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ed’snote Once upon a time, it is still whispered through the grapevine, Cape Town turned into a Slaapstad as the season progressed from the bright warm summer days to chilly winter nights. As you’ll see in this edition, those times are long gone. As the daylight hours recede, and as foghorns along the Atlantic Seaboard and False Bay’s coastline, sound their eery spells during many a night, there is no need to bid the excitement of other seasons goodbye. Quite the contrary. We have dished up a variety of choices for you to make the best of this winter. Dress up for Murder Mysteries, snowboard down the Matroosberg, play music to strangers in Cape Town station, or just grab a rope of kelp and swing it... This is 021’s 14th edition. As might be expected in a city that is home to about four million inhabitants, and even in winter to a sizeable number of short-term visitors, some people still have not heard of 021. If you like the mag, do us a favour and spread the news. Tell your friends and family, who can go to 021’s website and read it online. There are plenty of good reasons to stay tuned. Stay up to date with events, win competitions, or receive further links and insights to stories that might interest you. Our vision is to discover and share the wonders of the Cape. You can do the same – we are all Cape Town, we are all 021! Enjoy,

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News Newsflash Cape Town 6, 7 Mokena Makeka talks transformation 8 Using SKA to track intelligence 80

Festivals Christmas in Winter 10 Festival diary 11-12 Fete de La Musique 14 Murder Mystery Series 16, 17

Classical Music Classical music diary 18, 22, 24 Interview with soprano superstar Elza van den Heever 21 Opera 23

Music Gigs Music gigs diary 25, 26, 28 Jol Guide 29–31 Angolan Music Scene 32 Trance in Winter 33 Jazz by Mike Laatz 33

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Arts Museums diary 39 Sanlam Exhibition 40 Art Gallery diary 42

Discovery Discovery diary 37, 38 Winter Fashion trends 44 The Shri Radha Krishna Temple in Rylands 46 Old School Cape pleasures 46, 47 Chasing the aurora 48–50 Stellenbosch’s secrets 56 Encounters and Movies 58–61

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Wine and Dine Bread Baking 62, 63 Markets 64 La Motte’s Pierneef 66 Winchester Mansions Springbok recipe 67 Nobu, and Sushi Etiquette 67, 68 Wine choice for Winter 69 Sport Snowboarding 54, 55 Sports diary 72, 73 Hot Yoga 74 BMW vs Peugeot 76

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Hail to thee She might not be the Statue of Liberty, but Cape Town also has a bronze lady that symbolises eternal values. Based on the torso of the Louvre’s Winged Victory of Samothrace, Cape Town’s Victory is holding aloft a laurel wreath, the traditional victor’s crown, resting on a globe, which represents the earth and treading a serpent of evil underfoot. Standing 8m tall on the 1924 Cape Town War Memorial Cenotaph at one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city, few might be familiar with her. This will soon be rectified, as plans are afoot to relocate her from the front of the Cape Town Station to a space that lends itself more easily to contemplation. Three possible new locations are being currently considered, the median of Heerengracht, the Memorial Garden in the Company Gardens and the preferred location on the western side of the Grand Parade, which has had long associations with the military. Apart from better hosting the annual Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) Ceremony, this new location can also be upgraded further to link the Grand Parade with the Castle of Good Hope.

WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN The tears of a princess Once upon a time, a Khoisan princess lived with her family in the Elephant Eye Cave in Constantiaberg. One of her favourite morning pastimes was to descend to one of the vleis in the Cape Flats for a bath. But then tragedy struck. Portuguese sailors, the first to ever round the Cape, kidnapped her and took her hostage. As she cried, her tears created the smallest of the lakes in the wetlands, known ever since as Princess Vlei. In 1998 property developers tried to buy this land from the city. Only in April this year did province give approval to the construction of a 9000m² shopping centre, which has since faced strong resistance from residents and environmental groups demanding that the area should rather be used for recreational purposes and for the conservation and reintroduction of indigenous flora and fauna.

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Freeman, Freewoman … Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille announced on 14 May that Michelle and Barack Obama have been awarded the Freedom of the City award, Cape Town’s highest accolade for being an inspiration. De Lille said: “Like many travellers, we need markers with which to chart our journey.” Living Freemen of the City, who have received the award, include Nelson Mandela.

cosmic radiation. Today the still impressive mountain is less than a fifth of its original height, and still dwindling. Local and international scientists have now found out that the plateau of Table Mountain looses 1cm of its height every 1000 years, which means that it will take another 100 million years for the mountain to completely disappear.

… and Free Children Mothers Unite, a community project which started five years ago in Lavender Hill in the Cape Flats, has received the R750 000 Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award. A group of mothers provide 120 children with the chance to visit the project’s shipping container three afternoons a week to receive storytelling or computer literacy and horticulture training. SA Agulhas Ubulavu, a traditional Xhosa concotion made from herbs and water, and impepho, an incense plant, was used by Sangoma Mama Mangwanya on 3 May to welcome the new flagship of South Africa’s Antarctic programme SANAP, the Agulhas II. The ritual, which is meant to bring good luck to the R1.5 billion Finnish-built vessel, also included the ship’s dedication to the memory of the late Miriam Makeba. Built to better face winter storms, the SA Agulhas II will ensure the continuation of South Africa’s Antarctic programme by ferrying research and support staff and equipment to the permanent base in Antarctica, as well as to weather stations at Gough at Marion Island, and to thus enable scientists to find out more about the climate, geology and marine life in remote high latitudes. Flattening out Table Mountain once stood 5000m tall, but most of it has since been eroded in a very complex process of wind, ice, and water erosion and

