a problem. And imagine the consequences this has for the people of the town, or to the terroir for that matter, to have the majority of the people excluded from a joyful event that celebrates their industry, their farm, or their town.

The original recipe of wine harvest festivals in the Mediterranean also included the loud arrival of the wine god Dionysus who brought with him

wine, music and ecstatic dance. How much of this wilder, more provocative spirit of the harvest festival do you see come alive in the Oesfees?There was indeed a fear of these boisterous elements when we first started out, and I think it again has to do with our history. South Africa had none of the spontaneous celebrations, none of that joyful, defiant, exuberant, even destructive elements in its harvest season, that was part of all European winegrowing cultures. Most of us in South Africa would want the idea of a rainbow nation to work, but we just don’t always know how to do it. Surprisingly enough, the kind of revelry we see at the Oesfees today is completely harmless. There is no unpleasantness. The purpose of the Oesfees is to give a heartfelt, genuine thank you to the workers for the harvest and the season, and it is also a celebration of the farm worker’s culture, their music and their dances.

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021’s Events Calendar From 7 March 2013

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Infecting the City

12–16 MARCH / INFECTING THE CITY is an annual public arts festival. Local and international artists create artworks to celebrate the communal spaces of Cape Town’s City Centre, encouraging audiences to see, hear, touch, smell and participate; and to relook at their role as citizens, bystanders, and activators. www.infectingthecity.com

15–17 MARCH / FLAMJANGLED TEA PARTY Durbanville, www.theteaparty.co.za

16 MARCH / 12PM / INAUGURAL FRANSCHHOEK SUMMER WINES Leopard’s Leap

16 MARCH / CAPE TOWN CARNIVAL Fanwalk

22 MARCH / 5PM / SPIRITFEST YOGA AND DANCE FESTIVAL Lievland Estate, R44, Stellenbosch, webtickets.co.za

23 MARCH / 8.30–9.30PM / EARTH HOUR an annual worldwide event, encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain, and across the 021 area

29 MARCH / VORTEX TRANCE PARTY

5–6 APRIL / CAPE TOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL www.capetownjazzfest.com

5–7 APRIL / THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY FESTIVAL Simon’s Town, www.navy.mil.za

11–14 APRIL / TASTE OF CAPE TOWN Green Point Cricket Club, www.tasteofcapetown.com

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THIS IS PEAK TIME FOR FESTIVALS IN THE CAPE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE bEST:

Wacky Wine Weekend in Robertson

26–28 APRIL / SA CHEESE FESTIVAL Sandringham Estate, Stellenbosch

27 APRIL / JUNGALA TRANCE FESTIVAL

4 MAY / ORGANIK LOVE PROJEKT

23-26 MAY / GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW CTICC, www.goodfoodandwineshow.co.za

10 JUNE–7 JULY / VODACOM FUNNY FESTIVAL Mon–Sat 8pm, Sun 7 July 8pm, Baxter Concert Hall

Omniberg “Round the Rocks’ fesitval

SOME WINE FESTIVALS THIS SEASON 9 MARCH / OMMIbERG “ROUND THE ROCK 2013”Taste the first of the 2013 vintage along the Paarl Wine Route, unfiltered and straight from the tank in the middle of harvest time. Wines are paired with creative adaptations of the traditional onion tart, alongside other unusual gourmet offerings.Children can enjoy pony rides, slip-n-slides, tractor and trailer rides. For the adults there is a Masterchef cooking demonstration, art exhibitions and glass blowing. Immerse yourself in the traditional harvest activities, such as cellar tours, grape stomping and grape tastings. More information about Ommiberg and the Paarl Wine Route at www.paarlwine.co.za or www.ommiberg.co.za. Book at Computicket.

23 MARCH/ OESFEES Amateur and professional bands from all over the Boland flock to Solms-Delta’s outdoor stage, entertaining thousands of revellers who bop and sway to the sounds of goema, Cape jazz, langarm, vastrap and boeremusiek. Rustic local cuisine is served all day. Solms-Delta, Delta Road, off the R45, Groot Drakenstein, Franschhoek Valley, 021 874 3937, www.solms-delta.co.za

18–21 APRIL / CONSTANTIA FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL www.constantiafoodandwine.co.za

6–9 JUNE / kykNET WACKY WINE WEEKEND Robertson. With 48 wineries participating. To win four double tickets for the Wacky Wine Weekend follow 021 on facebook.com/021magazine, or twitter @021magazine. More on the festival at www.wackywineweekend.com

WACKY WINE WEEKENDPick up the pace and get ready for fun – loads of it. Because Wacky Wine Weekend means, well, a whole weekend of wine and being wacky.This is the festival that has come to inspire a yearly wine pilgrimage to the Robertson Wine Valley – thousands and thousands of wine lovers turn the Valley into a hive of activity as more than 50 cellars put their grandest foot forward. Friends and families try their hand at games they’ve never played before, while making friends with people they’ve never met before. They eat what they like, choose between an endless array of prize-winning wines and bubblies, and find a show for whatever kind of mood they’re in. There’s simply no excuse for boredom – and no excuse for sitting still. 

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Youth Big Band and later with the Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra under the musical direction of Ian Darrington. After leaving school AJ spent three years studying, playing and singing at the Leeds College of Music. Contact Ann Barr on 082 451 3696.

11 APRIL / CAPE TOWN STEELBAND FESTIVALIn its third year, participating school and community bands include Wynberg Boys’ Senior and Junior Steelband, and Riebeek Kasteel. Afrotropic, Graeme College, and the UK-based PanJazz make a guest appearance. Contact David Wickham on 082 898 9663.

Cape Town Marimba Festival

12 APRIL / CAPE TOWN MARIMBA FESTIVAL with bands from high schools such as Herschel Girls, Bishops, Pinelands, Edgemead, Manenberg, Rustenburg Girls, Parklands, Springfield Convent, St George’s, Wynberg Girls, St Cyprians, American International School, and Touch Wood. Contact Ross Johnson on 082 838 2021 or Ann Barr on 082 451 3696.

All tickets are R90 adults, and R45 for seniors/scholars/students. Book through Computicket – 0861 915 8000.

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29 MAY–1 JUNE / CAPE TOWN BIG BAND JAZZ FESTIVALTo celebrate 15 years at the Baxter Concert Hall, 24 school, college and community big bands and special guest artists participate in the four-day festival. One highlight is the presence of AJ Brown, who will perform on stage and offer vocal workshops. This young, Yorkshire-born singer-songwriter and saxophonist takes his inspirations from greats such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall and Michael Bublé. Picking up the alto saxophone at a very early age, AJ first played with the Calderdale

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With festivals, markets, performances and live shows, there’s always something happening in Cape Town. And, with regular buses to popular areas in the citycentre and beyond, MyCiTi will get you around to where it’s happening.

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CAPE FESTIVALS THIS SEASON 19–24 MARCH / KNYSNA LITERARY FESTIVAL

www.knysnaliteraryfestival.co.za

22–23 MARCH / LAMBERTSBAAI CRAYFISH FESTIVAL

29 MARCH–6 APRIL / KLEIN KAROO NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL (KKNK) Oudtshoorn, www.kknk.co.za

1–5 MAY / PINK LOERIE MARDI GRAS Knysna

1–6 MAY AFRIKABURN / Tankwa-Karoo National Park

14–17 JUNE / CALITZDORP PORT&WINE FESTIVAL www.portwinefestival.co.za

28 JUNE–7 JULY / KNYSNA OYSTER FESTIVAL

AND BEYOND… 21–23 MARCH / WAKKERSTROOM MUSIC

FESTIVAL Mpumalanga, www.wmfestival.co.za

28 MARCH–1 APRIL / SPLASHY FEN MUSIC FESTIVAL Himelville, KZN

6–28 APRIL / WINDHOEK KARNIVAL www.windhoek-karneval.com

10–20 APRIL / NO.1 LADIES’ OPERA FESTIVAL Gaborone, www.botswanaoperafestival.com

30 APRIL–5 MAY / HIFA HARARE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS Harare, www.hifa.co.zw

23–26 MAY / SOWETO FASHION WEEK

31 MAY–2 JUNE / BUSHFIRE FESTIVAL Swaziland, www.bush-fire.com

27 JUNE–7 JULY / NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Grahamstown, www.nationalartsfestival.co.za

9–14 JULY / VRYFESTIVAL OF PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS Bloemfontein, www.vryfees.co.za

9–11 AUG / OPPIKOPPI FESTIVAL Northam, www.oppikoppi.co.za

23–31 AUG / SHUNGU NAMUTITIMA (SMOKE THAT THUNDERS) INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF ZAMBIA Livingstone, www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

28 AUG–8 SEPT / JOMBA! CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXPERIENCE Durban, www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

10–19 SEPT / DOCKANEMA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL Dockanema, Avenida do Zimbabwe, Maputo, www.dockanema.org

24–29 SEPT / INTWASA FESTIVAL OF COLOURS Bulawayo, www.intwasa.org

4–7 OCT / BLANTYRE ARTS FESTIVAL www.blantyreartsfestival.org

14–18 OCT / POETRY AFRICA Durban and across southern Africa, www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

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2-12 May 2013 | aRTscape opeRa house

alexander dumas’ story, La Belle Dame aux Camelias, was one of the best-loved works of the nineteenth century. his inspiration came from a personal experience in which his mistress, Marie duplessis, served as the archetype for the story’s own tragic heroine, Marguerite gautier.

The first balletic treatment of the story was in 1857, when f Termanini presented a danced version. Veronica paeper’s masterpiece on the subject, Camille, was written in 1990 and last seen in cape Town in 2007, a season which marked the last performance of south africa’s foremost partnership of the time, Tracy li and daniel Rajna, in the roles of camille and armand.

The forthcoming season in May 2013 marks the return to the stage of li, dancing this time with relative newcomer, Jesse Milligan. other casts of Camille are laura bosenberg and kim Vieira, while armand is danced by Thomas Thorne and daniel szybkowski.

The season by the cape ToWn ciTy balleT will be accompanied at selected performances by the cape philhaRMonic orchestra.

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Kristian Benedikt sings the title role, with Ferrier Prize-winning South African soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon returning from London to make her role debut as Desdemona. George Stevens brings one of his signature roles, Iago, to Cape Town for the first time, while Brad Cohen leads the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Artscape

14 APRIL / 4.30PM / KLASSIEKE COLLAGEStaff and students of the University of Stellenbosch raise funds for the music department. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

16 APRIL / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

18 APRIL / 10.45AM / CASA LABIA MORNING CONCERT with Shirley Sutherland (soprano), Michael Blake (trumpet) and Albert Combrink (piano). Casa Labia, Muizenberg

18 APRIL / 7.30PM / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR The Cape Philharmonic and Cape Town Opera present Richard Bonynge, the world-renowned conductor in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor featuring soprano Pretty Yende (Lucia di Lammermoor), tenor Colin Lee (Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood) baritone George Stevens (Lord Enrico Ashton) and singers from Cape Town Opera and the Voice of the Nation Choir. Artscape Opera House

19 APRIL / 8PM / USSBE BAND EXTRAVAGANZA directed by Pamela Kierman with local brass and wind ensembles. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

20 APRIL / 7.30PM / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Richard Bonynge has conducted in the world’s leading opera houses in Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand and Asia. He is celebrated for leading the renaissance of 18th and early-19th century musical theatre. Pretty Yende made her debut to great acclaim at La Scala, Milan in 2010. She scooped top awards at the Operalia 2011 competition in Moscow, won the Zarzuela Award and the Audience’s Choice Prize, the Vincenzo Bellini International Voice Competition, and shared first prize in the Savonnlina International Singing Competition. Colin Lee, who attended the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School at his early age, has since established himself as one of Britain’s leading tenors in the bel canto repertoire. The Cape Town-born baritone George Stevens held his European opera debut at the Bayerisches Staatstheater in Munich. Mr Stevens’s repertoire of masses and oratorios include the Verdi Requiem under the baton of Sir David Wilcox with the London Bach Choir. Artscape Opera House

20 APRIL / 8PM / AMSTERDAM WIND QUINTET Baxter Concert Hall

21 APRIL / 9.30AM / MASS WITH THE CHOIR OF THE HOLY CROSS, NYANGA St George’s Cathedral

21 APRIL / 4.30PM / NORDIC VOICES a six-voice a cappella ensemble with a wide range of medieval to contemporary works. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

25 APRIL / 7.30PM / ALELLELUIA – ADAGIO with the

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TOP CLASSICAL MUSIC STAGES IN THE 021 AREA

ARTSCAPE 1–10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.zaTHE BAXTER THEATRE COMPLEX Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.zaCAPE TOWN CITY HALL Darling Street (opposite Grand Parade)ENDLER CONCERT HALL Cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345HUGO LAMBRECHTS MUSIC CENTRE Picton Street, Parow, 021 939 9105, www.hugolambrechts.co.zaST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Cnr Buitengracht and Somerset roads, De Waterkant, 083 355 6371, www.standrew.stgeorgessingers.org.zaST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL Wale Street, 021 424 7360, 083 388 3444, www.stgeorgescathedral.com

8 MARCH / 7PM / CAPE CLASSIC with works by Beethoven, Glinka, Von Kruft, Mozart and Stamitz. Lanzerac Estate, Lanzerac Road, Stellenbosch, 011 340 8000, www.cape-classic.com

8 MARCH / 8PM / CHORAL MUSIC for Benjamin Britten. St George’s Singers conducted by Barry Smith. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Green Point

8 MARCH / 8PM / AFRIKAANSE LIED with Schola Cantorum and Hanneli Rupert (mezzo-soprano). Part of Woordfees. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

9 MARCH / 6PM / CAPE CLASSIC with works by Beethoven, Boccherini, Danzi, Puccini, Punto and Verdi. Residence of the Italian Ambassador, 31 Upper Torquay Avenue, Bishopscourt, 011 340 8000, www.cape-classic.com

9 MARCH / 7PM / BACH CELLO SUITES WITH PETER MARTENS (CELLO) Part of Woordfees. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch.

9 MARCH / 8.15PM / MISA CRIOLLA AND NAVIDAD NUESTRA with Amanda Strydom and the Libertas Choir. Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch

9 MARCH / 8 PM / ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA Ranked as the best symphony orchestra in the world in 2008, the orchestra is in South Africa to celebrate its 125 years of existence. Artscape Opera House, DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 410 9800

12 MARCH / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

14 MARCH / 10.45AM / MORNING CONCERT with Joanna Westers (violin) and Anne Marshall (piano). Casa Labia, Main Road, Muizenberg, www.casalabia.co.za

15 MARCH / 8PM / BACH, MOZART, MESSIAEN, LISZT AND PROKOFIEV by Willem de Beer (piano). St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

16 MARCH / 8PM / CANTICUM NOVUM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA perform Handel’s Coronation Anthem and Schubert Mass in A-flat, D. 678. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

17 MARCH / 4.30PM / YOSSI RESHEF PIANO RECITAL The Endler Concert Series presents Israeli pianist Yossi Reshef. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

20 MARCH / 10.30AM / SOUTH AFRICAN SOPRANOS Lynelle Kenned, Goitsemang Lehobye and Janelle Visagie. Baxter Theatre

20 MARCH / 7PM / EVENING CONCERT WITH STUDENTS FROM UCT OPERA SCHOOL Casa Labia, Main Road, Muizenberg, www.casalabia.co.za

22 MARCH / 8PM / JACQUES-PIERRE MALAN (CELLO) AND PIETER VAN ZYL (PIANO) play Brahms and Rachmaninov. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

23 MARCH / 8PM / LUKAS VONDRACEK PIANO RECITAL with Brahms Piano Pieces Op. 118, Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30, Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42, Chopin Two Nocturnes, Martinu Three Czech Dances. Baxter Concert Hall

23 MARCH / 7PM / CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT with percussionists Cherilee Adams and Dylan Tabisher. La Motte Wine Estate

24 MARCH / 7PM / PERGOLESI’S STABAT MATER with soloists Lente Louw and Minette du Toit-Pearce. St Georges Cathedral

26 MARCH / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

26 MARCH–13 APRIL / A HANDFUL OF KEYS with Jonathan Roxmouth and Roelof Colyn. Theatre on the Bay

29 MARCH / 9AM / SOLEMN LITURGY for Good Friday is sung by True Voices, directed by Patrick Cordery. At noon THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST by Haydn in a transcription for string quartet. St Georges Cathedral

29 MARCH / 5PM / BACH’S ST MATTHEW PASSION with soloists Lente Louw (soprano), Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Colin Lee (tenor), George Stevens (bass), Nick de Jager (Evangelist) and Aubrey Lodewyk (Christus), St George’s Singers and the Camerata Tinta Barocca conducted by Barry Smith. Diocesan College, Campground Road, Rondebosch, www.standrew.stgeorgessingers.org.za

31 MARCH / 10AM / MOZART’S MASS IN C ‘CORONATION’ St George’s Cathedral

6 APRIL / 6PM / and 9, 11 & 13 APRIL / 7.30PM / OTELLO To celebrate the Verdi bicentenary in 2013, this production marks the beginning of a ground-breaking new partnership between six Southern Hemisphere opera companies, and will be staged in Australia and New Zealand in 2014 and 2015. Lithuanian tenor

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Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir. Includes Agnus Dei – Adagio (Samuel Barber), Water Night – Alleluia (Eric Whitaker), Of All Our Sunlit World (Palle Mikkelborg), and A Suite of Songs for Summer in Scandinavia. St George’s Cathedral

28 APRIL / 3.30PM / SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

30 APRIL / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

5 MAY / 4.30PM / ROELOF TEMMINGH MEMORIAL CONCERT of chamber works by Roelof Temmingh. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

11 MAY / 7PM / CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT Trio Broz, La Motte Wine Estate

12 MAY / 4.30PM / STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY CHOIR Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

14 MAY / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

17 & 18 MAY / 8PM / PREEK The Endler Concert Series presents a film screening of South African movie Preek with live music, composed by Jan-Henrik Harley, performed by the US Camerata. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

25 MAY / 8PM / SCHOLA CANTORUM Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

25 MAY / 8PM / KORNGOLD PROJECT Daniel Rowland, Priya Mitchell, Julian Arp, Luis Magalhaes perform Korngold’s chamber work (Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15, and Piano Trio). Baxter Concert Hall

26 MAY / 9.30AM / MESSE SOLENNELLE ‘ST CECILIA’ with Com Arts Choir. Elsies River

26 MAY / 7PM / EVENSONG WITH THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CHOIR St George’s Cathedral

28 MAY / 5.45PM / CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

29 MAY / 10.30AM / CAPE TOWN MALE VOICE CHOIR with 40 singers, under the directorship of Margret Barlow. St George’s Cathedral

5 JUNE / 12.30PM / LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH BARRY SMITH St George’s Cathedral

5 JUNE / 8PM / KOMPOS NEW CHAMBER WORKS Chamber works composed by students of the University of Stellenbosch. Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

6 JUNE / 8PM / CELEBRITY SYMPHONY SEASON CONCERT of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Bernhard Gueller, and soloist Andrey Baranov (violin). Liadov’s “Kikimora”, Op. 63, Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto, Op. 35, D major, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Ravel. Bernhard Gueller’s career has taken him to top concert halls from America and Australia to South

Africa, Russia, Japan, China, Korea, and Brazil, as well as countries in Europe such as Spain, Italy, France, Norway and Sweden and his native Germany. Andrey Baranov made his debut in 2005 at St Petersburg Philharmonie Hall and has since performed on the world’s renowned stages, such as Bozar Brussels, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Großer Saal Mozarteum and Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. He won the Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2011. Curtain Raiser Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. City Hall

8 JUNE / 8PM / VASSILY PRIMAKOV PIANO RECITAL with Brahms’s Two Rhapsodies Op. 79 and Sonata No. 3 in F Minor Op. 5, Medtner Sonata-reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38, No. 1, from Forgotten Melodies, and Scriabin’s Prelude for the left hand in C sharp minor, Op. 9, No. 1 and Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23,The Cape Town Concert Series. Baxter Concert Hall

9 JUNE / 8PM / SARAH CHANG IN CONCERT One of America’s top violinists Sarah Chang performs Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Other works include Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italian, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 and Sibelius’s Finlandia. Conductor Ted Kuchar has served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly known as Czech Radio Orchestra) and the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine and as Music Director and Conductor of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra in the United States. American violinist Sarah Chang has collaborated with most major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo. Artscape Opera House

13 JUNE / 8PM / CAPE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT of Lalo’s Overture “Le roi d’Ys”, Friedrich Gulda’s Cello concerto 31, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 “The Great” in C major. Conductor Bernhard Gueller, soloist Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello). Born in Colombia in 1995, Santiago Cañón Valencia had his debut as a concerto soloist playing Vivaldi with the Bogota Philharmonic at the age of six. Still at an early age, he has since performed with major orchestras including Haydn’s great D major Cello Concerto at the age of 9, Dvořák’s Cello Concerto at the age of 12, and Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto at age 14, making him one of the youngest cellists in the world to perform this large-scale work. City Hall

19 JUNE / 7.30PM / THE CAPE TOWN YOUTH CHOIR and the Langa Choir of St Cyprian. St George’s Cathedral

20 JUNE / 8PM / CAPE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA with conductor Yasuo Shinozaki and soloist Vassily Primakov (piano). Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a 16, Schumann’s Piano Concerto Op. 54 A minor, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 D major 40.Vassily Primakov’s Chopin Concertos CD is regarded as one of the great Chopin recordings of recent times. He entered Moscow’s Central Special Music School at the age of 11 and at 17 pursued his studies at the

ON THE BIG SCREEN

WORLD OPERA AND BALLET AT THE FUGARD THEATRE BIOSCOPE presents The Sleeping Beauty on 17 March (Royal Opera House), and Notre-Dame de Paris by the Teatro alla Scala on 24 March.Verdi’s Rigoletto (23 March) is directed by the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, and audiences will witness the transformation of 16th-century Italy to Las Vegas in 1960, with a cast led by Željko Lučić in the title role; and Richard Wagner’s mystical Parsifal (6 April) sees Jonas Kaufmann in his Met role debut as the title character with Katarina Dalayman as the mystical woman who tempts Parsifal. Both operas will be released by Cinema Nouveau.

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Juilliard School with the pianist Jerome Lowenthal. At Juilliard Mr Primakov won the William Petschek Piano Recital Award. In 2007 he was named the Classical Recording Foundation’s “Young Artist of the Year.” City Hall

21 JUNE / 8PM / VASSILY PRIMAKOV PIANO RECITAL Endler Hall, Stellenbosch

23 JUNE / 7PM / EVENSONG WITH THE LANGA CHOIR OF ST CYPRIAN’S St George’s Cathedral

26 JUNE / 10.30AM / WITH A SONG IN MY HEART with Stanislav Angelov (accordion), Beverley Chiat (soprano) and Nicky Cencherle (tenor). Baxter Theatre

27 JUNE / 8PM / CAPE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA with conductor Yasuo Shinozaki and soloist Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano). Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 2, and Stravinsky’s Firebird. Italian pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi has performed in Milan’s Sala Verdi, Naples’ Teatro Diana and the Lincoln Center in New York. He made a triumphant debut in Beijing, where he played a recital in the Forbidden City Concert Hall and conducted Master Classes at the China National Conservatory. He was named Honorary Guest Professor of that institution. Highly acclaimed recitals in London, England and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and a performance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in Kiev, are among his recent performances. He is winner of the Van Clyburn Piano Competition. City Hall

Andrey Baranov with CPO

Trance FesTivals15 March / Groovy Troopers vision serpent22 March / afriscoT fluTTerwacken BooGie29 March / vorTex “sTeps To The sTars v:04”27 april / JunGala fesTival 2013 PsynOpticz Productions4 May / orGanik love proJecT

17 March / 5pM / hoT waTer De Waal Park Gardens 17 March / 5.30pM / rinGo MaDlinGoZi Kirstenbosch

23 March / froM 9aM / ManGo Groove, heuwels fanTasTies solms-Delta, Franschhoek

24 March / 5.30pM / shaDowcluB, GanGs of BalleT Kirstenbosch

28 March / 8pM / fokofpolisiekar assembly

31 March / 5.30pM / Mi casa & naTasha MeisTer Kirstenbosch

5 arpil 7pM & 6 april 5pM / cape Town JaZZ fesTival cTicc

6–13 april / 7.30pM / oTello artscape Opera House

14 april / 2.30pM / aManDa Tiffin Jazz in the

7–9 March / rise aGainsT, BrinG Me The horiZon, penDuluM ramfest, riviersonderend, www.ramfest.co.za

9 March / 7pM / suZanne veGa Paul cluver Forest amphitheatre

9 March / 8pM / royal concerTGeBouw orchesTra artscape

10 March / 4pM / The Black caT Bones Backsberg

10 March / 5.30pM / JereMy loops anD holiDay Murray Kirstenbosch

16 March / 2pM / k-Day Music fesTival val de vie, Paarl

16 March / 7pM / pJ powers Paul cluver amphitheatre

17 March / 4pM / koos koMBuis Backsberg

24 March, 5.30pm, Gangs of Ballet

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Park, Maynardville Open air Theatre

18 & 20 april / 7.30pM / lucia Di laMMerMoor with Pretty Yende, colin lee, artscape

24 april / 8pM / MeTallica cape Town stadium

7 May / 8pM / Bon Jovi – Because we can Tour cape Town stadium

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24 March, 5.30pm, Shadowclub

10 March, 5.30pm, Jeremy Loops

If you’re a jazz fan wanting to experience the real flavour of any city, it’s always a good idea to find out where the locals go to get their jazz fix. The touristy places, with a few exceptions, just don’t get it right. And let’s not even mention the cost involved.

