Mt Nelson VS. Gatsby-lane

For the most expensive cup of coffee head for their tea-garden. Or for a two rand cup of Ricoffy and milk-powder among the "real" Capetonians, head down to Isaac Osmopaat Place and have a Gatsby. The "gatsby" is as much Cape Town as it gets culinary, and it's a filling meal for seven rand fifty.

The Dark side of the Fairytale

June 21st 2007
Something had changed back in Cape Town. The winter had arrived and with the winter there was a change in mentality. The hordes of German tourists had left the city and Long Street - that busy, loud waterhole for the Bazbuz crowd had calmed down to a pleasant evening stir at weekends only. The strollers (as the begging street kids call themselves) were busy storing ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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