In the year 2021, you would swear there are too many Samsung smartphones to choose from. This is especially the case in the upper market tiers where in the last 12 months the manufacturer has thrown everything and the kitchen sink into a wide range of its flagship devices. The desire to match the name of your phone to the year (2021, S21, get it?), compromising the value of other devices (the case with the Note 20, we’ll get to that), and pushing a future where we fold our phones in half.
Hundreds of healthcare workers queued to receive the Covid-19 Johnson & Johnson vaccine yesterday after the government launched its roll-out campaign. Private healthcare workers were seen standing in snaking queues outside Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals in Cape Town to get the jab. This comes after a number of government workers received the vaccination.
While the majority of South Africa’s matric pupils are counting down the hours to the release of their results tomorrow, those who wrote the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) spent the weekend celebrating their results released on Friday. Gia Hasson, a learner at Herzlia High School in Cape Town was left jumping for joy.
A new drama series being shot in Cape Town is set to take over prime time on Thursdays and Fridays, as popular soap 7de Laan’s episodes are reduced. Die Sentrum, set to replace old favourite 7de Laan in two of its prime time 6pm slots, is expected to launch on April 5. The Afrikaans and Xhosa-language show is produced by Penguin Films and follows the trials and tribulations at a crisis helpline call centre in the Mother City.
The Everywoman Project, organised by the Cape Town non-profit Woman Zone, has been holding weekend workshops at the gallery to sew small fabric ‘yo-yos’ together to form a giant piece of textile art.
OPERATING from the Mother City and with a team of just four, Cape Town e-commerce website Platform23 has set its sights on becoming a one-stop shop for luxury items sourced from across the continent. Tania de Vos, founder of Platform23, inspects reed baskets sourced from Zimbabwe. Picture: SuppliedPlatform23 is the brainchild of founder Tania de Vos.
With the help of a security company police arrested a man suspected of attempting to steal railway cables in Wynberg on Saturday.
Romance, identity, and being true to yourself are at the forefront of South Africa’s first gay romantic comedy film, 'No Hiding Here'.
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, three Cape Town couples who have been together for decades share their secret to long-lasting love.
After almost a year of online studying and absence from the live stage, the graduates of the Waterfront Theatre School are keen to show off their skills.
AFRICAN storytelling on podcasts was an important part of the agenda at this year’s Africa Podfest. The African podcast festival, created to promote productions of the audio medium, was held on Friday as part of the African Podcast Day celebrations. The event took place online and featured round-table discussions, workshops, and lectures on the growth and promotion of podcasts.
UCT academics and former institution leaders are voicing their respects following the death of former Vice-Chancellor, Dr Stuart Saunders on Friday after a long illness.
A new short film by artist Sethembile Msezane brings motherhood and nature into the spotlight, asking people to reflect on themselves.
South African Esports is reaching new heights as the country is for the first time represented in one of electronic football’s biggest tournaments.
A Cape Town theatre company is giving stage writers the opportunity to create and promote South African storytelling, mentored by industry leaders. How Now Brown Cow, established by producers Julie-Anne McDowell and Daniel Galloway late last year, has launched the Writers’ Collective, a project that aims to deliver 12 original scripts within 12 months.
South Africa bid farewell to Madiba’s ‘First Lady of Song’ as family and friends of African opera singer Sibongile Khumalo gathered for her funeral.
IT was a protest of a different kind – marked with laughter and delight as people splashed in the water and surfed the waves. Following a call to action by various groups, beaches from the Garden Route to Cape Town were occupied by groups of people in protest to the continued closure of beaches. People gather at Muizenberg's Surfer's Corner beach to protest the continued closure of the beaches under adjusted level 3 lockdown regulations.
The City of Cape Town is scrambling to move a stockpile of sludge that has accumulated at the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Milnerton which has left a stench in the air. The city announced this week two contracts for the removal and disposal of the sludge at the facility had been signed following the conclusion of a second appeal process.
SOUTH Africa wants to export its musical talent. That was the aim of the inaugural South African Music Week (SAMW) that took place this week. Musicians will also have to find new revenue streams amid a pandemic that curbed live events and as consumers migrate to more to streaming services. This week, the Clicks Group announced the closure of national CD and music store chain Musica.
CAPE Town is set to host a new film festival that promotes films produced in the same time zone. The Film O’Clock International Festival is expected to take place from February 27 to March 3. The event will take place simultaneously in South Africa, Greece, Egypt, Romania and Lithuania over the five day period and will be a hybrid mix of in-person and online screenings, depending on Covid-19 restrictions at that time.
South Africa’s vets want to be included in the government’s national vaccine rollout plan citing professional safety concerns.
The price of ginger has left a bad taste in consumers’ mouths after demand caused prices to rocket, with experts comparing the trend to the beetroot and garlic craze of the HIV crisis.
Siv Ngesi is taking a swing at drag and with the debut of his new persona, Sivanna.
On Saturday, the duo and the radio station said they had reached a mutal agreement and the two would come off air.
Popular messaging service WhatsApp’s controversial privacy policy changes has led to competitors like Telegram and Signal seeing a growth spurt as consumers look for alternatives. WhatsApp’s policy changes have also prompted discussions and action from the South Africa government as governments elsewhere in the world also scrutinise the policy of the Facebook-owned application .