So where to go in Cape Town? One of the better-known spots is Swingers at 1 Wetwyn Road, Wetton, (and yes, it’s only the jazz that swings). Monday night is jazz night at Swingers; the music starts at around 9.30 or 10pm and carries on until the wee hours. Local guitar legend Alvin Dyers runs the house band,

5–6 APRIL / CAPE TOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL at CTICC with Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club feat. Omara Portuondo (Cuba), BWB’s Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun. Zonke Dikana, Jill Scott, Thandiswa Mazwai, Jimmy Dludlu, Brand New Heavies, CéU, Cheikh Lô, Errol Dyers, Pu2ma, Mafikizolo, Chef’Special, Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matt Garrison trio, Reza Khota Quartet, Jean-Luc Ponty, Sonti, Kirk Whalum – Romance Language, Chano Domínguez, Louis Moholo presents 4 Blokes & 1 Doll, Ibrahim Khalil Shihab, Robert Glasper Experiment, Gregory Porter, Auriol Hays, Ronin Jonathan Rubain and Don Vino, Afrika Mkhize, Steve Turre, Mi Casa, Khuli Chana and AKA, Dubmarine, Trenton and Free Radical, Brother Ali, Ben Sharpa and Pure Solid, and others

and there are always lots of guest artists, both local and overseas. There’s no cover charge, and the food and drinks are reasonably priced. Phone 021 762 2443 for details.

A stone’s throw from Swingers, at 140 Wetton Road, is a lesser-known gem known as the Blue Chip Restaurant. Here, on Thursday nights, you’ll find pianist Charles Louw and his band, collectively called Atlantique. Lots of local musicians can be seen amongst the audience, and if the mood takes them, they’ll add to the entertainment. As at Swingers, there’s no cover charge, and you can eat and drink for a pittance

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5-6 April, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club feat. Omara

For the latest update on jazz in Cape Town, go to www.capetownjazz.com where you can read all about, and join in a weekly mailing list.

while you soak up the ambience of the real Cape Town jazz scene. Music starts at 9pm. Phone 021 797 2182 for details.

For the latest update on jazz in Cape Town, go to www.capetownjazz.com where you can read all about it, and join a weekly mailing list.

18 & 20 April, 7.30pm, Pretty Yende

17 March, 5.30pm, Ringo Madlingozi

021’S TOP LIVE MUSIC VENUES:ARTSCAPE Artscape Theatre Centre, 1-10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.zaTHE ASSEMBLY 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 7286, www.theassembly.co.zaBACKSBERG WINE ESTATE (summer concerts), R45 near Klapmuts, 021 875 5141, www.backsberg.co.zaTHE BAXTER THEATRE Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 78, www.baxter.co.zaDIE BOER TEATER Chenoweth Road, Durbanville, 021 979 1911, www.dieboer.comCAPE TOWN STADIUM GreenpointCTICC Lower Long Street, Foreshore, www.cticc.orgDE WAAL PARK (Summer Concert Series), Molteno Street, with entrances on Upper Orange, Camp and Molteno streetsDORPSTRAAT TEATER R44 near Stellenbosch, 021 889 9158, www.dorpstraat.co.zaGRAND ARENA, GRAND WEST CASINO 1 Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, 021 505 7777THE FUGARD THEATRE, 62 Caledon Street (cnr Buitengracht), District SixHELDERBERG NATURE RESERVE (summer concerts), Verster Road, Somerset West, 021 851 4060MERCURY LIVE 43 DeVilliers Street, Zonnebloem, 021 465 2106KIRSTENBOSCH (summer concerts) National Botanical Gardens, Newlands, 021 762 9585, www.sanbi.orgPAUL CLUVER AMPHITHEATRE, (summer concerts) N2 Kromco turn-off, Farm 102, Paul Cluver Wines, Grabouw, 021 844 0605, www.cluver.comRHEBOKSKLOOF WINE ESTATE (summer concerts) Windmeul Agter Paarl, 021 869 8386, www.rhebokskloof.co.za

8 MAY / 6PM / JUSTIN BIEBER Cape Town Stadium

15–18 MAY / 8PM / ARNO CARSTENS Die Boer, Durbanville

17 MAY / 7.30PM / STEVE HOFMEYER Kraaifontein Stadsaal

23 MAY / 8PM / STERLING EQ Die Boer, Durbanville

6 JUNE / 8PM / ANDREY BARANOV with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, City Hall

9 JUNE / 8PM / SARAH CHANG with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Artscape

9 JUNE / BAKGAT COUNTRY OPSKOP Grandwest

13 JUNE / 8PM / SANTIAGO CAÑÓN VALENCIA with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, City Hall

20 JUNE / 8PM / VASSILY PRIMAKOV with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, City Hall

27 JUNE / 8PM /ANTONIO POMPA-BALDI with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, City Hall

31 March, 5.30pm, Mi Casa

Camps Bay, 021 437 90006pm / DJs Bascule Bar, Cape Grace, V&A Waterfront, 021 410 70827pm / In House DJs Blakes, 189 Buitengracht Street, 021 426 23697pm / WIne anD DIne evenIng Winchester Mansions, 221 Beach Road, Sea Point, 021 434 23517pm / Jazz, sWIng Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 48487.30pm / DJs Groove Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 39237.30pm / LIve musIc & DJs Pirates, 160 Main Road Plumstead, 021 797 56598pm / LIve musIc Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / LIve musIc Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20088pm / DJs Julep, Vredenburg Lane off Long Street, 021 423 42768pm / LIve musIc Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77488pm / LIve musIc &Union, Heritage Square, 110 Bree Street, 021 422 27708pm/ THeaTrIcaL DInIng Stardust, 165 Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 62808pm / LIve musIc Marimba Bands Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm / KaraoKe Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 54558pm / psy – KIcK Trance parTy Club Ambition, 102 Edward Street, Bellville, 076 065 63688.30pm / Jazz – seT 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 26979pm / see you nexT WeDnesDay The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 72869pm / DJs The Nameless Pub, 101 Main Road, Somerset-West, 021 850 04139pm / WaxIng LyrIcaL Mercury Live, De Villiers Street, 021 465 21069pm / LIve musIc Tavern ’n Ale, 224 Main Road, Diep River, 021 715 06699pm / DJs Tin Roof, cnr Main and Stegmann roads, Claremont, 021 674 6888

JOL GUIDE300 LIve evenTs every WeeK – yoUR PULL oUT AND KEEP BEST oF THE CAPE

EvEry Monday

6.30pm / LIve musIc Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay, 021 437 90007pm / LIve musIc Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087pm / Jazz, sWIng, BLues Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 48487pm / comeDy FLorenTIne, 107 Lower Main Road, observatory7.30pm / LIve musIc Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 56598pm / LIve musIc Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / cLassIc movIe screenIngs Pink Flamingos, Grand Daddy Hotel, 38 Long Street, 021 424 72478pm / LIve musIc Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77488pm / LIve musIc / marImBa BanDs Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm / oFF THe WaLL Poetry Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, observatory, 021 448 22668pm / BarLeycorn’s LIve Mondays Villagers Rugby Club, Lansdowne Road, Claremont, 072 500 21638pm / QuIz nIgHT Mr. Pickwick’s, 158 Long Street, 021 423 37109pm / sTuDenT’s nIgHT Mercury Live, De Villiers Street, 021 465 21069pm / Jazz musIc Swingers Lounge 021, Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 244310pm / gaBrIeL The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212

EvEry TuEsday

7pm / LIve musIc Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087pm / LIve musIc Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 10807pm / Jazz, sWIng anD BLues Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848

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7.30pm / LIve musIc Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 56598pm / LIve musIc Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / marImBa BanDs Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm/ THeaTrIcaL DInIng (Tue–saT) Stardust, 165 Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 62808pm / KaraoKe obz Café, 115 Lower Main Road, observatory, 021 448 55558pm / acousTIc TuesDay obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, observatory, 021 460 0458 / 083 653 02418pm / LIve musIc &Union, Heritage Square, 110 Bree Street, City Centre, 021 422 27708pm / LIve musIc Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77488.00pm / Long sTreeT comeDy Mr Pickwick’s, 158 Long Street, 021 423 37109pm / KaraoKe nIgHT Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / LIve musIc The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 45369pm / TuesDay Jazz nIgHT Asoka, Kloof Street, 021 418 06249pm / KaraoKe nIgHT Tavern ’n Ale, 224 Main Road, Diep River, 021 715 06699pm / BITcHy BIngo LIve sHoW Beefcakes, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 90199pm / acousTIc nIgHT Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 837510pm / grImson The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210pm / unTameD youTH Fiction Bar, Long Street, 021 424 5709

EvEry WEdnEsday

6pm / LaDIes nIgHT Harvey’s, Winchester Mansions, 221 Beach Road, Sea Point, 021 434 23516.30pm / LIgHT Jazz Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles,

9 pm / DJs The Concept, 6 Pepper Street, 083 700 60789pm / Live music The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 45369pm / DJs Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 07009pm / Live BanD Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / Drag show Beefcakes Burger Bar, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 901910pm / stuDent’s night with DJ Lance Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210pm / Live music Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 574710pm / shen Fm The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

EvEry Thursday

4.30pm / FLamenco music Live Bistro 1682, Steenberg Road, Steenberg Estate, 021 713 22115pm / Jazz nights Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 33856pm / games night Bush Pub, 27 Lekkerwater Road, 021 785 33746.30pm / instrumentaL music Leopard Lounge, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 90007pm / DJs Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 10807pm / Live music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087pm / Jazz, swing anD BLues Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 48487.30pm / Live music Pirates, Main Road, Plumstead 021 797 56598pm / Live music Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77488pm / DJs / eLectroparty Julep, Vredenburg Lane off Long Street, 021 423 42768pm / Live music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / DJs Tiger Tiger, Stadium on Main, Main Road, Claremont, 021 683 22208pm/ theatricaL Dining Stardust, 165 Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 62808pm / Live music Mama Africa 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm / Live music Mercury Live, 43 De Villiers Street, 021 465 21068.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 26979pm / Live music Tavern ’n Ale, 224 Main Road, Diep River, 021 715 06699pm / irish music Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, 021 448 22669pm / DJs Tin Roof, cnr Main and Stegmann roads, Claremont, 021 674 68889pm / Live music Jackal and Hide, 108 Kloof Street, 021 424 10209pm / the rites The Nameless Pub, 101 Main Road, Somerset-West, 021 850 04139pm / Live music Carnival Court Backpackers, 255 Long Street, 021 423 90039pm / KaraoKe Swingers Lounge 021, Wetton Main

Road off Dolphin Way, 021 762 24439pm / Live music Bohemia 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 83759pm / DJs anD LaDies night Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 07009pm / DJ woo Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / variety Drag show Beefcakes, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 90199pm / hip hop & r&B party Jade, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 41089pm / party Galaxy, College Road, Rylands Estate, 021 637 902710pm / it came From the JungLe Fiction, Long Street, 021 424 570910pm / DJs Concept, 6 Pepper Street, 079 893 813710pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 090910pm / DJ Lance Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210pm / rimix The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

EvEry Friday

5pm / DJs Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 33855pm / Live music The Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 59975pm / Live music Blue Rock, Sir Lowry’s Pass, Somerset West, 021 858 13306.30pm / Live music Light Jazz Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 90007pm / Live music The Lookout Deck, Hout Bay Harbour, 021 790 09007pm / Live music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087pm / DJs Blakes, 189 Buitengracht Street, 021 426 23697pm / DJs Julep, Vredenburg Lane off Long Street, 021 423 42767pm / Live music The Lookout Deck, Hout Bay Harbour, 021 790 09007pm / Live BanDs (Last Fri), Blue Gecko, 81 Main Road, Fish Hoek, 021 782 57237pm / DJs Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 10807pm / DJs Ragazzi Live Bar, 7 Loop Street, 071 410 72767pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 21337pm / Jazz, swing anD BLues Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 48487.30pm / DJs Groove Lounge (Ace), E 525 Pahakamani Road, Khayelitsha7.30pm / Live music Pirates Steakhouse, 160 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 56598pm / rocKing the rooFtop Live music Grand Daddy Rooftop, 38 Long Street, 021 424 72478pm/ theatricaL Dining (tue–sat), Stardust, 165 Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 62808pm / DJs Zouke Bar, 170 Bunney Street, Kensington, 021 593 2140, 072 376 24878pm / Live Jazz with gLenn roBertson

Kaleidoscope, 85 Main Road, Claremont, 021 674 57618pm / Live music Marimba Bands Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm / Dinner anD Dancing Live music Italian Club – Fratelli Palmieri, 16 Donegal Street, Milnerton, 021 511 59568pm / Live music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / Live music Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 72728.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 26978.30pm / LaDies night Tiger Tiger, Stadium on Main, Main Road, Claremont, 021 683 22209pm / DJs The Nameless Pub, 101 Main Road, Somerset-West, 021 850 04139pm / Live music Tavern‘n Ale, 224 Main Road, Diep River, 021 715 06699pm / Live music Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77489pm / DJs Cougar Lounge, 92 Edward Street, Bellville, 021 910 49639pm / Live BanD / DJs Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 72869pm / Live music Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 460 04589pm / uppercut FriDays The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 45369pm / DJs or Live music The Side Show, 11 Mechau Street, 082 077 03159pm / Discotheque The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 72869pm / psy-trans Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket, 021 424 08119pm / house music (or mo FunK) Jade Lounge, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 4108 / 082 341 06699pm / Live music Mercury Lounge, 43 De Villiers Street, 021 465 21069pm / saLsation party with angus price & FreD spiDer (most Fri) Grand Daddy, 38 Long St, 021 424 72459pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 09099pm / Live music anD DJs ROAR/Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 07009pm / DJs Dizzy’s Jazz Bar 41, The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / DJs Sgt Peppers, 194 Long Street, 021 424 560810pm / DJ Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay,021 788 545510pm / Late night casting DJs The Loop, 161 Loop Street, 072 539 1121

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10pm / DJs The Concept, 6 Pepper Street, 079 893 813710pm / Fiction FriDays Fiction, Long Street, 021 424 570910pm / Live music anD DJs Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 574710pm / Live music Polana, Kalk Bay Main Road, Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 716210pm / paraDigm The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210pm / cLub Swingers Swingers Lounge, Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 244310pm / FriDay night sure thing The Dragon Room, 84 Harrington Street, 082 077 033510.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 269710.30pm / FunkeD up FriDays Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212

EvEry Saturday

11am–6pm / braai anD party DJ Mastercash Mzoli’s, NY 115, Gugulethu, 082 487 0980 / 021 419 0130noon / Live Jazz Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 59972pm / Live music Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77484pm / Live music Blue Rock, Sir Lowry’s Pass, Somerset West, 021 858 13305pm / DJs Café Caprice, 37 Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 83155pm / DJs Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 33856pm / Live music Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 54556.30pm / Live music Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 90007pm / Live music Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 10807pm / Live music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 21337pm / Jazz, swing anD contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 48487pm / DJs Julep, Vredenburg Lane off Long Street, 021 423 42767.30pm / Live music Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 56597.30pm / DJs Groove Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 39238pm / Live music The Viper Lounge 12 Glen Road, Glencairn, 072 807 35048pm / DJ Zouke Bar, 170 Bunney Street, Kensington, 021 593 21408pm / theatricaL Dining (tue–sat), Stardust, 165 Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 62808pm / Live music / marimba banDs Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10178pm / Live music Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 72728pm / Live music anD Dancing Italian Club, 16 Donegal Street, Milnerton, 021 511 59568pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane,

Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 26978.30pm / DJs Tiger Tiger, Stadium on Main, Main Road, Claremont, 021 683 22209pm / DJs or Live music The Side Show, 11 Mechau Street, 082 077 03159pm / DJ Tavern ’n Ale, 224 Main Road, Diep River, 021 715 06699pm / Live music Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77489pm / Live music Carnival Court Backpackers, 255 Long Street, 021 423 90039pm / DJs Cougar Lounge, 92 Edward Street, Bellville, 021 910 49639pm / DJ The Nameless Pub, 101 Main Road, Somerset-West, 021 850 04139pm / Fire&styx The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 12129pm / DJs Tin Roof, cnr of Main Road and Stegmann Road, Claremont, 021 674 68889pm / Live music Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 07009pm / Live music Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / party night DJs Jade Lounge, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 41089pm / Live music Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 460 04589pm / aFter hours The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 72869pm / shake some action (Last sat oF the month) Mercury Lounge, 43 De Villiers Street, Zonnebloem, 021 465 21069pm / warm up The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 45369pm / nightLiFe with DJ From Five Fm St Yves Beach Club, Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 082610pm / DJs The Concept, 6 Pepper Street, 079 893 813710pm / DJ Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 121210pm / LoopeD saturDays DJs The Loop, 161 Loop Street, 072 539 112110pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 090910pm / Live music Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 574710pm / pLayListeD Fiction, Long Street, www.fictionbar.co.za10pm / Live music Polana, Kalk Bay Main Road, Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 716210pm / cLub Swingers Lounge 021, Wetton Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 244310pm / DJs The Dragon Room, 84 Harrington Street, 082 077 033510.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

EvEry Sunday

11am–6pm / braai anD party Mzoli’s, NY 115, Gugulethu, 082 487 098011am / sunDay Jazz brunch Winchester Mansions, 221 Beach Road, Sea Point, 021 434 2351noon / Live Jazz Catharina’s Tokai Road, Constantia Valley, 021 713 2222

noon / sunDay Jazz Lunch Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, V&A Waterfront, 021 406 5000noon / Live music The Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 5997noon / Live music C’est La Vie Restaurant, 122 Main Road, Somerset-West, 021 851 85041pm / Light Jazz The Azure Restaurant, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 90001pm / DJ on the Deck Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on Big Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 96712pm / shen Fm Bascule Bar, Cape Grace, 021 410 70822pm / coLD turkey party (2nD sun) Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 21332pm / progressive sounDs Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket streets, 021 424 08112pm / Live music Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77483pm / Live music Sotano, 121 Beach Road, Mouille Point, 021 433 17574pm / tangLewooD The Lookout Deck, Hout Bay Harbour, 021 790 09004pm / Live music and Dance Polana, Kalk Bay Harbour, 021 788 71624pm / aFrican music Ragazzi Live Bar, 7 Loop Street, 071 410 72765pm / comics Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 447 15145pm / Jazz Zouke Bar, 170 Bunney Street, Kensington, 021 593 2140, 072 376 24875pm / DJs Café Caprice, 37 Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 83155pm / DJs Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 33855.30pm / Live music Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 33436pm / Live music Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 10806pm / Live music Bush Pub, 27 Lekkerwater Road, 021 785 33746pm / goLDFish Live St Yves Beach Club, Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 08267pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 21337pm / Live music Pastis Brasserie, High Constantia Centre, Main Road, 021 794 83347pm / Live music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 20087.30 pm / Live music Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659,7.30pm / kwaito / house Groova Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 39238pm / Live Jazz music anD DJ Carnival Court Backpackers, 255 Long Street, 021 423 90038pm / Live music Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 77488pm / marimba Live banDs Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 10179pm / ozone The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 12128pm / Live music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 54128pm / bLack smith (2nD sun) A Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, 021 448 22669pm / Live banD Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 26869pm / Live music Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375

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Kalk Bay Theatre March–JuneIn March there’s a riveting cocktail of contemporary musical theatre in I Am What I Am from 6 to 16 March. Featuring the trio of Angela Inglis, Bethany Dickson Mahnke and Natasha Dryden, and directed by Garth Tavares, this is a thigh-slapping, fist-pumping ride through popular songs from Wicked, Disenchanted, Edges, I Love You Because, Chorus Line and I Love You, You’re perfect, Now Change, among others.

Pedro the Music Man returns with Cowbells and Tortoise Shells, a new show for the school holidays. The captivating storyteller enchants children young and old with African adventures, in which greedy hunters, tyrannical chiefs, tortoise tears, and other problems, are overcome …with music! From 29 March to 7 April at 11am.

Husband-and-wife team Ash Searle and Vanessa Harris, the dynamic duo behind the award-winning Follow Spot Productions, expose their personal truths about working in the performance industry as a married couple in Ash and Van EXPOSED from 3 to 20 April. Using their trademark high energy, slick choreography, engaging comedic banter and close harmonies, they deliver their personal rendition of the Cell Block Tango, and an expert mash-up of songs that inspired the series Glee.

Isn’t a Hamburger a person? And a crayfish not a fish? And a hot dog definitively NOT a hot dog?  In The Dog’s Bollocks Gaëtan Schmid (Body Language –Rumpsteak) is an Eastern European professor who rants about the history and propagation of the English language, its idiosyncrasies and etymological quirks. Don’t mind the prof’s lack of vocabulary, ill-fitted costume and small suitcase. Directed by Rob Murray, from 21 to 27 April.

KBT Productions presents the première of Megan Furniss’s new contemporary South African comedy, Song and Dance from 1 to 19 May. Directed by Ntombi Makhutshi. When two burglars break into the wrong stylish apartment things go from

unexpected to dangerous faster than a bad audition. Local theatre at its most satirical, Song and Dance is dark, delinquent and deliciously funny.

Also presented by KBT Productions is the poignantly funny Same Time Next Year from 22 May to 23 June, features the sizzling team of Keren Tahor and Paul du Toit. To misquote the song, some enchanted evening across a not-so-crowded room, two people meet…

Tuesday night resident TheatreSports continues fresh from their success at Cape Town’s first Improv Festival. No two performances are ever the same as the award-winning team improvise their way through a high-octane, laugh-a-minute show that’s fun for all the family. Use the Kalk Bay Theatre Loyalty Card to see four shows and get the fifth free!

For bookings and information on Kalk Bay Theatre visit www.kbt.co.za

Highlights of the Stellenbosch University WordfestThis year the annual SU Wordfest is held in Stellenbosch from 1 to 10 March. Visit www.woordfees.co.za or www.litnet.co.za for the complete programme and booking information. Here are some highlights:

WRITERS PROGRAMME:

ATHol FUgArd: Internationally acclaimed playwright and author Athol Fugard is one of the Wordfest’s honorary guests. On 8 March, Fugard speaks to Mannie Manim about his life and work. ElSA JoUBErT: Renowned author Elsa Joubert, who turns 91 this year, is toasted by André Brink and Annari van der Merwe in the Wordfest Book Tent.diE WondErWErKEr: Author Chris Barnard and his wife, film director Katinka Heyns, speak to PG du Plessis about their film on the life of legendary Afrikaans poet Eugène Marais, Die Wonderwerker.ASHrAF KAgEE: Ashraf Kagee, winner of the seventh annual European Union Literary Award, talks to Desmond Painter about his novel Kahlil’s Journey.MAriTA VAn dEr VyVEr: Immensely popular novelist Marita van der Vyver talks to Murray La Vita about her latest book Die blou van onthou.dEon MEyEr: Enjoy a wonderful lunch at Knorhoek’s Towerbosch Aardkombuis with Deon Meyer, South Arica’s most popular crime novelist who topped Paulo Coelho on the New York Times bestseller list last year.

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Meer Hier Nie, a translation of Tennessee Williams’s The Milktrain Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. She portrays a dying heiress whose remaining days are cheered up by an attractive young poet who specialises in escorting older women on their deathbeds.Sandra PrinSloo: Formidable actress Sandra Prinsloo stars in Liefde, Anna, a play about the life of South African theatre legend Anna Neethling-Pohl. Prinsloo can also be seen in Oskar en die Pienk Tannie as the 10-year-old Oskar, as well as the “Pienk Tannie” who visits the boy in hospital. Prinsloo also directs Jeanne Goosen’s play Kopstukke, featuring Lizz Meiring and André Stoltz.The F Word: F is for FUNdaMENTALism. The “fun” and “mental” aspects of this phenomenon are satirically explored via several eccentric characters in this kabarett about the consequences of extremism in all aspects of life. With Roxanne Bain, Kelly-Eve Koopman and Grethe van der Merwe.The Three liTTle PigS: Fresh from Perth, Australia, and heading to New York and Amsterdam in 2013, The Three Little Pigs is a taut psychological thriller set in a world where Animal Farm meets Reservoir Dogs and gives rise to a dark and unexpected take on the classic children’s story. With Rob van Vuuren, James Cairns and Albert Pretorius.

SANLAM MUSiC FESTiVAL:

dirTy Bounce: Dirty Bounce consists of the members of Mr Cat & The Jackal, The Nomadic Orchestra and The Bone Collectors. This 14-piece collaboration fuses several musical genres to produce a new breed of “oompah” music.caPe claSSic: Dvořák’s sublime Piano Quintet in A Major features the mighty sounds of a string quartet paired with a grand piano. Throughout, the muscular drama freely intermixes with numerous sections of pure, euphoric beauty, with the constant interlacing of magical dance music abounding with spontaneity and vitality.larry Joe live: Larry Joe Live is the much-acclaimed band of Larry Joe, who recorded his debut album in the Douglas prison. Combining elements of soul, Afro-pop and R&B, the band will grab you and make you want to dance with its infectious melodies and unforgettable songs.

ViSUAL ARTS:

Wim BoTha: The festival’s visual artist for 2013, Wim Botha, became famous with statues like a

crucifixion scene carved from Bibles, and a Piéta statue made of maize porridge. Botha has been working on a brand-new installation for Wordfest 2013 at the Sasol Art Museum.

grand West in march through JuneJackSon hall in aPril To JuneFor DJ entertainment and live bands at Jackson Hall, a New Orleans-style cocktail bar, catch Bev Scott Brown, Sade and Friends, and Richard Ceaser from April to June, every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 9pm. No cover charge.

mark loTTering roadShoW, 6 aPrilMarc Lottering, one of South Africa’s top comedians, gets on stage at the Grand Arena for a family friendly show. R150, book through Computicket.

andre The hilariouS hyPnoTiST, 12 aPril To 4 mayOver the past 21 years Andre has become a household name in entertainment. if the thought of watching family and friends act like a washing machine or a soap dispenser means fun to you, then Andre the Hypnotist’s show is for you. Roxy Revue Bar, R78 per person, book at Computicket

eddie izzard – Force maJeure, 18 JuneEddie is the man who turned “talking bollocks” into an art form. He sold out Madison Square Garden in New York City, yet never rests for long on his laurels. izzard now plans to take on the world with a brand-new comedy tour. Force Grand Arena, tickets from R390 are available at Computicket. grandWest casino & entertainment World, goodwood, www.suninternational.com

camille / 2–12 may Alexander Dumas’ story, La Belle Dame aux Camelias, draws from personal experience in which his mistress, Marie Duplessis, served as the archetype for the story’s own tragic heroine, Marguerite Gautier. in 2007, Veronica Paeper’s masterpiece Camille was last seen in Cape Town, a season which marked the last performance of Tracy Li and Daniel Rajna, in the roles of Camille and Armand. 2013 marks the return to the stage of Li, dancing this time with relative newcomer Jesse Milligan. Other casts of Camille are Laura Bosenberg and Kim Vieira, while Armand is danced by Thomas Thorne and Daniel Szybkowski. The role of Monsieur Germont, Armand’s father, made his own by Keith Mackintosh, is taken by Johnny Bovang, until recently South Africa’s leading danseur noble. Bovang now shines in character roles such as Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker and the eccentric Dr Coppelius in Coppelia, and teaches and coaches the dancers of the Cape Town City Ballet. 2,4,8,11 May 7.30pm & 4 and 11 May 2pm with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). Performances on 10 May 7.30pm and 12 May 3pm are with recorded music. Tickets are R100 to R280. Booking at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695. Artscape Opera House

VOzES ANOiTECiDAS – VOiCES MADE NiGHT, BY MAGNET THEATREAfter having scooped top honours in three categories at the 2001 FNB Vita, a revival of Voices Made Night is back on stage. Adapted from the short stories Vozes Anoitecidas by Mozambican writer Mia Couto, the most prominent voice of Portuguese African literature, Voices is brought to life by Jennie Reznek, Faniswa Yisa, Mfundo Tshazibane, Dann-Jaques Mouton, Thando Doni, Chiminae Ball and Richard September. Baxter Flipside until 23 march, nightly, 8.15pm

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17 march / 6Pm / Fleur du caP TheaTre aWardS Artscape

2–12 may / camille Based on Verdi’s well-known opera La Traviata, this presentation follows Veronica Paeper’s dramatic balletic interpretation of the opera. Cape Town City Ballet. 2, 4, 8, 10, 11 May 7.30pm, 4, 10 May 2pm, 12 May 3pm, Artscape Opera House

25 may / 7.30Pm / aFrica day celeBraTionS with a concert of The indigenous Orchestra, Western Cape choirs directed by Bongani Sotshononda, and soprano Friedel Mitas accompanied by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Artscape Theatre

18–19 June / John cleeSe Best known for his appearances in Monty Python`s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, 8pm, CTiCC

26–30 June / STarS oF BalleT moScoW with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet – extracts from ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. 26–29 June 7.30pm, 29, 30 June 3pm. Baxter Theatre

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CiRQUE DU SOLEiL – DRALiON / 5–17 MARCH Since its debut in 1999, Dralion has wowed over 2.5 million people worldwide. Fusing the 3000-year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the multidisciplinary approach of Cirque du Soleil, Dralion draws its inspiration from Eastern and Western philosophy – the show’s name is derived from its two emblematic creatures: the dragon, symbolising the East, and the lion, symbolising the West. 5–9, 15, 16 March 8pm, 9, 16 March 4pm, 10 March 1pm and 5pm, 17 March 1pm. Grand Arena

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work is essential to the survival and growth of theatre, as young actors are our future. As Dario Fo said: “A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.”

CoNTeMporAry TheATre: rAiNbow SCArS AND pANiC “Firmly planted on the political pulse of our country with sharp, fast-paced dialogue” is how rafiek Mammon describes the work of Mike van Graan. Keeping theatre current, Van Graan offers Rainbow Scars at Artscape (25 April–5 May). At last year’s National Arts Festival his Just Business won a Standard bank ovation Award. Now audiences can look forward to a play about the challenges that we face in our relationships – Rainbow Scars is contemporary South African theatre at its best.

Another unstoppable theatre dynamo is Siv Ngesi. his last one-man show, Race Card, based on Simon Kilpatrick’s The Racist’s Guide to the People of South Africa, sold out at the 2012 National Arts Festival. Siv’s Panic (Artscape 29 May–8 June) is all about climate change. one can only imagine what this fast-paced, energetic performer will have to say about Mother Nature.

New Co-operATioN: oTelloCommemorating Verdi’s 200th birth year, six opera companies from the Southern hemisphere have joined forces to bring the italian composer’s masterpiece Otello to Artscape (6–13 April). boasting our very own Matthew wild as assistant director to Australian Simon phillips, and South African soprano Sarah-Jane brandon as Desdemona, this ambitious venture will premiere on home soil before setting off to brisbane. For matriculants to note: Shakespeare’s Othello is the prescribed 2013 matric literature setwork, and learners can attend the final dress rehearsal and performances and meet the cast and creative team. For more information on Otello for 2013 Matriculants contact info@capetownopera.co.za

AND FiNAlly…last on my list of productions for the season, is what promises to bring out the teenager in all of us. Jersey Boys, the musical, returns to our shores after an 11-week run in Singapore. based on the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Jersey Boys features songs like “big Girls Don’t Cry” and “walk like a Man” and covers the band’s history and the difficulties they endured. The dynamic all-South African cast, according to every single review, made us proud – and as of 19 June you can go to Artscape to find out why.

So, intrepid theatre folk, exciting times lie ahead! Gird your loins; steady your nerves – this year is set to take your breath away.

by Daneel van der waltDaneel van der walt is a Cape Town-based actress, last seen in Francesco Nassimbeni’s everything is boring and Juliet Jenkin’s big Girl, her first one-woman show. passionate about everything theatre, Daneel also enjoys long walks on the beach, pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain – especially if there’s a dry towel waiting on the other end.

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oscar wilde said, “i regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” is this why we drag ourselves off the couch, put on our best pair of jeans and haul ourselves off through traffic to watch adults pretending to be people they are not? Absolutely.in its infancy, 2013 has already blessed Cape Town’s stages with The Three Little Pigs, Die Suidooster Fees, the Maynardville open-Air double bill and the improv Fest. but brace yourselves, theatre lovers, as we are heading into a couple of months pregnant with promise, and bursting with young talent. From young directors, young performers, original and fresh work from new, exciting theatre makers to new spaces … it’s as though we’re celebrating the Mayans being wrong with youthful abandon and a new start.

New SpACe – AlexANDer bArThe latest addition to Cape Town’s theatrical venues can be found at the Alexander bar upstairs venue in Strand Street, owned by prolific playwright Nicholas Spagnoletti and software engineer edward van Kuik, and run by self-proclaimed “theatre geek” Jon Keevy. Due to the high turnover of new shows, audiences are spoilt for musical choice. watch out for buckfever Underground (11 March), Shannon hope and Dividable Grand (20 March), Tape hiss and Sparkle and Friends (5 April) as well as Siya and friends, who pay tribute to old singers during a night cheekily called Dead Bitches (6 April). on the comical side, The Minnie and Johnson Show (8–9 April), and brent palmer’s Bench (13–16 April) are my favourites. After a very successful run at the Kalk bay Theatre (another one of my favourite venues in Cape Town!), brent palmer and Adrian Collins return as hendry and Denver with witty writing and phenomenal acting. Not to mention internationale de Theatre Jacques lecoq-trained comic Gaëtan Schmid in The Dog’s Bollocks (21–23 March). Alexander bar also offers an open mic evening, called Play Things, where new talent can bring original work, be it music, writing, poems, basically anything that begs a stage. Join them on the first day of every month. www.alexanderbar.co.za

yoUNG DireCTorS: MASTer hArolD AND The boySThe Fugard Theatre is putting on Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys in March. it’s directed by Kim Kerfoot, winner of the emerging Theatre Directors bursary in 2011, and stars Alex Middlebrook as hally, Themba Mchunu as willie, and Tshamano Sebe as Sam. Set in 1950, the play is about the friendship between a 17-year-old boy and his two servants, and despite the fact that the play is set

during the apartheid era, its themes – as is usually the case with Fugard’s work – focus on what happens to the individual within a society that functions through prejudice, and how this influences basic human rights.At the age of 27, Kim is already working on his second Athol Fugard piece. Statements After an Arrest under the Immorality Act, with bo petersen, Jeroen Kranenberg and Malefane Mosuhli, was his first and had Athol Fugard himself recommend a run of the play at the Fugard Theatre. Kim confides: “Master Harold is one of my favourites. i think it’s part of the classical canon of South African plays.” Kim is also grateful for the support received from Athol Fugard: “i think one of his greatest skills is making people feel comfortable around him.” Asked about the relevance of the play in today’s society, Kim says: “Great plays, written by good playwrights, will always translate, regardless of the period.” This begs one to see what the voice of the next generation will make of the prejudice of our past.

yoUNG ACTorS Artscape is bringing back Special Thanks to Guests from Afar in April (9–16). written by Nicholas Spagnoletti and directed by Matthew wild, it stars Nicholas Dallas, Chi Mhende and Gideon lombaard. when two South Africans attend a wedding in Germany, their rekindling of past friendships leads to the inevitable misunderstanding and rehashing of old fights. Add to this the groom’s brother (lombaard), ze German, and the result is heart-warming, witty and beautiful. lombaard is the one to watch – he has been making huge strides in a very short time.

Another group of thespians who grace Cape Town with excellence are the self-funded Mechanicals. Visit their website at www.themechanicals.info

Meanwhile, the baxter is hosting the Zabalaza Festival (until 23 March) for a third year running. Zabalaza, meaning “to strike”, is headed by three actors: Thami Mbongo, Zoleka helesi and bongile Mantsai. it’s an important festival, offering guidance to the young and disadvantaged, as well as introducing a wider audience to theatre. This kind of

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South Africa, New Zealand and Australia have a rich history of sporting rivalries that have gripped fans across the Southern Hemisphere. Now the three work together in a new collaboration of unprecedented scope … opera.

Cape Town Opera, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland, NBR New Zealand Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Victorian Opera join creative forces for a new production of Verdi’s Otello. Commemorating the Italian composer’s 200th birthyear, Otello premières in Cape Town on 6 April, followed by its Australian première in Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre on 24 October, with subsequent seasons in New Zealand and Australia in 2014 and 2015. The international creative team is headed by Australian award-winning director Simon Phillips. Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1958, Phillips has directed more than 35 productions at the Melbourne Theatre Company, crossing all genre boundaries. His supreme artistry, combined with a very approachable personal style, allowed him to see a significant boost in audience

numbers, as he directed the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the Australasian version of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Love Never Dies, as well as the operas La bohème, Falstaff, L’elisir d’amore and Lulu in Australia, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni in New Zealand, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Billy Budd in Germany.

“I’m so thrilled to be working on this breathtaking piece,” says Phillips. “I have a vivid memory of the first time I saw the Act 2 duet between Otello and Iago performed, sitting on the edge of my seat, galvanised by the perfect confluence of music and drama. “As a theatre director, Shakespeare is my first love and I have had some of my most rewarding creative experiences working on his plays. But in the case of Otello, the opera surpasses its source. The irrational extremity of both Otello’s jealousy and Iago’s hell-bent destruction seem somehow better suited to the soaring dynamics of opera, where psychology becomes distilled to its elemental forces. And Verdi’s score is so wonderfully lean and driven, viscerally bound to the hot-bed

of the drama and then opening to exquisite moments of elegy.

“I’ve worked with my designers to create a claustrophobic world in which the intensity seems to thrive and fester; a pressure-cooker in which Iago’s nihilism, Otello’s emotional instability and Desdemona’s isolation make a strange and disturbing sense,” Phillips says.

He is assisted by South African director Matthew Wild, Australian set and lighting designers Dale Ferguson and Nick Schlieper, and South African costume designer Michael Mitchell.  Otello – Lithuanian tenor Kristian BenediktIago – Cape Town baritone George Stevens currently in GermanyDesdemona – South African soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon currently based in the UK

Otello opens on Saturday 6 April at 6pm, and is followed by three performances on Tuesday 9 April, Thursday 11 April, and Saturday 13 April, (all at 7.30pm). Artscape Opera House. Book at Computicket 083 915 8000.

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Last seen on the Cape Town stages in 1988 this spectacular new international touring production celebrates the Verdi bicentenary. Lithuanian tenor Kristian Benedikt sings the formidable title role, with Ferrier Prize-winning South African soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon returning from London to make her role debut as Desdemona. George Stevens brings one of his signature roles, Iago, to Cape Town for the first time, while Brad Cohen leads the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra through Verdi’s astonishing score. Festering jealousy, relationship and rank play out in this gripping new production.

In a new collaboration of unprecedented scope, six Southern Hemisphere opera companies have collaborated to create a new production of Verdi’s Otello, known as the greatest of all Italian tragic operas.

TANGOMilongas: Tango Socials around Cape Town

Every Tuesday, 6.30–9.30pm, Rhapsody’s, 83 Somerset Road, Green Point, www.libertango.co.za

Alternate Tuesdays, 6.30–830pm, Frieda’s Café, 15 Bree Street, www.libertango.co.za

Every Tuesday, 7–9pm tango classes followed by Milonga until 10.30pm, Slaley Wine Estate, cnr R44 and Kromme Rhee Road, 6km from Stellenbosch, www.tangocapetown.co.za

Once a month Friday, 8.30pm–midnight, iKhaya Lodge, Dunkley Square, Gardens, www.libertango.co.za

Once a month Saturday, 2–5pm, De Waal Park, Molteno Road/Camp Street, Milonga de Verano (in summer only), www.capetango.com

Every alternate Saturday, 5–8pm, R30, 6 Spin Street Restaurant, City Bowl, www.tangocapetown.co.za

1st Saturday of every month, 8–11pm, R30, The Roodehoek Restaurant and Pub, 6 Roodehek Terrace (off Hope Street), Gardens, www.elcacha.com

Every Sunday, 8–11pm, Crusaders at The Swiss and Austrian Social Club, off BillPeters Drive, Green Point, www.capetango.com

Some Sundays 8–11pm, Tango Apasionado, 57 Bowwood Road, Claremont, www.elcacha.com

Locations and times of milongas shift frequently, so check their websites, or www.facebook.com/pages/Cape-Town-Tango-Community

SALSAMondayS7–9.30pm Salsa classes various levels by Evolution Dance, Inside Lounge, Rosmead Avenue, Spar Centre, Kenilworth, 072 267 45118pm Salsa class with Bheki Ndlovu (who also choreographs the Cape Town Carnival), F&T Studio 68B, cnr Wale and Bree streets, 072 901 4231

TueSdayS6.30–9.30pm Salsa classes various levels by The Salsa Studio, The German Club (a.k.a. Roodehoek Homestead), off Hope Street, Gardens, 021 462 66017–8pm Salsa class by Justdancingsalsa, Barbosa Social Café, 15 Alfred House, Portswood Road, V&A Waterfront, 072 742 21908–9pm Bachata class by Justdancingsalsa, Barbosa Social Café, 15 Alfred House, Portswood Road, V&A Waterfront, 072 742 21907–9pm Salsa classes by John Morrison, Que Pasa Latin Lounge, 15 Caledon Street, city centre, 021 465 02259pm Salsa social Que Pasa Latin Lounge, 15 Caledon Street, city centre, 021 465 0225

WedneSdayS7–9 pm Salsa classes by Justdancingsalsa, Barbosa Social Café, 15 Alfred House, Portswood Road, V&A Waterfront, 072 742 21907pm Bachata and 7.30pm Salsa classes by Evolution Dance, Inside Lounge, Rosmead

Avenue, Spar Centre, Kenilworth, 082 499 59387.30–9.30pm Kizomba class by The Salsa Studio, The German Club (a.k.a. Roodehoek Homestead), off Hope Street, Gardens, 021 462 66019–9.30pm Kizomba social The German Club (a.k.a. Roodehoek Homestead), off Hope Street, Gardens, 021 462 6601

ThurSdayS7–9pm Salsa classes Que Pasa Latin Lounge, 15 Caledon Street, 021 465 02258pm Salsa classes various levels by The Salsa Studio, The German Club (a.k.a. Roodehoek Homestead), off Hope Street, Gardens, 021 462 66019pm Salsa social Que Pasa Latin Lounge, 15 Caledon Street, 021 465 02259.30pm–11.30pm Salsa social The German Club (a.k.a. Roodehoek Homestead), off Hope Street, Gardens, 021 462 6601

FridayS8pm Salsa social Buena Vista, Route R44, Lentelus Farm, Somerset West, 021 855 4454

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9pm–2am Salsation Night (Mambo, Salsa, Merengue, Samba, Bossa) with DJ Fred Spider, The Grand Daddy Hotel, 38 Long Street, www.granddaddy.co.za

SaturdayS2–3pm afrofusion classes with Bheki Ndlovu (who also choreographs the Cape Town Carnival), F&T Studio 68B, cnr Wale and Bree streets, 072 901 42319pm–4am Salsa social Que Pasa Latin Lounge, 15 Caledon Street, 021 465 0225

SuNdayS5.30–7.30pm Salsa classes Buena Vista Social Café, Tygervalley Waterfront, 2 Niagra Way, Tygerfalls, 021 914 95028.30pm Salsa classes Beginners by Justdancingsalsa, Barbosa Social Café, 15 Alfred House, Portswood Road, V&A Waterfront, 072 742 21909pm Salsa social Buena Vista Social Café, Alfred House, Portswood Road, Waterfront, 021 421 0348

Salsa dance Companies, also offering private classes

Evolution dancewww.evolutiondance.co.za

La Salsa dance SchoolWith classes in Slaley Estate, Table View’s Bloubergrant Primary, and Durbanville’s Kenridge Primary, www.lasalsa.co.za

Sabor Latino dance Companywww.saborlatino.co.za

Just dancing Salsawww.justdancingsalsa.com

Special event coming up later in the year:

the Mzansi Cape town International Salsa Festival from 31 October–3 November

DANCE STUDIOSdance Company (Modern and Ballet) in Pinelands and Rondebosch, 021 531 8976, www.dancecocapetown.co.za

dance Craft Studios (Ballroom and Latin) in 19 Pasita Street, Durbanville. Classes on Mondays and Wednesdays followed by socials, 021 914 8884, 083 474 6745, www.dancecraft.info,

dance domain (Ballroom, Salsa, Langarm) in six studios in Kenilworth, Paarl, Tygervalley, Montague Gardens, Stellenbosch, Tableview and Worcester. Classes and socials, 076 391 2713, www.dancedomain.co.za

Enerchi Emporium (Latin and Ballroom) with classes throughout the week at 107 Main Road, Bergvliet, 021 712 3692, www.enerchiemporium.co.za

Ikapa dance theatre (Ballet, Contemporary and African) with classes in Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Philippi and New Crossroads, 073 937 7558, www.ikapadancetheatre.co.za

Jazzart dance theatre (African Contemporary for children) with classes Mondays to Fridays at Artscape, 021 410 9848, www.jazzart.co.za

On Pointe dance Studio (Contemporary) with classes on Wednesdays in Sea Point, 083 417 0006, www.onpointedancestudios.wordpress.com

Phoenix dance Company (Latin, Ballroom and Langarm Dancing) with classes and socials on Mondays in Panorama, 073 509 3887, www.phoenixdance.co.za

uCt Ballroom with classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, socials and parties throughout the year. UCT Jameson Hall and in front of Frigo Café in Molly Blackburn Hall, www.ballroom.org.za

OTHER DANCES5rHytHMSA moving meditation through the five rhythms of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness, without steps to follow or choreography.Mondays and Wednesdays, 6.30–8.30pm at 14 Hope Street, Hannah 076 201 4807

BIOdaNZaFounded by Chilean Rolando Toro Aranendo, Biodanza means “the dance of life”. Mondays 7.30–9pm, Zen Studio, 10 Viola Road, Tableview, Ren 076 858 8887Mondays at 7.20–9pm at Erin Hall, 8 Erin Road, Rondebosch, Daniel 082 374 6847www.biodanza.co.za

BLISSdaNCE / FrEE daNCE / CONtaCt daNCETantric free dance.Wednesdays 7.45–9.30pm, Kalk Bay Community Hall, Kalk Bay, Shakti, www.blissdance.shakti.co.za

NIaNia, which means “purpose” in Swahili, combines movements taken from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Tuesdays to Fridays 9.15am, Mondays to Thursdays 6pm, Saturdays and Sundays 9.30am, 10 Anson Street, Observatory, 021 674 3747, www.niasouthafrica.co.za

CaPE SEQuENCE daNCE CIrCLEModern Sequence Dance originated in France and England. Standard Ballroom and Latin dances are danced with everyone dancing the same 16-bar routine. Bergvliet, Somerset-West on Tuesdays, Pinelands on Thursdays, with formal monthly dances in Pinelands, 021 715 7456, www.sequencedancing.co.za

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Thursdays in Queenspark Road, Parow classes Saturdays at Rothman Street, and Monte Vista classes Tuesdays at 9 Barrow Road. Shows Saturdays at Anatoli Restaurant in Napier Street, De Waterkant.Tenille Lindeque 021 801 6048, 083 760 8499. www.femininedivine.net. This year’s World Belly Dance Celebrations happen on 11 May.

AFRICAN DANCEClubs in the CBD with music from other countries in Africa and dance parties include Chez Ntemba, 4c Buiten Street, off Long Street; Concept, 6 Pepper Street, and Zar Lounge, 47 Main Road, Green Point

POLE DANCING Vertical Secrets Pole Dance classes in Table View and Bellville, Mondays to Saturdays, 082 463 6139, www.verticalsecrets.co.za

SWING (by Fred Spider)Sampling old tracks from the 1920s and 1930s, DJs add beats to create an electronic contemporary electro swing.Bands/DJs Manouche, Swingsetters, Haydn Gardner, The Swing Tings, Honey B, Lieutenant Fizzer. Also Goldfish, or Good Luck. Dance lessons Boogie Back dance lessons every Wednesday at Que Pasa, Caledon Street .Julep, 2 Vredenberg Lane, off Long Street every Saturday with DJ Fred Spider .Chukkachurri, 20 Coburn Road, off Prestwich Street, De Waterkant for monthly “Swing it! Thursdays” organised by CUSS – the Cape Underground Swing Syndicate

LINE DANCE (COUNTRY&WESTERN)Tuesdays 9–11am Line Dance classesThursdays 10–11am Line Dance classesFridays 9.15–11.15am Line Dance classes,The Presbyterian Church Hall, cnr Hafele Road and Louw Street, DurbanvilleSpecial event: 13 April, 2–6pm, Nuline Dance Social, R45, NK Hall Kenridge, Durbanville, 021 914 0864, www.linedancing.za.org

TOWNSHIP / SHEBEEN (by Sibulele Sikuni)

Mzoli’s Butchery – Dance to house tunes with resident DJ Mastercash every Saturday afternoon. Noon–6pm daily. Mzoli’s Butchery, NY 115 Shop 3, Gugulethu, 021 638 1355

Groova Lounge – During the week, Tuesday evenings are a favourite for a drink after work. The sound is mostly house music and some kwaito. Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons get particularly busy. E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 3923

Mlami – Hosts open-mic poetry sessions every Sunday, followed by marimba and hip-hop performances. Saturday afternoons are filled with house tunes and a young enthusiastic crowd that does nothing but fill the dance floor with the latest moves influenced by SABC1’s dance show Jika Majika. Located behind high walls, Mlami is a private house turned shebeen. Don’t go alone and use a GPS as it is a little hard to find. Make your way home by 8pm latest. Mlami, NY 146 No. 15, Gugulethu, 076 596 7472

Maphindi’s Butchery & Take-Aways – While Maphindi’s self-catering deck is perhaps one of Nyanga’s best-kept secrets, offering stunning views of the township, a real special reason to visit the butchery is the car-wash party every Saturday afternoon. Hosted by events company Base Galore Productions, DJs Kenlow and Mxizo mix house, kwaito and hip-hop while the patrons’ cars get cleaned, polished and pampered by a crew of either short-skirted girls or fashion-clad guys, depending on the theme of the day. For safety reasons Maphindi’s closes their doors at 8pm sharp. TPS6 Corner Emms and Sibini Avenue, Nyanga, 021 385 1850, www.maphindis.co.za

Kefu’s Jazz Pub, Bed & Breakfast – It’s hard to believe that Kefu’s has evolved into the slick and sophisticated pub it is today from two decades ago, when it tried to break even on sales of two crates of Lion Lager Beer and no refrigerator. Today at Kefu’s you can book for a township-style dinner like umgqusho (samp and beans) and drinks from their fully-stocked bar, which offers a vantage point overlooking busy Khayelitsha. Kefu’s clientele is strictly 25 and older. Former soccer star Doctor Khumalo is a regular customer and the likes of jazz musicians Simphiwe Dana and Zahara have been to Kefu’s to give talks and promote their albums. Open 10am–11pm Mon–Thur; noon–2am Fri–Sun. 39-41 Mthawelanga Street, Litha Park, Khayelitsha, 021 361 0566, 082 353 9742, www.kefu.co.za

Tiger’s Tavern – Customers who arrive with their cars are welcome to open their boots and blast their own music. Others might prefer to play a game of pool at the table inside. The best times to go are Saturday and Sunday

afternoons. Open 1pm–midnight Fri–Sun. Shop 3, Washington Street, Langa, 021 695 5098

Amadoda Braai – Known for hosting the popular Cold Turkey, dub step and live performance parties featuring some local acts every second Sunday afternoon. Open 1–11pm Mon–Thur; 1pm–2am Fri–Sun. 1-4 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 2133, www.amadoda.co.za

LANGARM (by Ronel van Lingen and Kristi de Freitas)

DANSKRAALThe classic upmarket option with a big dance floor. Open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7.30pm. Northumberland Street, Oakdale Industria, Bellville, 021 979 4404, www.facebook.com/danskraal.bellville.1

FLAMINGO’S LANGEBAANRocking and bouncing the West Coast since 1993, with everyone’s favourite music from langarm to hip-hop, disco to house! Saturdays from 8pm–3am. Main Road, Langebaan, 022 772 1243

KLIPWERFIf you like your own special recipe of “branna en coke” then Klipwerf Danssaal is for you, with a large dance floor surrounded by tables, two fully equipped bars and designated smoking areas. You are allowed to bring your own alcohol and enjoy dancing the night away to all your Afrikaans treffers remixed, with a few golden oldies in between. William Dabs Street, Brackenfell, 021 919 4103, klipwerfdanssaal.co.za

NIKITA’SA good place to gooi a vasdans and have a beer. On the weekend from 7pm you can take your own drinks in. Their music is very well mixed with langarm and the odd hip-hop number gets played too. 10am–2am Mon–Fri. Noble Park, Quarry Street, Bellville, 021 949 1211, www.facebook.com/pages/Nikitas-Bellville

OPSKOPAt Opskop you get the best of both worlds – an idyllic langarmsaal where you can bring your own drinks. The chances of bumping into people and spilling drinks while you dance are very small, as Opskop’s dance floor is big! Cnr Bottelary Road and R304, outskirts of Stellenbosch, 021 865 2568

Tiekiedraai Langarm Dans Dancing from 8pm–4am Wed, Fri, Sat. 12 Viben Avenue, Brackenfell, 084 645 7458

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AVA City Centre11 MARCH–5 APRIL Anthea Delmotte and Rodger Bosch35 Church Street, 021424 7436, www.ava.co.za, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat,

BARNARD GALLERY NewlandsFROM 21 MARCH Ryan Hewett55 Main Street, 021 671 1553, www.barnardgallery.com, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri

BRUNDYN + GONSALVES City Centre20 MARCH–24 APRIL Youth from rural KwaZulu-Natal join Zwelethu Mthethwa Impilo Engcomo – Good Health (photography)71 Loop Street, 021 424 5150, www.brundyngonsalves.com, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

CAPE GALLERY City centre3–23 MARCH Frederike StokhuyzenAfter studying fine art at Rhodes University, Frederike Stokhuyzen designed and produced stained glass windows at the Central Art School, London– a technique that is transported with dramatic effect into her paintings. Opening Sunday, 3 March at 4.30pm with an introduction by John White.24 MARCH–13 APRIL Francois Roux 14 APRIL–4 MAY Judy Woodborne Water Element Judy Woodborne specialises in the technique of printmaking and copperplate etching. Opens Sunday 14 April at 4.30pm.60 Church Street, 021 423 5309, www.capegallery.co.za, 9.30am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

COMMUNE 1 City centre14 MARCH– 20 APRIL Ayanda Mabulu Imvo Zabantsundu (The Native Opinion)2 MAY–1 JUNE Greg Streak64 Wale Street, 021 423 5600, 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat, www.commune1.com

DAVID KRUT PROJECTS NewlandsUNTIL 30 MARCH Mischa Fritsch Remote ProjectionsMontebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Avenue, 021 685 8676, www.davidkrutprojects.com, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

ERDMANN CONTEMPORARY City centreUNTIL 23 MARCH Thembalakhe Prospect Shibase Paint, Masculinity, Power & Violence The artist says: “Conceptually, this new body of work is a development from my previous pre-occupation with the idea of dictatorship and self-serving leadership, a problem that has plagued many parts of the developing world since independence. I am now interested in the link between masculinity, power and violence which, in addition to other things, seem to make up the recipe for an oppressive and violent society. In this context, oppression and violence are not only viewed from the context of state politics but instead, from a societal view in which they occur in

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the private, public, corporate, and other domains.In essence, the assumption is that there is a direct link between masculinity, patriarchy, power, oppression and violence. Through paint and the process of painting I have tried to reveal such links.”27 MARCH –25 MAY Jan Neethling63 Shortmarket Street, 021 422 2762, www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 11am–1pm Sat

EVERARD READ V&A Waterfront20–28 MARCH John Meyer3–16 APRIL Luan Nel Solo Exhibition17–30 APRIL Penelope Stutterheim Solo Exhibition

2–15 MAY Ed Hodgkinson Solo Exhibition22–31 MAY Alessandro Pappetti Solo Exhibition3 Portswood Road, 021 418 4527, www.everard-read-capetown.co.za, 9am–6pm Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat

GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE WoodstockUNTIL16 MARCH Mikhael Subotzky, David Goldblatt and Taryn Simon photography3rd Floor Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road, 021 462 7573/4, www.goodman-gallery.com, 9.30am–5.30pm Tue–Fri, 10am–4pm Sat

GRANDE PROVENCE FranschhoekUNTIL 24 APRIL Arlene Amaler-Raviv’ CitizenUNTIL 24 APRIL Gráinne McHugh CeramicsUNTIL 24 APRIL Koos De Wet, Donna Mckeller, Frans Smit, David Brits Love PlanetMain Road, 021 876 8630, www.grandeprovence.co.za, 10am–5pm daily (Oct–April 10am–6pm)

KALK BAY MODERN Kalk BayContemporary South African art and crafts from developing community groups as well as Art-i-San textiles inspired by the San in Namibia. 136 Main Road, 021 788 6571, 9.30am–5pm Mon–Sun

LOVELL GALLERY Woodstock12 MARCH–12 APRIL Benon Lutaaya Solo Exhibition. In paintings Benon uses found objects, or his own hands, to bring to life his explorations relating to identity, homelessness, child abuse and fear. 8 MAY–1 JUNE Emma Willemse dis[place] Willemse’s exhibition is a reflection of her continued interest in the phenomenon of displacement and its effects on the displaced. Working from her own personal experiences, she employs materials found in demolished houses to construct her installations. Alongside the installation she will also exhibit wall works created in a range of media. These include complex, somewhat baffling print works created through a lengthy process of hand-built collage, digitally edited and re-edited, and printed in the photogravure method.139 Albert Road, 021 820 5505, www.lovellgallery.co.za, 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

RUPERT MUSEUM CONTINUING JH Pierneef Station Panels, and permanent collectionStellentia Avenue, Stellenbosch, 9.30am–1pm, 2pm–4pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat, 021 888 3344, www.rupertmuseum.org

RUST-EN-VREDE DurbanvilleUNTIL 14 MARCH Candice Dawn B in a show titled The Three Sins of Omission. In Salon C: Collages by Patrick Mokhuane. In the Office Showcase: Ceramics by Johan Wilhelm19 MARCH–18 APRIL Tanya Swiegers, Gerrie van Tonder, Jane Eppel, John Wilhelm Ceramics23 APRIL–16 MAY Annelie Venter, Loni Drager, Vanessa Berlein, Solly GutmanSteve Shapiro Ceramics21 MAY–13 JUNE Martin Swart, Fine Ounce – Frida Luhl group, Amanda Reyneke van der BergChristo Giles Ceramics18 JUNE–18 JULY Sandra Hanekom, Theo Paul Vorster Group exhibition – MiniaturesLoretta Espi Ceramics10 Wellington Street, 021 976 4691, www.rust-en-vrede.com, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat

SALON91 GardensUNTIL 23 MARCH A celebration of design and typography with ‘Back in 5 minutes’, an exhibition featuring an award winning set of local designers, typographers and illustrators, including Ben Johnston, Clinton Campbell of Studio Muti, Clement de Bruin, Justin Southey, and Dani Loureiro.27 MARCH–20 APRIL Jordan Metcalf and Daniel Ting Chong – Heart of GoldSalon91 is a salon-style gallery and art consultation service based in Kloof Street, showcasing works by emerging, as well as established contemporary artists of all disciplines, and is passionate about developing a new brand of local talent. Exhibitions rotate every three to four weeks, keeping things fresh and exciting.24 APRIL–18 MAY Katrin Coetzer Honeymoon In her drawings and paintings, Katrin Coetzer forges a connection between her inner world and the geographical spaces she visits – real, imaginary and remembered. The exhibition locates a meeting point of fantasy, place and memory. It explores both space and itinerary, and the dichotomy between the exotic and the local.91 Kloof Street, 021 424 6930, 082 679 3906, info@salon91art.co.za, www.salon91art.co.za, 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

SANLAM ART GALLERYSanlam Head Office, 2 Strand Road, Bellville, 9am–4.30pm Mon–Fri, 021 947 3359, www.sanlam.co.za

SA PRINT GALLERY WoodstockUNTIL APRIL SAPG Summer Print SalonCelebration of South African printmaking of both obscure prints to cutting-edge presentations by well-known artists.27 APRIL–31 MAY Botanical Art Print Show109 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, 109 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, 021 462 6851, www.printgallery.co.za

SASOL ART MUSEUMUNTIL 14 APRIL Wim Botha1 MAY–29 JUNE Johannes du Plessis Silence – PortraitsStellenbosch University, 52 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch, 9am–4.30pm Tue–Fri, 9am–4pm Sat, 021 808 3691

STEVENSON WoodstockUNTIL 6 APRIL Claudette Schreuders, Ian Grose and Andrew Putter11 APRIL–25 MAY Robin Rhode30 MAY–13 JULY Meschac Gaba and Dineo Seshee BopapeBuchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, 021 462 1500, www.stevenson.info, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat

WHATIFTHEWORLD Woodstock14 MARCH–13 APRIL Olaf Hajek Secret Garden 18 APRIL–18 MAY Morne Vissage and Mbongeni Dlamini23 MAY–22 JUNE Rodan KaneCnr Argyle and Albert roads, 021 802 3111, www.whatiftheworld.com, 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

34 FINE ART WoodstockUNTIL 6 APRIL Group exhibitions9 APRIL–4 MAY Paul du Toit Vertex of Reality13 MAY–27 AUGUST Group ExhibitionSecond Floor, Hills Building, Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road, 082 354 1500, www.34fineart.com, 10.34am–4.34pm Tue–Fri, 10.34am–1.34pm Sat

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Gerrie van Tonder at Rust-en-Vrede

SPI National Portrait Award Important dates for this year’s SPI National Portrait Award 5–19 AUGUST Submission of Entries 21–23 AUGUST Judging of Entries27 AUGUST / 7PM / AWARD CEREMONY for invited guests only28 AUGUST–8 OCTOBER Exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, 10 Wellington Rd, Durbanville 7550, 021 976 4691www.spiportraitaward.co.za, www.rust-en-vrede.com

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On show at IZIKO this autumn and winterIziko Slave Lodge recently opened Afrikaans aan die praat, an opportunity to explore the history of the Afrikaans language (until 1 July). Uncontained, the Community Art Project is now extended until 12 April at the South African National Gallery in Company Gardens. Sounds and Silences from a San Archive is a small ethnographic presentation at Bertram House (until 15 May), while Words of Slaves: Places of Memory, documenting the history and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade, is presented at the Slave Lodge until 30 June. Dialogues: conversations between “old” and “new” challenges ideas about South Africa’s past by pairing art and artefacts of different times and is on show at the SA National Gallery until 12 April. The Land Act of 1913, and associated legislation that was to follow during the apartheid period, had a devastating effect on the country and on the lives of millions of South Africans. A photographic exhibition, named Umhlaba Wethu This is Our Land follows a century-long journey into the history of the land, into land struggles, forced labour and child labour, and removals. (23 March until 28 July). Oliver Tambo (until 31 March), and the Isishweshwe cloth (see fashion pages in this edition, on show until 31 December) are also showing at the Slave Lodge. Rendez-vous 12 (an exhibition of the work of 20 young artists from five continents continues until 12 April in the South African National Gallery, 25 Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3800), while the King’s Map by François Le Vaillant, and commissioned by King Louis XVI will close on 26 May. South African Museum, Company Gardens. For feature articles on these two shows go to www.021magazine.co.za. For opening times see www.iziko.org.za.

LeVaillant King’s Map at Iziko

Benon Lutaaya at Lovell

Thembalakha Shibase at Erdman

Olaf Hajek at Whatiftheworld

A t the bottom end of historic Dorp Street, on the banks of the Eersterivier, is what appears to be a whitewashed cellar set in a vineyard. It

is actually the Rupert Museum, home to a superb collection of South African and International art.

The Rupert Museum showcases the private art collection of well-known South African industrialist the late Dr Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte which they collected from 1940 to 2006. Huberte Rupert commissioned the building in 2003, choosing Hannes Meiring, known for his love of historic architecture, as the

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architect. Officially opened in February 2005, the Rupert Museum now shows the best of South African artists such as Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, Alexis Preller, Walter Battiss, Elza Dziomba, Jean Welz, JH Pierneef, Lippy Lipshitz, Moses Kotler, Anton van Wouw and Coert Steynberg. In addition, there are also major European works by leading sculptors such as Auguste Rodin and Käthe Kollwitz, as well as French tapestries by Jean Lurçat.

To many art lovers another highlight of a visit to the Rupert Museum will be the exhibition of JH Pierneef’s Station Panels – considered to mark the highpoint of his career. These national treasures, the property of the

Transnet Foundation, now fill one of the three galleries at the museum.

Pierneef was commissioned by the then South African Railways and Harbours to paint panels depicting places of natural beauty and historical value for the new Johannesburg Station in 1929. The architecture of the concourse specifically included spaces for the panels to be affixed. This determined both the size and number of the panels – 32 in total.

He completed the panels over three years, working on them in groups. 28 panels are of landscapes and the remaining four of indigenous trees.

Graaff-Reinet Louis Trichardt Okahandja Table Mountain

Teaching art in Cape Town, Mary-Anne Border had no idea that she’d be consumed by a new creative urge when she moved to Napier. “I think it’s because you can be the person you really want to be here,” explains Mary-Anne. “I’ve met some wonderfully inspiring people and that gives me added impetus to express things in a new way.”

A year ago, Mary-Anne took up residence at the Napier Retirement Village – her house overlooks rolling countryside and gives her the vision she seeks. She loves the nature around her, even though she has done battle with some visiting swallows who took up residence on her stoep. She also loves the quiet. So her newfound activism contrasts somewhat with the serenity of her surroundings, but she’s lively in her freedom and happily saying what she wants to say through her painting. This societal commentary – all given from the comfort of her new home – has given Mary-Anne a new lease on life too. “I swim every afternoon with a friend in the solar-heated pool … and in all weathers … so I’m being active in every way and, as the saying goes: ‘I’m retired but I’m not tired.’”

“I think people who retire to Napier end up coming here to “live”. I love the sense of freedom I have here – it allows me to give vent and to do so in a focused way! I also just love the lifestyle – it’s easy with an edge and, as an artist, this suits me very well.”

Mary-Anne first considered moving to Napier because her architect son, Nic Border, was involved with the Napier Retirement Village. Nic was responsible for transforming the old school in Napier into the main building for the retirement village.

Situated on the top of a hill in Napier, the “Ou Skool” is an impressive building with wooden floors, high ceilings and a rich

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history. It’s now the nucleus of the Napier Retirement Village.

Residents of Napier Retirement Village have a choice of independent or assisted living. Independent living is either in detached Cape cottages or terraced houses in the Ou Skool’s converted woodwork building. Assisted living and frail care services are offered in the main Ou Skool building, where the nursing and healthcare services are as convenient as the library, dining and living rooms.

There’s a lot more on offer in Napier than first meets the eye.

People who pass through Napier en route to the coast invariably think “that’s a pretty village”, and leave it at that, but if you stop and take a closer look, Napier’s tangible vibrancy, creative spirit and overt friendliness begin to seep into your consciousness. The little town offers its 4000 residents loads of things to do – 14 restaurants, numerous galleries, local wineries and churches, its own butcher, baker, a dairy, brewery (the most southern in Africa) and a burgeoning community of artistic and creative residents. Various clubs offer anything from bowling to reading and bridge to craft-making. The Grootberg Hiking Trail is a new 8km trail around the Grootberg summit and, as you’d expect, there are large numbers of fynbos and bird species to see in the area. Lying at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, Napier appeals to a wide range of people who find a commonality in being ever so slightly quirky, offbeat and always interesting.

Napier was founded in 1838 and named after the British Governor of the Cape at the time, Sir George Napier. Some of the main historical features of the village include the Feeshuis, one of the oldest buildings in the town, which was used as slave quarters between 1810 and 1820, and the Dutch Reformed church, built in the form of a Greek cross, which features a teak interior and a beautiful solid copper-pipe organ.

Century-old cottages blend with modern houses in a rural village surrounded by the rolling farmland typical of the Overberg region. Napier is in the Cape Agulhas Region with easy access to the seaside villages of Arniston, Struisbaai and L´Agulhas. Bredasdorp, a busy Overberg town with the nearest big supermarket, is 25 minutes’ drive, and Hermanus with its medi-clinic and shops is 45 minutes away.

“People want to come and visit you.”

Another character who’s finding a new lease on life in Napier is Eksteen Odendal. Eksteen grew up in Napier but returned a few years ago with his wife Helena, a nursing sister. He is now the manager at the Napier Retirement Village. “Napier has changed a lot since I was at school here,” Eksteen explains. “I think it is better now, because people are restoring the buildings, and all the different types of people living here make it a very dynamic community. Napier is a place for all ages because it has so much going on – and if you are retired in Napier, people want to come and visit you here.”

This is an important determinant for choosing where you’ll enjoy your retirement, because it’s nice to be in a place that both family and friends will enjoy visiting regularly.

So, if you’d like to explore and let fly your creative spirit while enjoying peace of mind, quiet surroundings, good company when you want it, medical support when you need it, a thoroughly pleasant lifestyle and a life less ordinary, you’d be hard pressed to beat Napier.

For more information contact Will on 081 271 0543 or visit www.napiervillage.co.za

The Cape Gallery, 60 Church Street, Cape Town seeks to expose fine art that is rooted in the South African tradition,work which carries the unique cultural stamp of our continent.

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Dust off your dandy-suits, ladies! Androgyny is on the rise this autumn. Sometimes completed with a fedora hat, ladies suits copy men’s in every detail. Put your tongue firmly in your cheek and wear a double-breasted suit that hints at Oscar Wilde. For casual wear, fling on a dark-green, brown and sand-coloured blazer. Women who aren’t certain they want to wear the trousers can keep their options open with the season’s most interesting trend – pants worn under a skirt.

From coral to crimson, red is a hot colour this autumn. Its passion and heat work equally well in casual wear and for special occasions.

For women who refuse to be anything other than feminine, velvet is an ideal choice. For a sexier look, clad yourself in

close-fitting leather garments.The main length of autumn is midi and longer. The conservative and aristocratic pencil skirt exudes the spirit of the 1950s. Our floral obsession continues to bloom. Floral prints are still a huge trend, but they become darker, edgier and more luxurious.The big accessories trend is “Doctor Bags”. These feature lots of buckles, have thick handles and a hard bottom.

The figure-flattering peplums are still popular, but darker and classier. Even more figure-forgiving is the big trend for oversize fashion. Oversize coats, billowing trousers, loose tops and extra-wide jackets are flapping in the wind.

For both men and women, wine colours, including juicy burgundy and purple Beaujolais Nouveau are evident. But the

main shade of autumn is blue, especially in shades of cobalt and dark blue.This season men are wearing mostly grey, in more than 50 shades. Think charcoal suits, slate baseball jackets or gunmetal trousers. For those who need colour, claret is the colour of the season, while bright blues are popular too. Time to ditch that navy suit or overcoat.

A renewed fascination for the great outdoors is evident in the wilderness-inspired trend. You don’t have to look like Indiana Jones, though. The easiest way to adopt the look is with a pair of rugged hiking boots

Maybe the world is longing for the return of Superman, but capes are everywhere. Best avoid red though!

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Kaapse Klopse in Fashion We rounded up the troops and found our way to the dunes of Atlantis. We marched on the sand to capture the bling bling of the Kaapse Klopse. Silk and sequins was teamed with leather and lime.

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Sequins lime green jacket and purple top designed and made by Gadija Jumah.  Whistle on leather strap stylist own. 

c Khaki shirt from Zara.  Fringed waistcoat from Dressing Room teamed with green skirt from Style Council. Shoes from the De Sud range The purple and white umbrella is a typical accessory carried by the Kaapse Klopse.  

Gadija Jumah is annually involved with the design of the costumes for the Wood-stock Starlites, one of the Kaapse Klopse teams. The Woodstock Starlites are the overall winners of the Cape Carnival Competition for 2013.  

Dressing Room 021 465 7249Style Council 021 465 8865Gadija Jumah 083 329 6624 www.errolarendz.com

A Swedish fashion designer living in Cape Town, Karolina describes her label – Olowsdotter – as  an eco-industrial look. This merging and clashing of contradictory elements expresses the duality felt by the 21st-century free-spirited nature lover who longs to feel the grass under her feet yet demands high-speed internet access 24/7.

Ecological principles affect every step of Karolina’s design process. Supporting and affiliating with other local industries is a primary concern. She buys local fabrics, mostly organic, and uses only natural fibres, which she embosses with intricate design details, such as poetry screen-printed onto the fabric.

The industrial aspect of her design comes through in the tailoring –

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onthe tuxedo style coats that reference a dandified life of high culture and the sharp lines with tucked waists that ask us to trade sandals for high heels.

Rather than following fickle trends, Karolina designs clothing that emphasises the feel-good factor. “I want people to wear my clothes because they make them feel at home in their skin,” she says.

And who would she love to see wearing her clothes? “Neneh Cherry – she’s edgy, quirky and principled.”

Karolina recently showed her work at Design Indaba 2013.

Nature rubs shoulders with the city in Karolina Olows-dotter’s fashion label.

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The earliest origins of isishweshwe (Xhosa ujamani; Afrikaans Duitse sis) can be traced back to the craze for colourful indiennes (Indian cottons) which spread like wildfire across Europe (even reaching the Cape) from the mid-1600s. In addition, vast quantities of indigo, until then extremely rare in Europe, were imported from India on new sea trade routes monopolised by the British and Dutch East India Companies. Europeans were now able to produce large amounts of a beautiful deep blue fabric.

In South Africa the identities of its wearers have changed from its context in trade and missionary-inspired Western dress to its active incorporation into traditional African rural customs, as a political statement by white women against apartheid, to its emergence on the international fashion circuit and latterly also

as accessories. Increasingly today it is worn as everyday dress by South African women, irrespective of class, and more and more by men.

Today discharge-prints – in South Africa regarded as “real” isishweshwe – are made only at Da Gama Textiles in Zwelitsha near King William’s Town.

At Iziko, an exhibition entitled The Shweshwe Story: Material Women? introduces the greater part of a collection of garments assembled by Dr Juliette Leeb-du Toit over a period of more than two decades. These are complemented by a range of photographic images and a selection of historical garments and images from Iziko’s own collection. This is the first in-depth exhibition of isishweshwe. Opened in February this year, the exhibition also coincides with the run-up to Cape Town’s reign as World Design Capital in 2014.

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where they prefer to eat breakfast, where they like to grab a cheap bite, and where they go when they want to splash out.

Luke recommends Melissa’s as a breakfast spot. While most entries are listings, famous food writer Joe Warwick (who started the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards), writes

Imagine arriving in a city you have never visited and knowing exactly where to eat breakfast and what to order. For a certain kind of globetrotting gastronome, such knowledge is priceless, or at least worth the R264 that it will cost you to own Phaidon’s Where Chefs Eat. The book is an ultimate insider’s guide, full of hidden treasures, from a 100-year-old San Francisco oyster bar to a seafood shack on the Lebanese coast.

The idea was not to compile a list of “best restaurants” – after all, how does one judge “best”? (The place that serves the best scrambled eggs is not likely to be the same establishment that offer scallops in champagne sauce.) Instead, Where Chefs Eat takes the more intelligent approach of suggesting the best places to eat for specific occasions, from bargain to high-end. A questionnaire was dispatched to over 400 of the world’s top chefs, asking them

selected restaurant reviews. Writing about Melissa’s, he raves about “the wildly popular eggs Benedict with toasted Turkish bread” and “the enamel breakfast mug of baked eggs, bacon, tomato and mascarpone”. Scot Kirton’s breakfast recommendation is Olympia Café in Kalk Bay.

Cape Town is mentioned by international chef José Pizarro, who says Azure, at The Twelve Apostles, is “worth travelling for” because of its incredible views, use of fresh herbs from the garden, superb South African wine selection and dishes such as springbok tenderloin.

Luke’s bargain recommendation is Bihari in the Southern Sun, Newlands. Scot opts for the Italian/Portuguese Beleza in Kloof Nek Rd.

Where Chefs EatA Guide to Chefs’ Favourite Restaurants is available in print (Phaidon) and as iPhone and Ipad apps.

Where Chefs Eat is a mouth-watering compendium of recommendations from over 400 of the world’s top chefs.

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What makes this book interesting to 021 readers is the inclusion of recommendations by Scot Kirton (chef at La Colombe), Luke Dale-Roberts (chef at The Test Kitchen), and Peter Tempelhoff (who oversees five Relais Chateaux restaurants). Both Scot and Luke chose The Greenhouse as their high-end choice. Peter chose Nobu. In a curious entanglement, both Peter and Scott named The Test Kitchen as the restaurant they wish they had opened. Luke says he wishes he had opened Carne, on 70 Keerom Street.

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Chef Henry Vigar and his wife Mari moved from England to South Africa three years ago. Inspired by the ocean and the “Mayor’s Lady”, a 1920s building, once the mayor of Cape Town’s residence, they set about fulfilling a dream of opening their own restaurant. Undeterred by the three eateries that had already come and gone without a ripple of success, at the same location, La Mouette in a short time established an excellent reputation for its fine dining.

I love the idea of a mid-summer gourmand menu. Somehow, it makes me think of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. It tempts me to finally come and taste what is on offer. This six-course dining experience offers the luxury of a tasting menu at an affordable price. At R295 without wine and R495 paired with wine, it is excellent value. The al fresco-style courtyard with its koi pond and fountain is an ideal setting for lingering over an unhurried dinner on a balmy, starlit night. Enclosed inside a thick wall, the sounds of Sea Point fade far away.

One piquant course followed another. I enjoyed every nibble, especially the surprising mezze platters with their Middle Eastern flavours of harissa, babaganoush and yogurt. The wine pairings were excellent, all the way to the sweet dessert wine that accompanied the cheese. But the bouillabaisse stood apart. It was truly superb. Rumour has it that chef Vigar, influenced by his French mother, excels at authentic versions of French favourites, from cheese and truffle croquettes to duck rillettes with mushroom brioche or duck confit. This is certainly true, judging by the bouillabaisse.

A visit to La Mouette is not complete without trying the legendary gin-and-tonic jelly dessert served with gin syrup. It’s not on the tasting menu, but beg, borrow or steal to try this uniquely perfumed, delicately delicious pudding.

With winter approaching, there are few nights left to enjoy eating outdoors, but Mari assures me that indoors, with five fireplaces, offers an intimate, elegant dining experience.

La Mouette, 78 Regent Road, Sea Point, 021 433 0856

LA MOUETTEYou can’t beat the bouillabaisse.

“Nobu – that’s the Japanese restaurant at the One&Only isn’t it?” For many Capetonians, this may be the limit of their knowledge, but the Nobu story goes much deeper than this, right to the heart of one man’s vision of modern Japanese food and first-class friendly service around the globe.

Nobu Matsuhisa is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest chefs of his age – not only for his unique style of cooking, but for the dedication to his staff. The secret to Nobu’s success lies in his skill in marrying traditional Japanese cooking techniques with ingredients not normally found in Japan. His biggest influence (outside his home country) is Peru, where he spent many years in the late 1970s, finding a lot of similarity between the two cuisines in their emphasis on freshness, quality and simplicity. A man who moves with the

times, Nobu also pioneered “new-style sashimi” which lightly sears the food before serving.

Ensuring the correct translation of his ideas and dishes into 25 restaurants in 21 cities around the world means that Nobu is constantly training and developing his team. His attention to detail is such that in every Nobu restaurant kitchen, whether it’s in London, New York or Cape Town, there will be chefs who have personally seen the master prepare and serve each dish on the menu. Nobu Cape Town’s head chef Fred Faucheux and new sushi chef Keisuke “Keke” Itoh have been part of the Nobu family for many years, and with Keke’s arrival the menu has expanded to include new signature dishes which he learnt first-hand in his previous position as a sushi chef at Nobu in the Bahamas. This is Keke’s 15th year as a sushi chef

and he practised his art in restaurants around the globe, gathering tremendous experience along the way, until he achieved his lifelong dream of working alongside Nobu himself before moving to Cape Town at the start of this year. This interchange of staff on a global basis allows Nobu to maintain rigorously high standards and also shares knowledge and enthusiasm amongst his international team.

Having a knowledgeable, flexible workforce that can be moved around the globe as required is not confined to the kitchen staff alone. Nobu Cape Town’s manager, Amir Sardari, spent several years working in Nobu restaurants in London and Athens before coming to Africa, and this background has enabled him to train up local staff, such as assistant restaurant manager, Sebastian Petersen, to join the Nobu family. All the waiters are trained in Nobu’s unique style of cooking and the best way to experience the food is to let them make the choices for you. Putting yourself in the hands of these professionals ensures a dining experience unlike any other, and the waiters will always recommend sharing as many dishes as possible around the table, giving everyone the chance to try an array of different flavours.

Eating at Nobu is “fine dining” in the sense that only the finest and freshest ingredients are used, but they are served with a warmth and friendliness that make your meal a relaxed pleasure suitable for any and every occasion.

To encourage you to experience the restaurant more frequently, the Nobu Winter Set Menu is priced at a generous R299 for a five-course menu, or the Winter Bento Box from only R275 (available from 1 April). A bento box is a Japanese handcrafted lacquerware layered container traditionally used as a lunch box. The top level consists of hot items while the bottom consists of cold, all compartmentalised.

So whether you choose one of these special offers or simply sit back and allow the well-trained staff to choose for you, Nobu’s approach of “omakase” (meaning “from the heart”) brings you cuisine from the heart of the Nobu family.

To reserve your table at Nobu Cape Town, call 021 431 4511, email restaurant.reservations@oneandonlycapetown.com and the website: oneandonlycapetown.com

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Most juice extracted from grapes by treading in two minutes by a teamGabriel Jonker and Ryno van Zyl (both South Africa) trod 50kg of grapes in two minutes, resulting in 21.17 litres of juice being extracted at the WHOOSH festival, Worcester.

Most eggs carried on a single hatGregory Da Silva (South Africa) created a hat bearing 642 real eggs on it and presented it on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, on 25 March 2011.

Longest salad barThe longest continuous salad bar was constructed in Kyalami and measured 201.2m. The total weight of the salad bar was 20 635kg. The ingredients consisted of 375kg of cucumber, 200kg onions, 455kg tomatoes, 975kg lettuce and 58.5kg salad dressing.

Longest braaiThe longest barbecue marathon was 62 hours and six minutes and was achieved by Gareth Daniell at SuperSport Park, in Centurion, Pretoria, on 26 August 2012.

Largest pizzaThe largest pizza ever baked weighed 12.19 tons and was made at Norwood Hypermarket, Norwood. The pizza measured 37.4m in diameter.

Largest rabbit made of chocolateThe largest rabbit made of chocolate weighed 3010kg and was made in Sandton City, on 19 March 2010. The chocolate Easter bunny measured a height of 3.8m and was sculpted in under three days and was made by a team of four people in time for the Easter celebrations.

Average distance food travels from farm to plate for Capetonians: 715km

Job potentials if 10% of food is grown locally.

of cauliflowers, carrots and lettuce sold in Cape Town comes from Philippi horticultural area

Total annual consumption of fruits and vegetables in Cape Town

Of these in tons:

are potatoes, 12 274 produced in Cape Town

Tomatoes, 3000 produced in Cape Town

Onions, 2600 produced in Cape Town

Excess Production “exported”:Cauliflower 3400, 4800 produced in Cape Town Cabbage 9000, 19 100 produced in Cape TownCarrots 7700, 17 200 produced in Cape Town

Other vegetable and food consumed in Cape Town:Bananas 24 000 tonsSquashes/butternut/pumpkins 21 000 tonsOranges, lemons, naartjies 9800 tonsWatermelons 9000 tonsSweet potatoes 4300 tonsMangos 2700 tonsPawpaw 2300 tons

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021 asked Jason Drew about his fascination for maggots. He is involved with Agroprotein, who run a larvae and fruit-fly factory, currently producing one ton of maggots per week. At this stage, abattoir waste is used to feed the larvae, while at a later stage they will munch away on waste from ablution facilities. The maggots in turn are used to feed livestock, especially chicken. Currently about 1000 000 000 (1 billion) chickens are slaughtered each year in South Africa. A lot of their food is still sourced from fish, further depleting the oceans.

How many maggots do you deal with?We harvest 5 million larvae a day and have 20 to 30 million of them in residence on any given day. We are still on a trial scale, but once the factory is automated the output will rise to 700 tons per week.

How many eggs does a female fly lay per week?750 to 1250 eggs in under a week. 1kg of harvested eggs will hatch into about 400kg of larvae in just a few days.

How many grams of food do they consume in relation to their body size?The food conversion ration is 2.4 : 1 – they will each eat about half a gram before harvesting.

What is their nutritional value?Similar to that of fishmeal – 52% protein.

How many maggots are eaten by a chicken per day?It depends on their life stage, but around 50 grams per day.

Jason recently published his book The Story of The Fly and How It Could Save The World. More info on the Paarl-based operation at www.agroprotein.co.za

Chicken968 million chickens slaughtered in South Africa per year

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Located in the Cape Flats, the Philippi Horticultural Area is Cape Town’s most important food producing area, with 2639hectares in use as agricultural land. Farm size ranges from 2ha to more than 300ha. The Philippi Horticultural Area accounts for a full time workforce of about 2350 people. Most of them are women.

HistoryThe late 19th century, the British Colonial government decided to attract Germans to the Cape to settle parts of the Cape Flats. Volunteers from the Lüneburger Heide, a sandy, rather infertile area in Northern Germany, arrived in 1877 and 1883.

The help promised by the government did not materialise but farmers and their workers managed to turn the sandy soils of the Flats in a rather short time into a cultural landscape with a distinct German look, today’s vegetable garden of Cape Town.

Today only about 10 percent of the original farming area remains. Already in existence for more than 100 years, farmsteads, church complex, trees, hedges, water irrigation methods and sand dune management continue to be used. The original Cape Flats and District Farmers Association is the oldest farmers’ union in South Africa.

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Beef2 227 944 cattle slaughtered in South Africa per year

Per capitaconsumptionAcross the world, each year at least 60 billion land animals are slaughtered for consumption – or nine for each human.

Pork2.5 million pigs slaughtered in South Africa per year(Figures from 2010)

Autumn in the Cape is a beautiful season, with still loads of warm days for outdoor activities and entertainment. 2013 is billed as a bumper, quality harvest and the grapes are being harvested as we speak. Enjoy the last of summer with this selection of exceptional wines.

Miles Mossop Saskia 2011This voluptuous and opulent white wine features a truly South African blend of Chenin Blanc, Viognier,

Verdelho and Clairette Blanche. Named after the mischievous daughter of the winemaker, this wine is for serious contemplation, displaying ripe summer fruit flavours, complemented by sensitive oaking in French barrels. Rich, sumptuous and elegant, it is just the ticket for perfectly-roasted duck served with roasted stonefruit. It is delicious now, but will reward aging, so lay some down for another summer. Contact: miles@milesmossopwines.com; www.milesmossopwines.com

Ataraxia Sauvignon Blanc 2012Unmistakably Sauvignon Blanc! This wine from the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley oozes full-flavoured grassy, lemony-fruit freshness. Elegant with exquisite balance and depth to the last drop! It is bright and crisp with a distinctive mineral character that refreshes the palate with a zesty conclusion. Pair with the last of the season’s green asparagus, lightly topped with a lemon-butter sauce. Contact: info@ataraxiawines.co.za; www.ataraxiawines.co.za; 028 212 2007

Spice Route Chenin Blanc 2011From the heart of the Swartland region, this wine is the expression of South African sunshine and the exceptional expression of the Chenin Blanc variety. Full-bodied and lush with flavours of crème brûlée, lemon, honey, Granny Smith apples, vanilla and cinnamon. Quite a mouthful – and so is the wine! The creamy texture on the palate is lifted by a fresh acidity, finishing on a lip-smacking spicy note. Easy on the pocket, so buy loads. Enjoy with a herb-flavoured roast chicken on a warm evening. Contact: spiceroute@iafrica.com; www.spiceroutewines.co.za; 021 863 5200

Mullineux Family Vineyards Straw Wine 2011A stunner to enjoy with dessert! Made from air-dried Chenin Blanc grapes fermented in old barrels, it displays a bright, deep golden straw colour. On the nose one is greeted with an explosion of dried peach, apricots, toasty almond, marzipan, honey and marmalade aromas. The palate offers intense spice, mouth-coating honeyed viscosity, balanced by a clean, fresh acidity and very long finish of spiced,

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PICK OF THE SEASONWinifred Bowman, 021’s wine connoisseur and Cape Wine Master, shares her best of the season.

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Winifred Bowman, 021’s wine connoisseur, is a Cape Wine Master. She eats, drinks, sleeps and dreams about wine and then teaches, writes, judges and consults about wine. Invite her for lunch if you have a bottle to share!

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sun-dried apricots. This wine will leave you breathless! Serve chilled and enjoy with a rich, baked apple dessert. Yummy! Contact: info@mullineuxwines.com; www.mullineuxwines.com; 022 448 1183

Solms Delta Lekkerwijn 2011This is a delightful Rosé from Mourvédre, Grenache & Viognier and smacks of a holiday by the sea. “Lekkerwijn” (meaning delicious wine) lives up to its name – light and fruity with juicy berries, earthy spices and a sprinkling of Mediterranean herbs. The wine is lightly oaked, adding to the harmonious, smooth mouth-feel and spicy lift on the finish. Enjoy chilled on its own, or with a fresh seafood salad. Contact: info@solms-delta.co.za; www.solms-delta.com; 021 874 3937

KWV 20-year old Potstill brandyThis multi-award-winning double-distilled potstill brandy brings an evening to a satisfying and splendid conclusion. The deep shimmering amber colour invites a closer sniff. First off on the nose there is an exquisite floral bouquet followed by pear drops, dried apples, apricot, rich marmalade and port wine aromas. The palate is silky and rounded, and the fruit mingle with delicate nut flavours to the decadent finish. This quintessential South African brandy was matured in French oak barrels for 20 years. Best enjoyed on its own, delicately poured into a warm brandy snifter or with a dark Cape brandy pudding. Contact: www.kwvbrandy.co.za; 0800 212 519

In 2012 the Cape Winemakers Guild turned 30 years old. To mark the occasion, this sumptuous cookbook was published with words by Wendy Toerien and recipes and preparation by the 45 guild members. Wendy Toerien takes the reader on an addictive tour of our Winelands to meet the winemakers showcasing the best and

exciting wines paired with favourite dishes in their own homes. It is a must for all wine and food lovers and a real celebration of winemaking in South Africa. Cellarmasters in the Kitchen has recently won the category “Best Matching Food and Drinks Book in South Africa” in the Gourmand World Cookbooks Competition.

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Paintings courtesy of The Cape Gallery, Church Street, www.capegallery.co.za

Goinggardening!Autumn is when my friends and I go “gardening” – which is our expression for golfing in the Garden Route. Yes, for a period of time we change our 021 numbers to 044, as we savour the pleasures available in this wonderful part of South Africa. It is a golfing Mecca and the cooler weather at this time of year allows us to enjoy all that is on offer.

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Our only debate annually is how to choose the courses, as time rarely allows us to play them all. Do we play Mossel Bay, the course on the border of the town famed for its entry in the Guinness Book of Records as having one of the world’s best climates? Or the George golf course, the classic tree-lined layout, which receives more golfers annually than any of its competitors. We could play the Sally Little signature course, Kingswood, bracketed by the George course and the Links at Fancourt or the gentle, flat avenues of the charming Knysna Golf Club.

This year we regretfully will not have time to head for the two gems at Plettenberg Bay. Both are delightful and yet so different in style. The Plettenberg Bay Country Club is a traditional country course, tree-lined and set in a nature reserve, while the immaculately manicured Goose Valley, a Gary Player design, is at the heart of a highly

successful real estate development bordering the ocean.

Ernie Els will no doubt tell me off, as we haven’t included his superb course at Oubaai, near George, this year – but we’ll be back I’m sure to enjoy his grand design.

This year we aim high. First and foremost we will tackle the three Gary Player masterpieces at Fancourt, where the Montagu and Outeniqua courses, set in landscapes that warrant the name “garden”, are mere precursors to the majesty of the challenge on the Links. The Links, already a legend due to its hosting of the Presidents Cup and the Women’s World Cup, has continued to garner its deserved reputation as South Africa’s number one golf course.

We will then transfer our admiration to two of the scenic splendours on the high ground overlooking the Knysna

Larry Gould publishes the Guide to Golf to share with international golfing visitors that “on-course we’re great, and off-course we’re the best!”www.larrygouldgolf.com

lagoon. The Simola golf course, a Jack Nicklaus design, encompasses lagoon, river and mountain views, which are all regularly available on a meandering and undulating landscape that includes a forest setting.

No less visually enchanting is the Pezula Championship Golf Course, which regularly dips towards a cliff-and-ocean border. Two holes here are among my favourites – the 12th and 13th holes, both steeply downhill and both allowing magnificent sea views as backdrop to these excellent tests of our “gardening” skills.

We will conclude our adventure at the spectacularly scenic Peter Matkovich design at Pinnacle Point, on the outskirts of Mossel Bay. Anyone who plays this wonderful layout will immediately regain their appreciation of the word “breathtaking”.

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Greyton is one of those pretty little satellites of Cape Town, orbiting about 130km away from the Mother City. Filled with gourmet lunch spots and beautiful wedding venues, the town is tucked away in a beautiful valley, surrounded by dramatic peaks, down which waterfalls streak in the rainy season. 30km from the N2, Greyton is connected to the national road by the R406, which is without a doubt one of the best roads in the country.

My weapon of choice for tackling this sweeping, swooping strip of tarmac? A station wagon. Bear with me, I didn’t have too many cocktails at the wedding, I have genuinely fallen for the least popular type of car in South Africa. The vehicle in question is the Honda Accord Tourer.In an ideal world, you would choose a

TOURING IN A TOURERlight, fast, probably Italian sports car for a spectacular road like this. But in reality, you need a car that can cope with your kids, the shopping and the dog, all while sipping on fuel and providing solid reliability. A bonus would be if the drive itself didn’t bore you senseless.

Step up please, The Accord Tourer. While not exactly new to our showrooms, the latest model available is a mid-life cycle refresh (if only we could all have one of those) but the car has been around in much the same guise since 2008. Which to me speaks volumes about its quality. All told, it offers one of the most complete packages I have yet reviewed.

Let’s begin with the seats, as you’ll be spending quite a bit of time in them.

They are right up there with the most comfortable lounge chairs in which I’ve ever had the pleasure of reclining, except they happen to be fitted to a car. Rear space is excellent as is the boot area, which has loads of clever hidden storage compartments, and a retractable dog net.

One of those panels hides a sizeable subwoofer. Oddly enough, this is a device that has nothing to do with canines; it’s a speaker dedicated to providing bass. This particular unit vibrates the hair on your head. The sound system in here is crystal clear and incredibly powerful, with full iPod and USB support, essential for keeping the music going on your road trip. I may be partially deaf after a week in the car, but it was worth it.

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The wagon is pulled along by a 2.4-litre petrol engine. It’s a peach of a powerplant, smooth and quiet, with just a hint of mechanical growl to remind you that you’re driving something a little sporty. While thirsty in stop-start city driving, it is exceptionally efficient on the open road. Handling is spot on between comfort and sporting; I found it sublime on the long, fast corners of the R406.

The Accord Tourer is just such an honest, hard-working car, which feels more like an accomplice in trying to help you get on with your life than an appliance for transporting you from A to B. With the multifunction steering wheel (and I really mean multifunction, you barely have to take your hands off the wheel) you can set everything just

right for your journey, and relax. Adaptive Cruise Control is a great option – you can set a speed and a following distance to the car ahead, and the system will do all the work for you. A novel and incredibly effective safety feature is the imminent collision warning, which forcefully tugs at your seatbelt to alert you to an object ahead if it senses you’re taking too long to get on the brakes. I must admit, I got quite a fright the first time that kicked in, but it certainly works.

One of the best parts of my “job” is the opportunity to drive a wide array of cars in every shape, size and price bracket, and sometimes I can’t help but become attached. And that’s what happened with the Accord Tourer – when the fleet drivers

arrived to pick up the keys, I felt a little tug at my petrol-soaked heartstrings. At R424 000, this is quite simply a bargain. It has features for which (whisper it) other manufacturers will charge you the proverbial arm and a leg. It makes touring and seeing the stunning scenery of the Western Cape an absolute pleasure. Although I have to admit, I didn’t see much of it. I was having too much fun driving.

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AAt the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains, only 270km from Cape Town, award-winning Bushmans Kloof offers a unique wilderness experience. The reserve’s open plains, ancient sandstone formations and clear waterfalls create a natural playground in which to reconnect with the essence of life, making a stay at this retreat the ideal getaway to escape everyday life and fully restore body and mind.

During the next few months, Bushmans Kloof will be offering a number of special offers, from R1750 per person sharing per night, including all meals and activities. Choose from breaks featuring indulgent spa treatments, exhilarating nature drives and rejuvenating outdoor activities – ask about the 3 Night Winter Getaway package, the mid-week Nurture in Nature break, or the Natural Wellness spa package.

Bushmans Kloof will also offer a range of special events featuring interesting

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topics and expert speakers, to make your wilderness adventure even more enticing.

Bushmans Kloof’s legendary Food and Wine Weekends are a highlight on the culinary calendar – join executive Cchef Floris Smith at these gourmet food and wine events, co-hosted by some of South Africa’s top winemakers. Using the finest local ingredients, world-class cuisine will be matched with superb wines from Bouchard Finlayson, Meerlust and Cederberg winery, presented in the magnificent wilderness environment that is Bushmans Kloof.

Amateur astronomers will be pleased to hear about The Cederberg Skies programme. These starry events include thrilling night drives in open Land Rovers with Bushmans Kloof field guide, and avid stargazer, Werner Le Roux.

A new event on the Bushmans Kloof calendar, Gardens for Life, will see Marion Siebrits, general manager at Cape Town’s

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Starke Ayres Garden Centre, introduce guests to easy and hassle-free ways to grow a variety of edible plants in their own garden. The Wonders of Mother Nature meanwhile, hosted by Kirstenbosch botanist Ernst van Jaarsveld, will inspire budding horticulturists to learn more about the magic of the Cederberg.

Bushmans Kloof’s popular Family Fun weekends give parents the opportunity to share an exceptional wilderness breakaway with their children, filled with invigorating activities and adventures, as well as a special supervised children’s programme. Families and friends travelling together can also take advantage of the Koro Lodge Escape offer, which allows guests to stay at Bushmans Kloof’s elegant private villa for four nights, for the price of three.

For further details, and to book, contact Bushmans Kloof on 021 437 9278, email info@bushmanskloof.co.za or visit www.bushmanskloof.co.za

Outside SA Breweries, Main Road, Newlands, 021 657 5140, 021 674 6530, www.wpa.org.za

30 MARCH / 9AM / KARTING SA ROTAX NATIONAL Killarney Racetrack, www.wpmc.co.za

30 MARCH / 7.10PM / STORMERS VS CRUSADERS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

2, 9, 16 APRIL / 6.30PM / MERREL NIGHT RUN SERIES 5km and 8km, Simon’s Restaurant, Groot Constantia, www.runnersworld.co.za

7–14 APRIL / POLO Val de Vie Estate, 021 863 6170, www.sapolo.org.za

12 APRIL / 6PM / ATHLETICS: SA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Green Point Track, www.wpa.org.za

13 APRIL / SANDCASTLE COMPETITION organised to raise funds for underprivileged children at Valley Pre-Primary school and improve facilities at the Hout Bay Educare Centre in the Hangberg area. Members of the public who would like to support the event but prefer not to compete, can buy raffle tickets, support the food and drink stalls and cheer the contestants on. The date is chosen to coincide with low tide so there will be loads of space for builders and people-watchers. Register on the day on the Chapman’s Peak side of Hout Bay beach at 8.30am. Hout Bay Beach, www.houtbaysandcastle.co.za

13 APRIL / DELTA DRAFT off-road race – 10km and 5km fun run. With live Cape rural music from the farm bands. Solms-Delta, 021 874 3937, www.solms-delta.co.za

13 APRIL / 6AM / K-WAY PLATTEKLIP CHARITY CHALLENGE Starting at sunrise, the object of this race is to climb to the summit and head back down the start as many times as possible, within the time limit of 11 hours. Lower Cable Station, Tafelberg Road, Cape Town, www.runnersworld.co.za

13 APRIL / 5.05PM / STORMERS VS SHARKS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

15–21 APRIL / ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CAPE TOWNThe 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship, Division III, is held at the Grandwest Ice Arena in Goodwood from 15 to 21 April. Participating nations include the host South Africa, Ireland, Luxembourg, Greece, North Korea, and the UA Emirates. Games are staged three times on 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 April at 1pm, 4.15pm and 8pm. South Africa plays Luxembourg on 15 April 8pm, Ireland on 16 April 8pm, the Emirates on 18 April 8pm, Greece on 19 April 8pm and finally North Korea on the last game of the championship, 21 April at 8pm. More info at www.iihf.com

21 APRIL / DELTA TRAP 20km MTB loop with 25% tar and 75% off-road. Solms-Delta Wine Estate near Franschhoek, www.solms-delta.co.za

9 MARCH / 5.05PM / STORMERS VS CHIEFS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

10 MARCH / 6AM / 36th CAPE ARGUS PICK N PAY CYCLE TOUR Simply the largest individually timed cycling event in the world. Starts outside the Cape Town Civic Centre, www.cycletour.co.za

13 MARCH / 6.15PM/ RUNNING: DRAKENSTEIN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE 10KM NITE Enter on race day only, 4pm–6pm. 10km. La Rochelle Girl’s High, Paarl, 076 198 4328, www.runnersworld.co.za

17 MARCH / 8AM / RUNNING: SPAR WOMEN’S CHALLENGE 5km, 10km. Green Point Common Fields, www.runnersworld.co.za

21 MARCH / 10AM / OCEAN SWIMMING Human

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Rights Day Swim 8oom, 1.6km, 5km, Camps Bay, www.freedomswimseries.co.za

23 MARCH / 5–10PM / MOTORRACING BMW AND GERMAN FESTIVAL Killarny Racetrack 021 557 1639

23 MARCH / 7.10PM / STORMERS VS BRUMBIES Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

27 MARCH / 9PM / BIKING: MOONLIGHT MASS Green Point Circle, www.moonlightmass.co.za

28 MARCH / CRICKET: T20 DOMESTIC CHALLENGE CAPE COBRAS vs WARRIORS Sahara Park, 146 Campground Road, Newlands, 021 657 2003

29 MARCH–1 APRIL / BOULDERING Easter Bouldering Festival, secret location, to find out more go to www.on-the-edge.co.za

PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE IN CAPE TOWN www.psl.co.za

29 MARCH / 8PM / AJAX CAPE TOWN VS AMAZULU Cape Town Stadium17 APRIL / 7.30PM / CHIPPA UNITED VS MOROKA SWALLOWS Athlone Stadium19 APRIL / 8PM / AJAX CAPE TOWN VS BIDVEST WITS Athlone Stadium27 APRIL / 8.15PM / CHIPPA UNITED VS AJAX CAPE TOWN Athlone Stadium1 MAY / 7.30PM / AJAX CAPE TOWN VS KAIZER CHIEFS Cape Town Stadium11 MAY / 3PM / CHIPPA UNITED VS UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA Athlone Stadium18 MAY / 3PM / AJAX CAPE TOWN VS GOLDEN ARROWS Athlone Stadium

30 MARCH / 6AM / OLD MUTUAL TWO OCEANS ULTRA AND HALF MARATHON The 44th marathon is expected to attract a field of over 9000 entrants.

MAJOR SPORT EVENTS FURTHER AFIELD10–24 MARCH / CRICKET SA vs Pakistan ODIs, across South Africa17 MARCH / TRIATHLON SA Championships, Eastern Cape17 MARCH–24 NOV / MOTORSPORT Formula 131 MARCH / ROWING Oxford – Cambridge Championship3 APRIL–26 MAY / CRICKET IPL11–14 APRIL / GOLF US Masters, Augusta, GeorgiaFROM 20 APRIL / BASKETBALL Playoffs NBA, USA21 APRIL / RUNNING London Marathon3–19 MAY / ICE HOCKEY World Championships, Sweden and Finland4-26 MAY / CYCLING Giro d’Italia25 MAY / FOOTBALL Champions League Final26 MAY–9 JUNE / TENNIS Roland Garros, Paris6–23 JUNE / CRICKET ICC Champions Trophy, England2 JUNE / RUNNING / Comrades Marathon, KZN8 JUNE / 5PM / RUGBY SA vs Italy, Durban13–16 JUNE / GOLF US Open Merion GC, Pennsylvania15 JUNE / 5PM / RUGBY SA vs Scotland Nelspruit15–30 JUNE / FOOTBALL Confederations Cup Brazil24 JUNE–7JULY / TENNIS Wimbledon LondonFROM 29 JUNE / CYCLING Tour de France

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The most remarkable construction that Cape Town has seen in many a year is Cape Town Stadium. In 2010, a true global event brought it to life. Situated in one of the city’s best locations, today, apart from a few concerts, the R4.4 billion investment has lost most of its life. So much so that a lot of people are already tired of thinking about it. It’s now being rezoned into a commercial area, and the opposition party suggested its transformation into a low-cost housing complex. Meanwhile, hardly any tourists stop to take a picture. There is no easy access into the stadium on normal days, and if there is a visitor centre then it certainly is well hidden. For many Capetonians the stadium has already disappeared off their radar. How in the world could this happen?

I don’t have the answer for this either, but I suspect that it has to do with the invisibility of people in the core identity of the city.

Here is my example: I had the chance to see a number of football games and concerts in the new stadium. I saw passion and despair, triumph and enthusiasm. The most bizarre moment in the stadium, however, was the scrapping of the World Cup pitch ahead of the U2 concert two years ago. As one of a handful of journalists who were invited on that warm summer’s day, I could not help but

Opinion: The stadium that could have been

remember the history that was written onto the grass by the feet of Messi and Ronaldo, and of the teams of Italy, France, Germany or England, as they were cheered on by a combined 500 000 people in the stadium, plus a few billion watching via television. As the vehicles tore out the grass, to throw it unceremoniously into a shredder, I wondered if the people of Cape Town should not have been allowed in to have a jol with it. Would it not have been better to invite Freshlyground onto the stage to do the waka waka once more? With vuvuzelas dusted from behind the cupboards, with videos of the World Cup highlights shown on the big screens in the stadium? Of course with free transportation on public transport? All in the celebration of the pitch. Of Cape Town and its people. What a festival it could have been, what a memorable after-party. Cape Town coming together, perhaps even more so than during the World Cup itself. And at the end of the day, people could have been allowed to take home a bit of the turf, a dividend of their taxpayer’s money. Or more even, a seed that would have brought the World Cup and the stadium into their front yard. A piece of pride.

Would this have been difficult to organise? Of course. Would it have been messy? Sure it would. Would it have been fun? You betcha.

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25 APRIL / 9PM / BIKING: MOONLIGHT MASS Green Point Circle, www.moonlightmass.co.za

27 APRIL / 6AM / KLOOF RUNNING 42km Oorlogskloof Mountain and Gorge Run, www.on-the-edge.co.za27 APRIL / OCEAN SWIMMING Freedom Day Swim 9km from Llandudno to Camps Bay, also with Mile-and-a-Half Swim, and relay swim, Llandudno Beach, www.freedomswimseries.co.za

2–5 MAY / 10AM / AFRICA GOLFING INDABA CTICC, 021 408 9796

11TH TOUR D’AFRIQUE ENDS IN CAPE TOWN 11 MAYCecil Rhodes believed in a train journey linking Cape Town and Cairo. His dream never came true. This has not stopped intrepid travellers to take on the continental trajectory. Many travel by car, plane, or public transport, while some have done it in a helicopter, or even walked the distance on foot. Another way of getting across Africa is by bike. This year again, for the 11th time, 400 sportsmen cover the 11 718km from Cairo to Cape Town on their bicycles. The route comprises 94 cycling days in 10 countries and traverses the Sahara, Kalahari and Namib. Other highlights include Egypt’s temples, Ethiopia’s rugged Simian Mountains, crossing the Equator in Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Malawi, and Vic Falls. The tour ends in Cape Town on 11 May. More info www.tourdafrique.com

12 MAY / 7AM / RUNNING, WALKING: ITHEKO SLAVE ROUTE CHALLENGE 5, 10 and 21.1km: For the first time in its history, participants will run through Cape Town Castle – only the beginning of a historical journey through District Six, Gardens, Wale Street, Bo-Kaap, the Fan Walk, Green Point Park, V&A Waterfront and the Grand Parade. Grand Parade, Darling Street (opposite City Hall), 083 460 6786, www.wpa.org.za

23 MAY / UNOGWAJA CHALLENGE The challenge was initiated to follow in the footsteps of Comrades legend Phil Masterton-Smith, who was affectionately known as “Unogwaja”, which means “the hare” in Zulu. In 1933, he couldn’t afford the train fare from Cape Town to run the Comrades Marathon, so he cycled over 1 700km to Pietermaritzburg in 10 days, and on the 11th day he ran the gruelling Comrades Marathon and came in 10th position. Southern Sun Waterfront, www.unogwajachallenge.com

25 MAY / 9PM / BIKING: MOONLIGHT MASS Green Point, www.moonlightmass.co.za25 MAY / 5.05PM / STORMERS VS REDS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium25–26 MAY / ARCHERY Western Province Championships, Protea Sports Club, Main Road, Retreat, www.wparchery.org

1 JUNE / 5.05PM / STORMERS VS KINGS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

2 JUNE / MUAYTHAI AND MMA FIGHT NIGHT MMA & Fitness Centre, 8 Stirling Street, cnr of De Villiers Street, 021 465 9888, www.dragonpower.co.za

8 JUNE / 7 AM / OLD FISHERMAN’S TRAIL CHALLENGE 22km of jeep track and single track. Fish Hoek Beach, www.wpa.org.za8 JUNE / ALL-DAY SAILING PORTUGAL DAY RACE Table Bay, Royal Yacht Club, 021 421 1354, www.rcyc.co.za

15 JUNE / DRAG RACING and Street2Strip, Killarney Racetrack, www.wpmc.co.za

15–17 JUNE / SAILING Gordon’s Bay Gaul Regatta, Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club

23 JUNE / 9PM / BIKING: MOONLIGHT MASS Green Point Circle to follow Granger Bay Boulevard, Beach Road, Mouille Point, Three Anchor Bay Road, Green Point Main Road, Riebeek Street, Long Street, Loop Street, Longmarket Street and into Greenmarket Square, www.moonlightmass.co.za

29 JUNE / 7.10PM / STORMERS VS CHEETAHS Super 15 Rugby, Newlands Stadium

OTHER IMPORTANT RUGBY GAMES AT NEWLANDS LATER THIS YEARStormer home games in Super 15 Rugby: 13 July vs Bulls. The final is held on 3 Aug.Western Province play in the Currie Cup against Blue Bulls 10 Aug, Cheetahs 24 Aug, Natal Sharks 7 Sept, Griquas 21 Sept, Golden Lions 5 Oct. The final is held on 26 Oct. 28 Sept Springboks vs Australia.

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021 speaks with Adriaan Brand about the origin and revival of rieldans.

What is rieldans?It’s a rural dance created by the workers of the greater Cape Colony of old, including the Winelands, Garden Route, Kalahari and Karoo. It’s pretty much tied in with the vastrap music style, and involves a syncopated feel with an emphasis on the second beat of the bar of four pulses. It is traditionally fast, and has its roots in the storytelling dances of the Khoi and San.

How did you find out about rieldans?I first encountered it during Delta Trust research initiatives on rural Cape Folk music, and through ATKV, a partner of the Delta Trust, who invest enormously to keep this dance form alive.

What symbolism is inherent in the dance?Frequently it tells the story of a courtship.

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Also, it is a dance which is traditionally associated with a range of movements, each symbolising a particular animal. In the deep rural areas, there are still wild animals represented in the dance, e.g. the “meerkat” and “bobbejaan”, while in the farming areas nearer to the Cape, movements representing farm animals are more frequent. Who “owned” the dance originally and what is its status today?Traditionally it belonged to the Afrikaans-speaking farm workers of the greater Cape, the Khoi, the San, and the Nama. It had been neglected for a long time, and its popularity and frequency had been decreasing. Today, with the renewed interest in the cultural authorship of the descendants of the Khoi, San, and slaves of the old Cape Colony, the riel is alive and well again. Children learn to do it in schools, and it is being celebrated as

a heritage worth appreciating. At Solms-Delta there is a rieldans group at the crèche, and recently the Delta’s own ATKV branch established an on-farm adult riel group.

Where can you see it live? There are many performances throughout the year in the Cape. To see our own riel groups dancing come to Solms-Delta during Summer Sunset Supper Concerts on Saturdays from January to March. Or to the Oesfees in late March. We invite regional champions to exhibit their excellence every year.

Adriaan Brand rose to fame as the trumpeter/keyboard player for the Springbok Nude Girls. He now manages the Music van de Caab Heritage Development Project. More information at www.solms-delta.co.za

021 SPEAKS WITH ADRIAAN BRAND ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND REVIVAL OF RIELDANS.

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SHARKSWHITE SHARK, PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS FALLOWS

LOGBOOK MICHÈLE, DIVE 8: I DIVED WITH FIVE SHARKS

A HOT DAY, THE WATER IS CALM AND THE VISIBILITY IS PERFECT. THE CHANCE TO SEE SHARKS? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT! THIS RATIO, NEVER TO BE EXPERIENCED IN THE WILD, NOT EVEN IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S SHARK HOT SPOTS FALSE BAY, IS WHAT DRAWS MALVINA, KERRI AND MYSELF TO AN 11AM DIVE AT THE TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM.

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Ever since I made the booking, I found myself dreaming of sharks. The night before the dive, I even woke up from such a dream. My family had gathered around the tank in which I was about to dive, only for my stepbrother to point out that there are white sharks circling in it. “Don’t go into it, they are dangerous.” No, I explained to him, “there are no white sharks, just harmless normal ones.”

But are they really? Lance, our diving instructor, soothes our concern about the predators. “The ragged-tooth sharks, all females, and all harmless to humans, live here because they were rescued, or because they were introduced for research purposes. The sharks stay with us for 6 months to 3 years. They’re fed every Sunday and even get vitamins or antibiotic in case they need it.”

Lance then tells the strange story of fish in the tank that sometimes get attacked by a hungry shark. In this case the fish needs to be separated from the shark and rescued by someone of the Aquarium’s staff.

After the brief, Malvina, Kerry and I get ready to put on our wetsuits. Not that the 21 degree water is very chilly at first, but the neoprene makes it a lot more comfortable, especially towards the end of the scheduled 45minute dive. Walking to the platform at the tank, trying to keep upright under the weight of the equipment, Lance checks our gear and pulls a few jokes. He also explains to us that we should carefully glide into the water, not to irritate the animals.

Inside the 5m deep tank, already under water, yet precariously hanging on to a rock, so as not to plunge too deep, I adjust my buoyancy. I hear my breath, and forget about the rest of the world, the visitors that might be watching, and take a first note of the animals around me. Then, OMG, the first shark! I cant believe I’m not freaking out at the sight. Instead I feel strangely relaxed, and admire its surprisingly narrow mouth, the fins, and its light skin, adorned with darker freckles. The shark eventually swims over my head away, reminding me of one of the helium balloons that I witnessed at a wine festival, as they slowly drifted into the night sky. I’m impressed by its slow elegant motion.

Within the next few minutes I meet all the sharks in the tank: Tess, MJ, Kay, Nasa and Bagel. Then suddenly Kerri loses her weightbelt. Malvina swims to her rescue, holding her to the ground to avoid Kerri to float to the surface. Lance, not far behind, turns to me with a two-foot long wooden

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Comparison by two very different scenarios is meant to raise awareness to save the sharks. The problem with it is that it is inherently wrong. While no one points out how many hours the 800 000 commuters on Reunion island spend per day stuck in traffic jams, or curving around its mountainous passes, compared to the little time a few people spend swimming or surfing outside its protective reefs, such stats are misleading. If science did what it is supposed to do, such as comparing total hours spent in each of these situations, it would quickly become clear that surfing in Reunion is indeed a lot more dangerous than driving around it in a car.

The Cape too knows about the danger of sharks. False Bay, of course, has seen plenty of attacks over the years. And the action is not limited to that side of the mountain. Noordhoek, Sea Point, Clifton, Milnerton Lagoon (!) and Melkbosstrand all have seen fatalities. One bottom line is that although humans are not a shark’s favourite prey, they do get eaten by them.

The other one is that we need to change our attitude. Selachophobia, i.e. the fear of sharks, is inherent to human psychology, as numerous tests have revealed. Apparently, there is no other word in the English language that causes so much fear in us as that of “shark”.

This should change. It is high time to reassess the relationship between sharks and humans. More and more shark species face extinction, due to over-fishing, often as bycatch, brutal shark fin exploitation, or a general lack of protective measures for those species most under threat. Slow reproduction rates do not help either (white shark females only reach their reproductive age at 14, to then only give birth to a dozen sharks every two years…).

Humanity has often shown that it can change the relationships with animals. Whales, not long ago regarded as rather big blubberish “fish”, are still under threat, but many species are protected. For that to happen, it needed scientific research, political will, and public fascination. The discovery of whale communication, including soft “whale songs” is what has eventually given them a new reputation as intelligent mammals. Sharks too have a lot of fascinating stories to tell, not least that of navigating the oceans in spectacularly accurate fashion. One striking example is that of “Nicole”, a female white shark who traversed the Indian Ocean to Australia’s West Coast, and back to the same bay on the coast of South Africa, all within a year. In fact it is here in South Africa that a lot of ground-breaking research is done. Once we put ideological bias and our very own fears aside, there is a lot for us to enjoy about sharks.

One popular statistic points out the danger electric toasters pose to homo sapiens (600 deaths annually), as compared to that of being eaten by a shark (about 20). Or that of being killed by malaria (2 million), stung by a wasp (100) or hit on the head by a falling coconut (150 times fatal … ouch). These comparisons are standard procedure in most shark exhibits in natural history museums or public aquaria. In the new slick aquarium on Reunion Island, for example, a diagram shows two bubbles: the large one represents the average annual 100 deaths on Reunion’s roads, while a teeny tiny one symbolises the two fatalities caused by sharks.

stick he had been carrying along, and gives me a signal I haven’t learnt in diving school: first he points with two fingers to his own eyes, and then with one to an approaching shark. Do I read him correctly? Seriously, am I to defend our group of divers from a shark with all but a wooden stick?

While Lance helps Kerri to put her weight belt back on, I am doing the meerkat look, guarding my tribe from sudden encroachments out of all directions. But the sharks don’t show even the slightest interest in any of us. In fact they seem to avoid us altogether.

Once we are all back in the swing of it, we discover other fish such as eagle rays, bluefins, Giant yellowtail, Steenbras, Black Musselcracker, and one Loggerhead turtle. They are so close, that I can almost touch them.

Then Lance gives me a sign to come closer. His hand opens to reveal a shark tooth he had found on the ground. This time I understand his signal immediately. I can keep the tooth.

Later, already back out of the tank, still reveling from this unexpectedly peaceful dive, and grinning in post dive satisfaction, I hear Lance explain: “The sharks have two rows of teeth. Everytime they lose one on their front teeth, another one from the back is being pushed forward into its place. As the back row teeth grow again, the shark will always have enough teeth. That’s how it works”, he says. Proudly, I clutch the tooth Lance had given me and take it as a token not only of his generosity, but also of an unforgettable encounter with my sharks.

Two Oceans Aquarium offers shark dives for certified divers. Call 021 418 3823, www.aquarium.co.za

Michèle Lauer is an intern with 021 Magazine. She did a shark cage dive in Gansbaai, but only learnt to appreciate the company of sharks after diving with them in the Two Oceans Aquarium.

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The pyjama sharkThis shark is mostly nocturnal, harmless to humans and difficult to approach underwater. Because of its small size, attractive appearance, and hardiness, it is often exhibited in public aquariums.

Thresher sharkEasily recognised by their exceptionally long, thresher-like tail or caudal fins, thresher sharks are active predators; the tail is used as a weapon to stun prey, and divers report being hit by it in rare instances. Thresher sharks can breach, and are caught for their meat, liver oil, skin (for leather), and their fins, for use in shark-fin soup.

Puffadder shysharkOf similar colouration as the adult puffadder, this shark curls into a circle with its tail covering its eyes when threatened, giving rise to the local names “shyshark” and “doughnut”. Grows up to 60cm and is harmless to humans.

Elephant fish, or St Joseph sharkNamed for their trunk-like snouts, these sharks live in shallow water off the south-western Cape and are endemic.

Sandbar sharkThe sandbar shark is also called the

thickskin shark or brown shark. It is one of the biggest coastal sharks in the world, and harmless to humans.

Copper sharkOf plain bronze colouration, males reach sexual maturity at an age of 13–19 years, while females mature at 19–20 years. The maximum lifespan is at least 30 years for males and 25 years for females. Not especially dangerous to humans, but responsible for a number of non-fatal attacks, particularly on spear fishers to steal their catch, and bathers (in Australia).

Sevengill cowsharksCow sharks are considered the most primitive of all sharks, because their skeletons resemble those of ancient extinct forms, with few modern adaptations. In False Bay cowsharks are the apex predator. Once they reach maturity only a great white shark or Orca would prey on them.

Great white sharksThe only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon, and ranked first in having the most attacks on humans. Apart from South Africa’s coast, high concentrations occur in the US, Japan, Chile, and the Mediterranean. The white shark is considered a vulnerable species.

Shortfin makoIn shortfin makos the female is larger than the males (up to 500kg), and the fastest of all sharks (up to 74km per hour for a short time). They leap up to 9m into the air. Statistics record 42 mako attacks on humans between 1980 and 2010, three of which were fatal, along with 20 boat attacks.

Spotted ragged-tooth sharkThe sand tiger shark, as it is also called, inhabits coastal waters worldwide and is often associated with being vicious or deadly, due to their relatively large size and sharp, protruding teeth that point outward from their jaws. Of 29 reported attacks, two were fatal.

Lesser guitarfishThe lesser guitarfish or lesser sand shark is found in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are shallow seas and estuarine waters. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tiger catsharkThe tiger catshark is found over sandy areas and near reef peripheries off South Africa and perhaps Mozambique, from close to shore to usually no deeper than 100m. It reaches a length of 50cm and is harmless to humans.

Soupfin sharkIt grows to 2m and is found worldwide at depths of up to 550m.

HoundsharkHarmless to humans, this 2.2m shark is found throughout the world and feeds on fish and invertebrates on the seabed and in mid-water.

Spotted gully sharkUp to 1.7m long, this shark species with characteristically large rounded fins is found in shallow inshore waters from southern Angola to South Africa. It favours sandy areas near rocky reefs and gullies, and is an active-swimming species that usually stays close to the bottom. Mainly active at night and harmless to humans.

Fish Hoek shark netFish Hoek has a very high presence of white sharks close to the shore during summer months, and has been the scene of six white shark attacks since 2004, two of which were fatal. Additionally three surfskiers were attacked along Jaegers Walk.

The trial use of an exclusion net, a small meshed net designed to act as a barrier to sharks, could prevent sharks from entering an enclosed area without the risk of catching or entangling the animal. If successful, this could create a safe swimming area.

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For most of us, summer spells sand, sea and sun, but for Monwabisi Sikweyiya, it spells shark!

“Every day is a headache for me,” says Monwabisi Sikweyiya, field supervisor of the shark spotters. As we speak, his attention and hands are continually drawn to the two-way radio that beeps intermittently throughout our conversation. “I never turn this off,” he says, picking up and fondling the device. “I’m always checking what’s happening. Even when I have a day off.”

Monwabisi is monitoring the 25 shark spotters strategically situated along the coastline of False Bay, which has one of the highest densities of great white sharks in the world. The spotters, who sound an alarm when a shark comes within a mile of the shore, are paid R26 per hour and work five-hour shifts, from 8am–1pm and 1–6pm.

The phrase that Monwabisi most dreads hearing is “shark attack”.

“A shark attack is fast – boom!” he says. To illustrate, he describes an attack at Fish Hoek beach.

“It had been a long, hot, slow day. Conditions were very bad for spotting. The southeaster was howling. A tourist, later identified as Lloyd Skinner, swam out of his depth. The shark came out of nowhere. It was very violent. The first bite took off the head and three-quarters of the body. He swallowed the remains with a second bite, leaving only his swimming goggles.”

His wife – and the shark spotters – watched aghast from the beach.

The shark-spotting programme was launched in 2004 after a shark bit off the leg of JP Andrews at Muizenberg beach. Business slumped along the beachfront and the shark-spotters scheme was initiated by surf-store owners in an attempt to persuade people to get back into the water. In 2006, the City of Cape Town took responsibility for the programme. In the past eight years there have been 1400 shark sightings, an average of one shark sighted every second day. “That’s hard work,” says Monwabisi. Now a few business

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White Shark breaching off Seal Island, False Bay. Photography Chris Fallows. For more information on Chris and Monique Fallows’ great white shark breach-ing expeditions in False Bay, the Sardine run and tours off Cape Point to dive with mako and blue sharks, please view www.apexpredators.com or www.facebook.com/ApexSharks#!/ApexSharks

owners complain that the spotters are overly vigilant; that they scare people with their flags and frequent alarms. But Monwabisi is adamant that avoiding shark attacks at all costs is good economics, pointing out that one particular surf store hired out only one board in the two weeks following the Fish Hoek attack.

Monwabisi has been with the spotters since its inception. Before becoming a shark spotter, he was a lifesaver and ignorant about sharks. Now, what he knows has changed him. “Previously I thought of sharks as hateful man-eaters. Now I respect and understand them. My swimming habits have changed. Now I only swim at Muizenberg, in choppy water, and never out of my depth. Sharks like calm water, at the back line. At Fish Hoek the back line is only 10m from the shore; at Muizenberg it’s 30m.”

Monwabisi Sikweyiya is a field supervisor, responsible for getting to the scene of any sightings and alerting the helicopters and NSR in the event of an attack. Although no longer on shark patrol, he remembers the thrill of his first shark sighting. “It feels good; the job is done. But later the feeling gets more intense when you realise that you might have saved a life.”

Monwabisi is certain that spotting is the most effective way to keep people

safe from shark attacks. He opposes nets, believing that, like fences, they only create an illusion of safety. He points out that in Australia, 63% of shark bites occur in netted waters. Many of the sharks caught in the nets in Durban are caught on the beach side, as they swim away from swimmers. Monwabisi says that the shark-spotting programme creates an environment where both humans and sharks are safe. “If spotting conditions are right – good visibility, clear water – we can guarantee swimmers’ and surfers’ safety.”

Monwabisi admits that in the last decade there seemed to be a spike in shark attacks, which now occur at the rate of one per annum, but is hesitant to blame the increase in shark attacks on chumming and does not hold the shark cage divers responsible, as they chum comparatively little. He points out that sharks are generally more prevalent towards the shoreline from October to March when they are feeding on fish – yellowtail, tuna, white steenbras. In winter, they tend to stay at Seal Island, feasting on the fat of vulnerable seal pups.

Nevertheless, a change in their diet still doesn’t explain why sharks, who don’t particularly like human meat (JP’s leg was spat out, intact), still attack humans. “Look, I don’t know, but if forced to answer why sharks attack humans, I’d go for curiosity. The shark wants to check

us out, but when they want to touch us, they don’t have hands, only teeth.” No wonder these apex creatures travel solo. Who wants to be caressed by a set of shark teeth?

However, while we cannot control shark behaviour, we can act with awareness in their presence, and Monwabisi’s biggest challenge is people’s refusal to take responsibility and listen.

Occasionally people blatantly disregard the shark spotters’ warnings. With evident frustration, Monwabisi recalls the time, only two weeks after the death at Fish Hoek, when he received a call from Liesel Lott, one of four female shark spotters. She spotted the shark a mile away and her panic increased as she counted down the feet as it neared the shore. The spotters had successfully emptied the ocean, except for one man who remained defiantly in the water. The spotter lost sight of the shark at 5m. Sharks submerge before attacking their victims from below. Monwabisi knew that he was facing disaster and was poised to call NSRI and the helicopter. But the shark lost interest, turned around and went back towards deeper water.

Later, another uncooperative surfer was not so lucky. Michael Cohen had repeatedly ignored the shark spotters’ warning. At one stage, Monwabisi was so frustrated with Michael that he considered asking him to sign an indemnity form, pointing out that if a shark ate him he’d be dead while Monwabisi would still be alive to take the blame. At around lunchtime on 28 September 2011, Michael continued to surf when the alarm went off. Despite the presence of a shark in the water, three spotters swam out to rescue Michael. Later Michael called Monwabisi to thank him for saving his life. The shark had bitten Michael on his knee, severing a major artery. Monwabisi stemmed the blood flow with his belt. He says, “A shark attack is traumatic. What’s unique about shark spotters is that we are emotionally involved. We actually get upset. If Michael had listened, he’d still being walking. People have to take responsibility. When someone is bitten, there must be someone to blame. I don’t see it as complex. If we want to co-exist with sharks, we must expect to encounter a shark whenever we put our feet into the water. When you go to Kruger, you stay in your car; otherwise, you expect to be eaten by a lion. But some people just don’t want to talk about it.”

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SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERSDawn Kennedy visits iThemba LABS, an experimental nuclear physics laboratory near Khayelitsha that excels in accelerator-based science.

Ms Ntombizonke Kheswa, the only female target-maker in the country, prepares for an upcoming nuclear physics experiment. iThemba has a staff of 285, 51 of whom are research scientists.

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Inside, iThemba LABS looks like Willy Wonka’s factory: vibrant yellow tubes like a digestive system connect to gleaming stainless steel tubs. But there’s no chocolate being produced here. You can’t touch, taste or see what’s inside.My guides into the mind-bending world of nuclear science are Kobus Lawrie and Gillian Arendse. Kobus, originally drawn to the intellectual challenge of nuclear physics, is research director of iThemba Labs. With his mercurial blue eyes and a beard that looks well stroked, Kobus looks like a real scientist. Kobus’s wife is also a nuclear physicist who works at iThemba LABS. (I wonder if they discuss topics such as hyperdeformation and chirality over dinner)?

Before we take a tour of the facility, Kobus explains a few basics. An atom is the fundamental building block of the entire universe. An atom is just one ten-millionth of a millimeter wide. In other words, 100 million atoms placed side to side would be just one centimeter long. There are approximately 40 million atoms in just one of our cells.

I must be looking a bit stupefied as Gillian, iThemba LABS’s Communications Officer, steps in to aid my understanding. With his neat dreadlocks and leather wrist bracelets Gillian is less obviously a scientist. He is pioneering an outreach programme which aims to get kids engaged with science so he has a ready supply of analogies to nudge along my understanding: If we blow up each atom in a grapefruit to the size of a blueberry we’d have to expand the grapefruit to the size of the earth to see one individual atom. The nucleus, at the centre of each atom, is made up of protons and neutrons and is even more miniscule. If we blow up our blueberry to the size of the football stadium the nucleus would be about the size of a small marble. As Gillian says “nuclear science is a good place to be if you’re comfortable with being uncomfortable. Atoms and protons can’t be directly observed - you can only detect their effects – the rest you have to deduce. You have to accept things like probability.” He then admits, “I’m not a very good nuclear physicist”.

Taking pride of place in iThemba is the Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC). Operating since 1986, it would cost more than a billion rand to replace today. The SSC has four separate magnets with an overall diameter of 13 metres. Protons are injected into the SSC at an energy

of 8 MeV (eV stands for electron volt, the units of measurement in atomic, nuclear and particle physics). The charged protons move in a circle and pick up speed because the electric field kicks it every time it turns a circle. As the protons move faster, they move in an ever widening circle until they reach a maximum speed of 200 Mev’s. At this speed the proton could move four times around the earth in one second.

Every move that the protons makes inside the SSC is remotely controlled by operators who sit around a semi-circle of monitoring screens, like space commanders in the star ship enterprise. Once the proton beam is accelerated to its maximum, it is transported to one of four end-stations: the nuclear physics experimental area; the proton therapy vault; the neuron therapy vault or the radionuclide production area.

The nuclear physics experimental area is the theoretical foundation of iThemba LABS. Inside, senior researcher Pete Jones is busy fiddling with the cutely named Afrodite gamma-ray array for an experiment that will start in 6 days time. Hungarian scientists are coming to try to study the Fe52 isotope. The nucleus of this isotope doesn’t behave like other nuclei. It’s unusually laid back, taking seconds, an eternity in the world of nuclear science, to decay.

Whereas the Afrodite is somewhat lumbering and old fashioned, iThemba’s K600 magnetic spectrometer, with a R30 million price tag, is second best in the world. It studies how protons interact with atomic nuclei, observing and measuring particles colliding, like cue balls smashing into a cluster of billiard balls. Only Japan has a more advanced device.

Proton therapy vaultThe particle therapy laboratory is where science intersects with humanity and offers the hope of healing. iThemba LABS is the only treatment facility that offers both proton and neutron therapy to cancer patients. The cancer patients who come here daily to receive proton therapy are getting the most advanced cancer treatment in the world. Between 1992 and 2010, 512 patients received proton treatment. Proton beams can treat tumours that are close to critical structures, such as brain tumours. Protons, (in contrast to X-ray photons

used in conventional radiotherapy), have a limited range in matter, therefore protecting the surrounding sensitive tissue from radiation. Additionally, because of an effect known as Bragg’s peak, protons emit most of their energy in the region just before they come to rest, meaning that they concentrate their destructive effect on the tumour towards which they are directed.

Neutron therapy vault.iThemba LABS has treated 1700 patients using neutrons in a 30 bed on site hospital.

Radiopharmaceutical productionDr Clive Naidoo, manager of the radionuclide department, shows me his latest prize: a beam splitter. This is only the second beam splitter in the world and allows an initial beam to be split in two, creating the possibility of irradiating two target stations simultaneously. This helps iThemba LABS produce radiopharmaceuticals, essential for the medical industry. For example, Fluorine 18, used in PET scans has a very short lifetime – 1.8 hours and iThemba LABS supplies local hospitals with F-18. Isotopes with longer life are exported to 60 international clients. These include Ga-67, used for tumour localisation, I-123 for thyroid studies and Ge-68 for the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumours.

I feel like Karen Silkwood as I leave the proton-manufacturing unit. I must step into a device, like the security chambers used at airports, and wait for the command “1, 2, 3, clear” that lets me know I’m within safe radiation limits. Outside, it’s a relief to be in the real world. I’m greeted by a herd of zebra grazing nonchalantly on grass alongside some springbok. My visit to iThemba LABS has stretched my mind, asking it to consider the most miniscule building blocks of matter and contemplate speeds that are four times faster than the speed of light. I feel like Gulliver, expanding and shrinking on his travels.

iThemba LABS is located in Faure near the Cape Town Film Studios, separated from Khayelitsha by the N2. For visits of the facilities (free of charge) call Ambrose Yaga at 021 843 1000.

For more information on its research program and events go to www.tlabs.ac.za

Ever since the tales of Joseph Conrad and Henry Morton Stanley, the Congo has been more than just a mighty river in an ill-defined country. It has become a concept – dark, secretive, and very inaccessible. Serving a discerning community of armchair travellers, some of the best travel writers, especially Anglophone, have successfully exploited its otherworldly geography to bring back tales of corrupt border officials, sticky situations, dangerous diseases, and bizarre fetish cults.

No matter if it is O’Hanlon, Gill or Adams, few had the guts to let go of their amusing yet vain tales of abnormality. Reading them is like listening to a well-versed raconteur at a bar in some dodgy hotel in colonial times. Most of it is highly entertaining – who would ever risk diverting from a winning formula that has worked so well for writers, publishers and readers?

That’s why David van Reybrouck’s account is a revolution in more ways than one. The book has been around for longer than three years now, and is making headlines in Europe and across Africa, but not in the English-speaking world. It hasn’t even been published in English yet. At its outset, its principal target market are Dutch/Flemish and French readers, some of whom are well versed in the affairs of the DRC, a former Belgian colony. There are also German and Danish translations. The book is written with people in mind who have been there, or who had parents or grandparents living there, or Congolese who are now living in Paris or Brussels. This is not only travel writing, but also a social family history.

The methodology is different as well. Whereas travel writers all too often indulge in their fears of the dark, ready to share details of their battles with diarrhoea and malaria to lend

excitement, insight and much-needed authenticity, Van Reybrouck hands a number of pages of this book to the oral histories of more than 500 Congolese he met during his 10 journeys to the country. Especially drawn to the oldest in their generation, he manages to find people who actually witnessed Stanley coming down the Congo River, past the village they lived in as five-year-olds, at a time when no one had ever seen a white guy. He speaks to those who helped build the first railway line, who started uprisings, initiated new religious movements, who led a group of soldiers across the Sahara to fight against the troops of Rommel in northern Africa, who freed Ethiopia from the Italians, and who served in the Second World War in Burma, of all places. Stories few people have ever heard before, and which are surely not part of a general understanding of the history of Africa. To hear this from the mouths of alert nonagenarians, or older, rather than from dusty archives, lends Congo considerable authority.

And it doesn’t stop there. To give a truly global picture of their lives, Van Reybrouck goes to Guangzhou, China, to trace the Congolese diaspora busy exporting shoes, textiles and technology to Africa and Europe. His account is sympathetic to the Congolese, and a tad not so in terms of his own Belgian compatriots, whom he is quick to take into a general moral custody for everything that ever went wrong – perhaps that’s the inherent downside when coming of age in any family affair.

Van Reybrouck’s rich analysis of the DRC makes this a very different encounter with one of Africa’s most important countries. The details of its politics and economics are fascinating in itself (the story of how its uranium ended up in a vault in New York to be used for the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima being one example).

Not so much a dark heart of the continent, its people come alive to claim nothing but centre stage in a globalised world. And yet, the discrepancy of being the richest country in the world in terms of natural resources and the second poorest in GDP is difficult to grasp, even for Van Reybrouck.

I am not a fast reader in general – it can take me weeks to finish a book, and in the case of the 700-page Congo, weeks turned into almost two months. I was drawn to it, fell asleep with it, woke up only to realise that some of my dreams had taken me into the lives of people in a distant place. Slowly the Congo took hold of me. At the same time, as with any good account, I was not only reading one story, but several, one of them being the history of South Africa. We too have our insightful analysts (I am a big fan of Allister Sparks’s trilogy), and yet there is something new about the way Van Reybrouck tells the story, something that also raises questions about how we see this country.

The closer I got to the end of the book, the more I felt displaced when reading it in the comfort of my bed, in the hammock in my garden, or just glued to it in a coffee shop. Something felt wrong about it. Eventually I knew what it was: of all the books I had read about the Congo, this was the first one that made me actually want to go see the place.

How to get there? Well, I checked: flights to Kinshasa via Joburg start at R6000. Or you can take an overland bus to Lumbumbashi – it leaves twice a week from Cape Town Station.

First published in 2010, the Dutch version of Congo – a history has sold more than 300 000 copies alone. Once it’s out in English (published by HarperCollins, to be launched this autumn), you will hear a lot of people talking about it.

A book that will change the way you see Africa. By Bernard Franz

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Noir Cape TownDawn Kennedy interviews author Roger Smith, who has shaken up crime writing with his visceral portrayals of Cape Town’s brutal underbelly.

You grew up in Johannesburg but set your stories in Cape Town. Why?Well, Dust Devils is set mainly in KwaZulu-Natal, with a bit of Jo’burg and Cape Town, but, yes, Mixed Blood, Wake Up Dead, Capture and my latest, Sacrifices, are set in Cape Town, which is South Africa’s most schizophrenic city and remains fascinating to me.

In the late 90s (like a lot of Jo’burgers) I moved down to Cape Town. For a couple of years I lived quite happily inside a bubble of sun and sea, then I fell in love with (and later married) a woman who grew up on the Cape Flats and my vision of Cape Town had to expand dramatically.

What are the challenges or opportunities in writing about a diverse city like Cape Town? It’s almost the inverse to writing a Swedish crime novel, for example, where one bad element threatens an otherwise stable society.

Recently the French Slate magazine ranked Cape Town the most dangerous city in the world, ahead of Baghdad, Rio and Juarez in Mexico. In Mixed Blood, Wake Up Dead and Capture I was interested in showing the contrast between privileged Cape Town and the Cape Flats (where the rape, murder and child abuse statistics are mind-blowing) and wanted to portray the reality of many people’s lives, without sentimentalizing that reality, even if it’s uncomfortable.

How do you research your characters? How much is imagination and how much is the result of real encounters?I do a lot of research. Wake Up Dead’s villain, Piper, evolved after a series of intense interview sessions with an ex-convict from the Cape Flats. A video I shot of him describing prison conditions and a very brutal gang murder (not for the fainthearted) can be found on my website.

Before I started writing Dust Devils I took a research trip to KwaZulu-Natal, visiting

places that resembled the town in the novel, which of course is imaginary. In the 80s, during the time of “faction fights” and the ANC Inkatha war, I spent some time working on a film in the Tugela Ferry area, which informed both Inja Mazibuko’s and Disaster Zondi’s backstories.

For the rest, it’s reading as much as possible, talking to as many people as possible. I also draw on personal experiences. As a teenager in Johannesburg, I watched white cops mow down black school kids my age during the ‘76 youth uprising. A few years later I was drafted into a white army fighting a meaningless bush war against older versions of those black kids. Disaster Zondi, Mixed Blood and Dust Devil’s Zulu investigator, is one of those kids 25 years on. And Mixed Blood’s rogue cop, Rudi Barnard is a composite of unpleasant Afrikaners I met in the military.

Who are your writing role models?I admire writers like James M. Cain, Jim Thompson, James Sallis, James Ellroy, Richard Stark and Daniel Woodrell. I don’t write conventional mysteries or police procedurals and don’t read them either. I’d describe my work as noir. Characters aren’t cops or outsiders called in to restore moral balance, but rather people directly connected to the crime, victims and perpetrators. Noir fiction is dystopian. Dark. And frequently without Hollywood endings. It often deals with tough social issues.

Will you continue to set your novels in Cape Town, or are you tempted by other settings?I published a horror novel last year called Vile Blood (written under the alias Max Wilde) that’s set in an imaginary America. Right now I’m busy planning a new book that moves between contemporary Los Angeles and Johannesburg in the 1980s.

Capture is the most psychological of your thrillers. Why did you decide to move into the psychological realm? Was it satisfying and does it mark a permanent shift in your style? After Dust Devils, which was my “cinemascope road movie” about

contemporary South Africa I wanted to write something more contained, claustrophobic even, and I seemed to be ready to peel away that extra layer and get deeper into the heads of my characters. In my first three books my characters were defined pretty much by their actions. In Capture their interior darkness cross-talks with their increasingly desperate and anti-social behaviour.

Over the last couple of years I’ve become fascinated by the effect of crime and corruption on the South African psyche. South Africa encourages a certain moral elasticity and the culture of savagery allows some people to forgive themselves their own criminal actions, like the three main characters in Capture who find themselves capable of increasingly toxic and violent behaviour. The book I’m finishing now, Sacrifices, is thematically similar.

You are better known outside South Africa. Is this because South Africans, already affected by crime, might want to avoid reading about the harsh realities of their country?The crime novels that appear to sell best in South Africa are formulaic police-procedurals, which as I’ve said I don’t write. But, I get really enthusiastic responses from SA readers on Facebook and Twitter each day, which pleases me enormously, and my books are very well reviewed in South Africa, with a particular emphasis on how authentic they are to local readers.

Are you driven by a deeper purpose than entertainment when you write crime? I was invited to the Quais du Polar crime fiction festival in France two years ago and was on a panel with David Peace and a trio of French crime writers who placed themselves and their work at the centre of political and social debate, and made no bones about the fact that if a crime writer dodges socio-political issues, he’s exploiting the suffering of others for his own commercial gain. I’m in complete agreement with that, and I try to tell entertaining stories that give some insight into the complexity of post-apartheid South Africa.

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TODAY’S ADVENTURE TRAVEL is a lot about reaching peaks, personally and literally. Thousands clamber up Kilimanjaro or Mt Fuji to boast of catching a sunrise above the clouds. The fascination with reaching the top (and less so the dreary bit of having to schlepp back down again) differs from what pushed serious explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries in Africa. Their road to prestige and riches followed the course of a river rather than that of a towering peak, as they tried to discover its source and to link it with its mouth. It was the successful exploration of the Kongo, Niger, Zambezi and Nile that brought fame to the likes of James Bruce, David Livingstone, Mungo Park and Henry Morton Stanley.

South Africa never had many river explorations in its colonial history. Although today you can raft a section of the Orange River and go kloofing the Cape’s clefts, few have emulated the explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was with this idea in mind that I set out to follow the Liesbeek, Cape Town’s gem, from its mouth in Paarden Island to its source somewhere on the flanks of Table Mountain.

I start on Paarden Island one early summer’s morning. I park the car near the Milnerton Flea Market, off Auckland Road, and find the surprisingly clear waters of the river that heads towards

the open sea in a long sinuous curve. I negotiate my way down its steep concrete bank onto the fine sand and walk towards an overpass bridge that supports cars, and trains. At the end of the tunnel the river gives way to a deserted beach, and a sweeping view of Table Bay.

Only a few minutes into my adventure, I can’t help but stand in awe of this display. To see the energy of a river hit an ocean is a fundamental experience. It’s about coming to an end, letting go, or clinging on, be it a cape, or be it a river. The confluence causes the waves to move differently, lets the colours mingle, and offers a new perspective of ships and the city and of Bloubergstrand. The clouds seem to float differently. This is not a stretch of postcard Cape Town often visited by people with a camera in hand. In fact the little deserted beach gets covered at high tide, only leaving rows of concrete protectors, so-called dolosse (a local invention, South Africa’s pride), and towering sedimented walls of plastic bottles with no sign of rotting away (it’s shame).

Moving back out, still followed by the smell of the ocean, I begin the journey running. The first 3km stretch follows the wide sweep expanse and solitude of the river towards the N1, which in this part is aptly called Salt River due to its brackish water. It soon submerges under

a new barrier of train lines and freeways. I follow Paarden Island Road, which connects to the Ysterplaat Metrorail Station by an overpass, which at this time of day is teeming with commuters heading for the industrial zone. I go against the current, knowing little of what lies at the end of the train station. But there again, people lead the way, as I realise that there is a human river next to that of the Salt, Black and Liesbeek rivers. I join it as they jump off the platforms, onto the tracks across railway lines towards the spaghetti junction of M5 and N1. They squeeze through a gap in a fence, walk across a bridge, before some of them rush across the road, while others jump up a white plastic bucket flipped over onto another Metrorail platform, that of Maitland. Their agile movements appear to be some kind of urban parkour, but this is neither sport nor romance. To sit in a car watching people risk their lives as they run across freeways is one thing, to be amongst them and see it from their angle quite another. In any case, this just shouldn’t be happening.

MP3: MC Solaar: “Nouveau Western” (album Prose Combat)

Another realisation is that of sound. The bridges of the M3 lend rhythm as vehicles clack clack across their metal joints. Shrieks of seagulls create high pitches, wind tickles the dry grass to create a fine rustle similar to that of a musician caressing a drum with fingernails. Trains screech to a halt, trucks give oomph and bass. I remember “An American in Paris”, the Gershwin tune inspired by traffic on Place de la Concorde and Champs Elysees. Here too, there is a concert, an opera, a musical.

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And Black it is. Coffee at the River Club, and a rather greasy breakfast.

After that I take to the freshly designed Two River Urban Park. On the Liesbeek’s shores I see an African spoonbill stalk in the muddy water, while some hockey players gather for school practice in Hartleyvale Stadium to the backdrop of the drama that is Devil’s Peak. Past the SA National Circus, under the N2 into Mowbray, the joggers and bikers lessen. Reaching Rosebank, the Liesbeek suddenly tunnels into the Liesbeek Parkway and disappears.

And so do I – into a different world of people living with the river. Nowhere does the river feel so immersed in “normal” people’s lives, those who don’t just use it for leisure. Under a huge fig tree someone is taking a nap. As I approach, he wakes up and asks me for R5. Nearby, a couple washes their clothes in the water and spreads them out to dry. It smells of grass. Purple loosestrife, a pest yet beautiful, adorns the banks; a solitary sunflower grows on the river’s shores. Near a railway crossing, now cooking in the sun, a group of people roll away their matrasses and hide them under bougainvillea. Opposite the Riverside Mall in Rondebosch, another group sits in a circle by the river, talking and braaing their late breakfast.

MP3 choice: Björk: “Army of Me” (album Volta)

Across from Checkers, once past Belmont Road, the river properties become a tat more upmarket and the security features more ostensible. Accessed by a nicely-designed walkway under ancient oak trees, I encounter people walking, running and biking. Some are young students, speaking African languages; others are elderly,

From the bridge above the river, I follow a walkway on the right bank, planted with acacia trees. The water is wide, shallow and transparent. I see green algae clinging onto its ground, like the hair of an underwater siren, combed by its flow and a strong wind. Past open-air metal pawnshops and container depots, the river bank reaches Voortrekker Road. This is where I turn right, all the way to Salt River and back towards the Liesbeek River Parkway. It now is the closest route to stay near the river, as the original one on the banks of the Black River into Oude Molen and across a foot bridge into Valkenberg, where Ingrid Jonker once wrote “I drift in the wind”, is no longer accessible since the M5 was enlarged.

After 6km it’s time for a break. At the intersection of Station Road and Liesbeek Parkway I turn into the River Club. In terms of the Liesbeek River, this is a must-stop. Walking past golfers hitting balls towards the Snowflake flour factory, the river has divided into two. I am on an island, one arm infested with South American water hyacinths, and another cleaner one, separating the River Club from the South African Observatory, supposedly the first European scientific institution in Sub-Saharan Africa. It’s 19th-century library is renowned for older scriptures on the night sky, but the building is facing the wrong way: its plans were commissioned in England before artificial light filled the night sky. That is why the sunny side faces south. In our hemisphere no one seemed to notice this error until the building was all but finished.

I try to avoid being hit by golf balls (this is not the time of day when the experts are practising) and reach a bird-watching hut opposite a huge willow tree adorned with cormorants and seagulls. This tree grows on an island, a sort of mini-delta officially demarcating the confluence of the Liesbeek and the Black.

out on their bikes. There is a lot of shade now, an almost tropical density, and a first public bench at Roslyn Road. I count the attractions as I zigzag along the river’s shores: Newlands Rugby Stadium, SAB Brewery, Josephine’s Mill with its old watermill, and eventually the Newland’s pool. Kids scream in the pool, someone splashes, the lifeguard whistles, people are frolicking. Kilometre 13.

It’s fairly easy to measure the kilometres I run, but the length of a river itself is of a different matter. With plenty of turns and swings and side arms, a river is not easy to track. A few years ago an Italian artist, Alghiero Boetti, tried his luck to gauge the 1000 longest rivers of the world. He later commissioned Afghan women to weave an outlandish, large embroidery with name, kilometres and positions of all 1000 rivers, which was subsequently exhibited at MOMA. According to this the Vaal is the world’s 112th longest, the Limpopo the 58th and the Orange the 50th. Of course there is no mention of the Liesbeek. It might well be one of the shortest in the world that runs through a city. Some estimates give it 9km, others 14, depending on where the count starts and ends. And yet, at Sans Souci Road (“without sorrow” indeed), behind the Newlands pool, I see why it could also be one of its most beautiful.

MP3 choice: Bebel Gilberto: “River Song” (album: All in One)

The lush walkway ends here and I need to choose between right bank and left bank. Of course it must be the left one. And soon it is time to check into another institution, the Vineyard Hotel. Situated in an area where property owners manage to exclude the public from the river, the Old Dame Vineyard at least offers access to its riverfront, its gardens and terrace, full of lovebirds, open for those ready to spend on its menu. As I watch the ancient tortoises on the lawn I realise their particular feeding technique: as they thrust their

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head forward, without moving the heavy body even an inch, they rip off the grass by suddenly jerking their mouthful back into its shell.

Replenished by a light lunch of salad, I am back on the road.

MP3 choice: Schubert’s Die Forelle (The Trout), or Smetana’s The Moldau

Across the M3, which isn’t called Paradise Road for nothing, a nice surprise awaits. Just a couple of months ago, residents of the Liesbeek Bishopscourt Village finalised a project to add some beauty to this part of the river by financing meandering walkways, plant clivias from resident gardens under shady pine trees, and add a touch of indigenous ecology by integrating golden Table Mountain sandstone as river banks. Reaching the bottom of this little secluded kloof, I watch dogs splash their heavy fur standing in the creek while children jump from stone to stone with their grandmothers.

Further along, as a thicket of ginger plants prohibits any further access of the river while the nearby road moves away from it again, I decide it’s time to go for

a walk on the wild side.

I refuse to use the road and move right into the thicket, only to realise immediately that this will get wet. There are no stones in the middle of the river to use as steps, and the water is deep. The banks are heavily overgrown with alien plants that make this look, for an instant only, like some equatorial rainforest. And so be it. I begin to wade through the water, knee-deep, barely dodging raspberry vines and spiky acacias. Some huge properties with massive electric fencing on my side, the jungle continues. At one point I am in someone’s garden, at another I clamber back down the river bank into the damp, moist world of an African river. This does feel like exploration at last, and I’m ready to face my first pygmies.

Instead I see a young guy, pimply face with massive untamed hair, sitting on a conglomerate outcrop above the river, reading Wuthering Heights. No kidding. Dressed in a positively 19th century outfit with beige bulgy trousers, black leather shoes, blue socks and a patterned shirt, he takes no note of me, as I stumble along, centimetres away from him, my legs dripping of mud, encrusted with sand.

Eventually I get out of the jungle and am back on grass – a clearing, surrounded by oak tress. Leaves tremble in the wind. The clouds are moving in. There are few people in sight, all I see are big dogs walked by big men, and yet there is something surreal about this place. How did this clearing come into being? Suddenly I trip over a weathered tile, sticking out of the ground.

The river by now really is no river any more; it’s a creek at best. It even disappears for a few metres under some heaps of pebbles before it comes out lively again as if nothing had happened. A few hundred metres up, I enter a graveyard on its side, and stand in front of a cute old stone church. The door is closed, and a panel in a window reads: “No cash is being kept on premises”. Another window shows some indigenous flowers, a protea. As I walk around the building I come to understand that the protea was chosen for a reason. A signboard explains very briefly that this is the Church of the Good Sheperd, established circa 1884, built by the people of Protea Village, who came here to worship until they were displaced by the Group Areas Act of 1950. More than 120 families had lived here for centuries as lumbermen, then caretakers of Kirstenbosch. Today a few come from the Cape Flats to gather at the church for Sunday services. Soon there will be a museum recounting their history, perhaps a few will move back to an erf here or there, but for the present their story is not very visible. The signboard reads: “I give to you a new commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.”

Across Rhodes Drive lies Kirstenbosch against an eastern escarpment of Table Mountain already shrouded in mist. I walk up to its upper parking lot, aware that the creek is inaccessible from the street, fenced off. Just before I reach the upper parking lot, I see a bridge on the right with a little sign prohibiting my access. Right, that’s it. The last final ascent to find the source of the river.

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I always wondered what a source really looks like. Is it a feisty little blubber emanating from the earth, a bit like a mini geyser spouting about? Or is it more like a big swamp that oozes indiscernible

amounts of muddy moisture to all sides? Imagine the disappointment some of those explorers must have felt when they reached the latter. But even then, apparently, emotions ran high. Such is the account of James Bruce, who declared to have found the source of the Blue Nile on a rather featureless Ethiopian plateau. Unfazed by this, he got so excited that he ran straight into a moist depression in front of his eyes, only to trip on a root, and to fall with his full body, face first, into the mud. He staggered up, cleaned his attire as good as he could, got his servants to pull out a bottle of wine and a glass from some piece of luggage and gave a toast to Saint Mary, the queen of Russia and the queen of England.

As I move along and further up, without any sign of blubber, geyser or swamp, I wonder about my sanity. What am I doing here? Meanwhile the mood of the forest changes. Soon the dryness gives way to steeper, greener slopes. I climb up, patches of grass now under my feet, and moss. Rocks are getting slippery, and yet the trickle that is left of that river shows no sign of abating. It gets darker too, as the clouds that had moved in all late afternoon begin to block out the sun, which in any case is now behind the mountain.

And then it all ends. First with a sudden outburst of air, wind shaking, rattling the trees. Then when a drop falls, then two. I see them on a rock. First they only widen into a blotch, then gravity pulls them towards the ground. Another drop, another exclamation mark painted on rock. I listen to it, and the murmur of the

Liesbeek trickle now faintly begins to echo in the forest. Drop after drop after drop, jumping from leaves onto the ground, first covering up its tracks, before joining with what was left of that creek that I have followed up the escarpment of Table Mountain.

Of course I don’t know what it sounds like, but this was the moment when, exhausted and tired, with cuts and bruises on legs and arms, with shoes full of mud and irritating, itchy seeds, and thirsty, I imagine I can hear the universe laugh at me. “So,” it says, “you want to see the source, well here it is: look around you, listen to it. There is none … or if you so wish, then it is everywhere. Every grass, every leaf is a source, every cloud is one, every ocean wave that brought this moist air is one. Look further than this mountain, perhaps you should look towards the southern Atlantic, perhaps at the tilted earth and its rotation which cause the seasons, perhaps at the sun itself. But truly, don’t even think of finding it here.”

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It seems from this episode, that at the end of a journey a drop of spirits is always preferable to a sip from the source. And so be it, I think, as I eventually take refuge from the rain at Kirstenbosch Café. I didn’t fall into my source, and I didn’t have a servant carry wine glasses about, but I sure ordered a cold bottle of beer, brewed from Table Mountain spring water, on the banks of the Liesbeek River, ever since 1658, and say cheers to that. And to that as well.

CITY SAFARIWant to get away from it all? Dawn Kennedy discovers tranquillity – and Africa’s most dangerous animal –right in the middle of the city.

Whoever penned the famous phrase about the journey being more important than the destination had clearly never tried to cross Prince George Drive during rush hour to reach Rondevlei Nature Reserve. Hands sweating, gripping the steering wheel tightly, I beep with fury, cursing the rush hour, the apex of our cultural madness.

Battling through traffic, I fix my aim on Imvubu Island. Nothing signals tranquillity more than an island. The very word sounds like a sigh and makes me think of undisturbed peace. They say that no man is an island, but it’s on an island that we can feel most at one with ourselves. Perhaps, surrounded by water, we are reminded of our embryonic existence before entering the madness of this world.

When it comes to islands, the smaller the better. Forget Mauritius or Hawaii. The one I’m headed for is roughly 100 square metres. Situated close to the demographic centre of Cape Town, next to Grassy Park, Imvubu Island is a hidden haven of peace, known mainly to locals and specimen carp anglers who come from all over South Africa to beat the record catch: a 15.3kg European carp.

Arriving at the departure point for the island, I’m met by Joy Bennet, a qualified horticulturalist who runs the island bush camp, and her brother Robin. The 24-hour security guard who will keep an eye

on my car reminds me of the stress that I’m trying to escape.

Imvubu is reached by a short motorboat trip. It looks like Robinson Crusoe arrived before me. A rustic bush camp, built

among the bulrushes, leads down to three jetties. At a squeeze, the dorm can house 12 people in bunk beds, but it would be pretty congested on the narrow wooden walkways.Some of the house rules are unusual: if

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you find an upended turtle, turn it over, scratch its shell and watch it pop out its head. Most of all, I’m not to worry about the hippos. It was probably a mistake to read about hippos on the internet before coming here. I learned that the hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. The hippo’s jaw is packed with canines up to 50cm long. The hippo is responsible for more human fatalities in Africa than any other large animal. Despite their bulk, hippopotamuses can run faster than a human on land. Estimates of their running speed vary from 30–50km/h. Male hippos actively defend their territories, which run along the banks of rivers and lakes. Females have also been known to get extremely aggressive if they sense anyone coming in between their babies, who stay in the water while she feeds on the shore. However, Joy assures me that I won’t spend the night fending off hippos. “Our hippos are laid-back,” she promises.

Originally, hippos occurred naturally on the Cape Peninsula, but had all been poached by the early 1700s. In 1980 the first hippos were reintroduced to Rondevlei as the area could be fenced off. But a mere fence didn’t deter a couple of hippos who recently escaped from the park. Residents in the area were surprised to look out of their window and discover a hippo eating their lawn. Hippos on the loose? Wild! It makes baboons on the roof seem tame. Hippos are herbivores and consume over 45kg of vegetation per day. Robin quips, “When you live in Grassy Park you don’t need to mow your lawn. The hippos provide a free garden service.” He calls the hippos

“big pigs” and demonstrates the snorting sound that they make.

Joy estimates that today there are seven or eight hippos living in the reserve. The male Brutus is the only one that she can identify easily. With his unmistakable armchair-size head, he is clearly in charge. When Brutus attacked a calf, its mother intervened and he killed her instead.

Joy estimates that the chances of seeing a hippo are 80–90%. These seem like good odds, although she warns that some people have been coming to the reserve and trying, unsuccessfully, to spot a hippo for years.

Joy explains that the bulrushes surrounding the perimeter of the island grow at the unruly rate of nearly 3cm a day. I wonder, why do we never see growth? Babies are suddenly toddlers, then teenagers. Maybe here I can stop time and watch the incremental growth of a reed.

Joy and Robin leave me sitting alone on the jetty, watching the sun setting behind Constantiaberg. Elephant Eye looks melancholic in the dusky light. I’m reminded of the sad Khoi tale of the princess who was kidnapped and imprisoned in Elephant Eye cave, only to cry so many tears that the resulting stream eventually filled a lake that became Princess Vlei.

As the sky darkens, a chorus of song begins to waft across the water from the direction of Lavender Hill. At first, I think it’s coming from a shebeen, but soon realise that the soulful sound must be some kind of religious ceremony. Resting on my bunk, I count ripe Manotaka

berries dropping onto the roof. Suddenly, I hear a loud bellow. Hippo! I leap off my bed and rush to the jetty. Scanning the horizon with a torch, I jump up and down, yelling “over here, over here”. Joy had advised me that hippos are curious and enticed by noise. But my yells don’t tempt them. I make several more determined leaps off my bunk in response to hippo snorts before falling asleep, lulled by the sound of bulrushes rustling in the breeze.

At sunrise, the wind is calmer and the pelicans glance above the water with as much grace as they will ever muster. I hear the by-now familiar loud grunt and this time, when I look in the direction of the sound, I see a knobble in the water. Zooming in with my camera, I discover a hippo’s ears and, next to it, another set of hippo ears.

Under a hot outdoor shower I reflect on my good fortune at seeing even just the ears of a hippo.

Then, I’m ready to leave. Joy is on 24-hour standby when guests are on the island and arrives within minutes of my phone call. So far, in the 10 years that she has been running this operation, she has only had to contend with a birth and a heart attack.

Leaving the island in the boat, Joy takes a diversion. Around the corner, we bump into a sand bank crammed with birds: African spoonbill, great white pelican, African darter and Caspian tern startle and wheel into the air as we approach, providing us with an Out of Africa goodbye.

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From Cape Town, our group of five takes the N2 to Bloukrans Bridge, the scene of the premeditated crime. Once past Plettenberg Bay, the excitement rises with every stretch and turn. As we drive across the bridge, hardly able to fathom its immense depth from the passenger seat, my heart rate turns surreal. Another moment of truth and inquisition passes, as I pay my R750 fee and sign waiver forms.

From the counter it takes 15 minutes to reach the jumping platform. While walking down the footbridge, vertigo sets in. A guide tells us how to jump. I only remember the phrase “Do like an angel”, and truly hope I won’t become one soon.

So much for my suicidal tendencies.

On the lower level of the bridge the techno music is unbearably loud. All communication is difficult. I scrutinise the faces of previous jumpers getting ready to leave the scene and am surprised to see no one crying. Are these people really as happy as they look, or are they just feigning control of their emotions?

To watch someone tie a rope around my legs is further confirmation that I am truly going to do this. I still hesitate, even though I have signed away all my choices. Two guys make me laugh by asking me if they can steal my eyes. I answer very seriously that if the rope snaps, they can take them. Standing on the edge of the bridge, all by myself, I hardly hear them counting: “3, 2, 1, BUNGEE!” And then I just … jump.

I keep my eyes open, and then a horrible thought arises: is the chord actually really attached? I don’t feel it! There is no time to check, as I am pulled head first into the crystalline cleft, the mountains

unfolding dramatically on both sides as in a video speed-race. Only that this one is crashing down into verticality. I hear myself screaming really loudly, and then I feel the sound of the wind in my ears.

Moments, light years later is when I let myself go off in the emptiness, when the cord throws me around like a yoyo before giving way to a serene motion. Dangling head down, I understand that there is no one close enough to listen to what I have to say. This time, and it feels like a very long time, belongs to myself, only to myself. Silence and beauty.

I know that this moment is not going to last forever. And that it might never happen again. As they pull me up, I know that I’m ready to live!

Marine Dath-Bissac, a student from Paris, works as an intern with 021 Magazine. During her stay she has discovered some of the Cape’s most exciting adventures.

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March releasesFrom the big top to the big screen, director andrew adamson and visionary filmmaker James cameron invite audiences on an all-new 3D adventure, Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away. Two young people journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of cirque du soleil to find each other as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that allows them to leap, soar, swim and dance with the performers.

Based on a powerful true story, The Impossible is based on one family’s survival of the mayhem of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Their true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage and simple kindness they encounter during the darkest hours of their lives. Both epic and intimate, devastating and uplifting, it is a journey to the core of the human heart.

People Like Us is a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, with chris Pine as a 20-something who uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down when he puts his father’s estate in order and reconnects with his estranged family.

The fantastical adventure Oz The Great and Powerful imagines the origins of l. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz.

James Franco plays a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics who is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant land of Oz, where he has to put his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity – and even a bit of wizardry – to transform himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard but into a better man as well.

In the Metropolitan Opera live in hD screening of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Tony award-winning director Michael Mayer transforms 16th-century Italy to las Vegas in 1960, with a cast led by Zeljko lucic as the hunchback jester, Diana Damrau as his daughter Gilda, Piotr Beczala as the Duke of Mantua, and stefan Kocán as the assassin sparafucile.

aPrIl releasesWhen a single mother is arrested for her part in an aborted Ira bomb plot in london in Shadow Dancer, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years or return to Belfast to spy on her own family.

Written and directed by Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh , the comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the los angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster’s beloved shih-tzu.

On a spectacular future earth that has evolved beyond recognition in the futuristic epic Oblivion, Tom cruise plays a man whose confrontation with the past leads him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.

a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North carolina town and reluctantly finds new love with a lonely widower in Safe Haven, a deeply moving romantic thriller from Nicholas sparks, the best-selling author whose novels inspired the beloved films The Notebook and Dear John.

lurking behind alfred hitchcock, cinema’s “master of suspense” – the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen – was a hidden side: his creatively explosive romance with his steadfast wife and filmmaking collaborator, alma reville. The brilliant Hitchcock stars anthony hopkins and helen Mirren and takes you on a fascinating journey into the making of the spine-tingling 1960 thriller Psycho.

conducted by Daniele Gatti, the Metropolitan Opera live in hD screening of richard Wagner’s mystical Parsifal will see Jonas Kaufmann in his Met debut as the title character with Katarina Dalayman as Kundry, the mystical woman who tempts Parsifal.

May releasesBased on a true story, Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain follows a group of bodybuilders who engaged in a campaign of kidnapping, extortion and murder in Florida and stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The rock” Johnson.

From two acclaimed artists: director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) comes 360, a moving and exciting dramatic thriller that dazzlingly weaves together the stories of an array of people from disparate social backgrounds through their intersecting relationships.

In Iron Man 3 the brash but brilliant industrialist Tony stark/Iron Man discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz luhrmann comes the new big-screen adaptation of F. scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby.

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If there’s one film everyone will be talking about, it’s Henk Pretorius’s (Bakgat!, Bakgat! 2) delightful Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (from March 1). The New South Africa truly dawns when an odd Afrikaans guy (Eduan van Jaarsveldt) and a madcap Zulu girl (Zethu Dlomo) fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola – the traditional Zulu bride price. Filled with humorous but hard-hitting social commentary, and a glorious soundtrack, the film is a contemporary fairytale about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. It was inspired by the book of the same name, written by Nape à Motana, who wrote the book from an Afrikaner’s perspective, dealing with the subject of inter-racial relationships with humour and candour.

The hit song “Leeuloop” motivated the Afrikaans comedy 100m Leeuloop (15 March), featuring a bunch of crazy characters keen to enter a wacky song-and-dance competition. It was co-written by Robbie Wessels, who shows us how the leeuloop should be done.

An indictment on theatre, ageism, and sexism, The Power of Anne (29 March) is the kind of film older women have been waiting for. It stars Anne Power who was an A-list celebrity in the 1980s and for whom the entertainment world was her oyster. Now, as a woman of a “certain age” she has a reality television crew assigned to her as she auditions for the lead in a new theatrical production and sees the reality show as a last-ditch effort to claw her way back into the hearts and minds of her fans.

Derick van der Walt’s Afrikaans book Lien se Lankstaanskoene (prescribed in the South African school curriculum) has been adapted for the big screen by Saartjie Botha and directed by André Odendaal. It stars Carmen Pretorius as a girl whose life falls apart when her family is disgraced and she discovers that begging is an easier option to survival. It releases 19 April.

Writer and director Darrell Roodt’s Little One (26 April) deals with the tragic story of a six-year-old girl (Vuyelwa Msimang) who

was left for dead in a field near a township in Johannesburg and rescued by a middle-aged woman (Lindiwe Ndlovu), who takes her home where she looks after her as her own flesh and blood.

The action comedy Blitz Patrollie (10 May) was written by Kagiso Lediga, with Joey Rasdien and David Kau as police officers stationed in a little-known depot in the belly of the Johannesburg CBD, until they stumble upon what is believed to be South Africa’s biggest drug haul in recent history.

In Spud: The Madness Continues (21 June) Spud Milton (Troye Sivan) is aided by his English teacher “the Guv” (played again by the legendary John Cleese), to take up the fight against his housemaster who is determined to get the Crazy 8.

Films chosen for 021 by Daniel Dercksen. For more on these films and other releases visit www.writingstudio.co.za.

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In coming months the ever-expanding network of MyCiTi bus routes will make it even easier to reach your destination.

At present, MyCiTi buses travel along dedicated routes between Table View and the CBD, with connections running to the airport, out to the V&A Waterfront and along area routes through the CBD, Table View and surrounding suburbs.

Using one payment system, you can travel from your secret surf spot in Big Bay to your favourite sundowner setting at the V&A Waterfront. No need to worry about finding parking, either. And yes, your surfboard is welcome on board our buses.

The MyCiTi team regularly joins forces with organisers of big events at Cape Town Stadium, making it easier to enjoy the best in entertainment that the City can offer. If you are attending any of the big sporting events or live concerts – such as Metallica or Justin Bieber – we will make sure that getting to and from the event is as easy as possible.

Now that you’re back at work, you don’t have to miss out on the fun either. With our last bus to Table View leaving the Civic Centre Station at 10pm on weekdays and 11pm on weekends and public holidays, you can still enjoy all that Cape Town has to offer.

MyCiTi’s Civic Centre Station is just around the corner from Artscape, home to some of South Africa’s most spectacular shows and live performances. With regular trips from Gardens and Table View to the Civic Centre, MyCiTi brings you to the heart of where it’s happening.

We frequently update our website with information, so visit www.myciti.org.za or find us on Facebook. You can also call our 24/7 information line on 0800 65 64 63, email us at myciti@capetown.gov.za or send @MyCiTiBus a message on Twitter.

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MArch releAsesIt is magical stories like The Odd Life of Timothy Green that remind us why we go to the movies. Who is Timothy Green? let’s not give too much away and spoil the fun. The story focuses on a young couple cindy and Jim Green who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like, featuring top-notch performances by Jennifer Garner and Joel edgerton. A hero of all heroes, little Timothy Green is an advocate of serene humanity and a peaceful and harmonious existence. The film is a much needed wake-up call that serves as an important reminder that so much is possible, if only we allow our dreams to become real.

If there’s one thing animation films do exceptionally well, it’s igniting the imagination. You might think that you are familiar with the mythology of iconic legends like santa clause, the easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the sandman, Jack Frost and the Boogeyman, but Rise of the Guardians unearths a startling new reality into the world of fantasy.

AprIl releAses In 24 hours Will shaw’s family will be dead. Armed with a gun, but no information, distraught, confused and alone in an unfamiliar city, Will (henry cavill) is forced to piece together the puzzle of his missing family in the tense The Cold Light of Day. Unwittingly embroiled in a government conspiracy with agents from all sides hot on his trail, an

unrelenting chase across the streets of Madrid intensifies and Will is forced to question everything he has ever known in order to stay alive long enough to rescue his family … but is there anyone left he can trust?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is unquestionably one of the greatest cinematic experiences ever, and a proud prequel to the equally consummate The lord of the rings trilogy. spectacular beyond belief, this emotional and visceral visual flight of fantasy truly celebrates the art of storytelling and story-making at its most enchanting and mesmerising. It’s astounding to think that one of the greatest stories ever told, brought to life by one of the greatest filmmaking teams in the world, sprung from the fertile imagination of Bloemfontein-born J.r.r. Tolkien.

A sensitive teenager learns to navigate the soaring highs and perilous lows of adolescence in this powerful and affecting coming-of-age story, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the wildly popular young adult novel by stephen chbosky, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. capturing the complexities of growing up with uncommon grace, humour and compassion, it is a touching and often funny portrait of the joy and anguish involved in becoming an adult. 

MAY releAsesThe radical vitality of Les Misèrables is a provocative and commanding visceral

experience that offers a refreshing rebirth of musicals on the big screen. Breaking away from the clinical constraints and pure sound of contemporary musicals (and music) that results in a music video rendition of dramatised music and songs, Les Misèrables is a rare and dignified masterwork that strips the genre of its pretension and deception. It gives audiences an experience that is raw and real, where the live singing of the performers is captured in all its vulnerable excellence.

Gangster Squad is an exceptional work of art revealing that there is little difference between an apocalyptic world ravaged by zombies and a post-WWII city of Angels consumed by malevolent greed. The profound impact of Zombieland director ruben Fleischer’s skilfully crafted portrait of los Angeles’s kingdom of gangsters in 1949 is grounded in how delicately he peels away the layers of the shocking and violent nature of human beings, yet manages to deliver a soulful and emotional journey into the compassion of humaneness.

It’s astounding how the humble hardship of humanity at its worst can ignite exuberant greed and foster enraged cruelty. In Lawless, John hillcoat’s consummate portrait of Depression-stricken America and the blossoming of hoodlums at its most profound, the untamed and bloodthirsty pack mentality of wild animals in humans is terrifying and heartbreaking. hillcoat’s skilfully crafted and meticulously nuanced masterwork illuminates Nick cave’s powerful screenplay and brilliantly uses cave’s music to underscore the emotional journey and true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: three bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in prohibition-era Virginia.

Malicious reality and redundant fear can easily imprison us, but as Argo shows, it’s the fantasy of our imagination and unwavering optimism that can set us free and resolve unthinkable dilemmas. The captivating and alluring drama and sardonic absurdity of Argo is fuelled with ardent passion by the fantasy of a make-believe world, with Ben Affleck (who also directs) in top form as real-life Tony Mendez, the cIA’s best “exfiltration” officer – a specialist in getting people out of hostile spots. Based on real events, the dramatic thriller chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis.

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Tailor – Dark HorseDark Horse is what happens when you pair a strong singer with powerful melodies.

The Pretoria-born singer-songwriter has been performing since the age of 12 and started the band Mel-funktion at age 15. She was then Melanie Le Roux. In 2007 Melanie moved to Cape Town and became Tailor.

Dark Horse is her debut album. It’s astounding to hear that half the songs for this album were written in a day. Tailor, who currently has one of the most powerful voices in South Africa, really shows off her range of vocals, going from a whisper to a scream effortlessly. The opening track perfectly introduces us to the album. She plays with genres like county, blues, folk and jazz, zigzagging between them like she owns them. The songs are dark, eerie and beautiful – take your time and listen to the lyrics, they show us her more dramatic side. A must for anyone who appreciates soulful female artists like Alanis Morissette, Patti Smith, and Tori Amos.

Favourite track: “Why Don’t You Love Me”www.facebook.com/thisistailor@Thisistailorwww.thisistailor.com

Straatligkinders – Konings met VerskoningsStraatligkinders are back and better than ever.

Straatligkinders formed in 2006 in Potchefstroom. After four years of nearly non-stop touring, the Afrikaans rock outfit took a break in 2010 to focus on each member’s individual projects. After two years, Ruan Kruger on drums, Hein Kruger on bass, Bennie de Jager on guitar and Bouwer Bosch on vocals and guitar are back with their fourth studio album Konings met Verskonings.

It hails a more experimental sound than we’ve seen from them in the past. They brought together all the influences they were working with during their hiatus. Instead of the multiple genres clashing, they’ve managed to come together smoothly and harmoniously with ballads as well as some harder songs and even some pop-electro.

And it works. A special mention in this smorgasbord of genres must be made of drummer Ruan Kruger, who shines through especially in “Mooier as Gedigte” and “Sketse”.

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Spoek Mathambo – Future Sound of MzansiThis could easily be the best dance album to come out of South Africa.

Nthato Mokgata (a.k.a. Spoek Mathambo) has become a legend in the South African music scene. The Johannesburg-born producer-singer started rapping at the age of 10, then heavily influenced by the ’90s American scene, and Jo’burg rap music coming from YFM radio show The Rap Activity Jam. He rose to fame after his move to Cape Town through his collaboration with already-prominent DJ Sibot. In 2010 he released his debut album Mshini Wam on BBE Records which coined the genre “township tech”.

The album is a fusion of hip-hop, jazz, house, Afro-pop and dubstep sounds all mangled together, creating a mish-mash which can only be described as cutting edge. His sound has grown so much since Mshini Wam, which was eons before its time even then. This could easily be the best dance album to come out of South Africa to date, but sadly I doubt this experimental sound will see much airplay on the radio. He’s on the rise and if this is a sign of things to come, I can’t wait for the future.

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