The Cape of Storms and Graveyard of Wrecks In recent weeks the fate of two ships have caught public attention: the Panos Earth, a huge iron ore-carrying vessel, anchored in False Bay after its generators clogged from dirty fuel taken in South America, and theJapanese Eihatsu Maru, which ran aground at Clifton First Beach. Meanwhile the Seli 1, an ageing bulk carrier from Turkey which was carrying 30 000 tonnes of coal and 660 tonnes of fuel slowly erodes just off Bloubergstrand, where it grounded in 2009. Powerful stuff Amidst the heated controversies around fracking for gas deposits in the Karoo and the possible construction of two new nuclear power plants along the Western Cape’s coastline, a new verified wind atlas shows the potential to harvest wind energy. Co-funded by the Danish government, and hailed as the best wind atlas in the world, the publication can be downloaded at wasadata.csir.co.za/wasa1/WASAData. Another recent development is the plan by the SA

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National Energy Development Agency (Sanedi) to begin burying tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon in underground offshore facilities from 2016 in a bid to reduce South Africa’s high rate of carbon emissions. The same agency is also trying to solve the problem of carbon emissions by introducing wind, solar and biogas power plants on a much smaller scale, in Robben Island. Currently, the UNESCO site is “off grid” and uses R450 000 per month to fuel its diesel generators, which results in 109 tonnes of carbon emissions monthly. South Africa ranks 12th in the world in per capita greenhouse gas emissions and is 75% reliant on fossil fuels.

Cheers to that Occasionally it might smell a bit chlorinated, but this year’s Blue Drop Water Quality Assessment Report showed once again that South Africa’s drinking water is one of the best in the world – especially in Gauteng and the Western Cape. Cape Town scored sixth in the country for water quality. And bon appetit The Test Kitchen Restaurant in Woodstock’s Old Biscuit Mill has not even been in business for two years, and it already scored 74th in the 2012 San Pelegrino Awards of best restaurants in the world. Organised by Restaurant Magazine, these awards are widely considered to be the leading barometer of international food trends. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek did even better at 57th place.

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Cape Town Station – an example of transformation in a changing city The epicentre of rail transport in Cape Town is Cape Town Station. Daily, thousands of commuters use this station to enter the CBD to make their living. Steeped in a history of segregation and division, Cape Town Station has gone through numerous transitions. The first station was a wooden structure which later changed into a Victorian-style building on Adderley Street. A significant transition was the construction of the apartheid-inspired station that allowed for divided commuter experiences. The structure was modern in design for the time and well built. Capetonians, although divided, used rail as their primary means of commuting, and the building enforced the ideals and beliefs of a regime that did not want an-all inclusive South Africa. With time and the growing popularity of the car, the station became heavily neglected and soon became a hub of crime in the CBD. Thousands of commuters were left with no option but to use the train and risk their safety with every trip they took. Cape Town Station

was viewed as a blemish on the city and a place where many dared not go. With the advent of democracy, infrastructure upgrades were planned across the country. A great number of these upgrades were hastened due to the FIFA World Cup. Cape Town Station, thanks to its location and importance as a transport system, was afforded a significant upgrade to transform it into the CBD’s welcome mat. Today we see a place transformed – not only in terms of its aesthetics but also in its perception in the public eye and usage by Capetonians. Cape Town Station is no longer a transport thoroughfare for the poorer members of Cape Town society, but a key social integrator within the Cape Town CBD. Its aesthetics pay homage to the past architecture of the concourses, but significantly altered in design and functionality. It is a building that affords all its users a sense of dignity and plays a significant role in affecting

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choices about how to commute to and from the city. The importance of the commuter is highlighted by the inviting public space that has played host to musical concerts, exhibitions and performance art. Recent developments are the Strand Street Wrap, intended to give the station a more urban feel and create a stronger relationship between the station, the Castle of Good Hope and the Grand Parade. It is a form of functional sculpture that makes the station more playful and iconic. Work continues on the station, and there’s even a parade concourse in the pipeline. Cape Town Station will be a destination that all the city’s inhabitants will be proud of, and will play its part in transforming Cape Town into a just, equitable city where all can live, work and play. Mokena Makeka is the Creative Director of Makeka Design Lab and Founder of The Museum of Design Innovation Leadership and Art. He loves design.

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It’s doubtful whether those who have emigrated from the Northern to the Southern Hemispheres will ever be satisfied on a deep soul level by a salad-and-sunshine Christmas. Stuffed turkey just doesn’t go with blue skies and sunshine and it always feels strange to sing “Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen when the snow lay round about bright and crisp and even” when it’s 25°C in the shade. Christmas in July, or Christmas–in-Winter, is a popular Southern Hemisphere phenomenon created to satisfy a stubborn longing for … if not snow, at least a finger-numbing cold. It’s origins are unclear, but apparently it was initiated by a bunch of Irish folk who decided to party up a storm in Sydney’s Blue Mountains winter snow.

Nowadays some people use it for charitable purposes and others exploit it as a commercial venture, to boost flagging winter sales. In South Africa, we tend to focus on the opportunity to enjoy a full Christmas dinner that includes stuffed turkey and rounds off with steamed pudding drenched in brandy butter. Many restaurants in Cape Town host special Christmas-in-Winter menus. However, the town of Tulbagh is the best place, come rain or snow, to experience all the trappings of Christmas. Throughout the weekend, along Church Street with its Cape Dutch architecture, Santa hands out gifts to wide-eyed children while adults are tempted by the rich clove aromas of Glühwein that waft around every corner. You can work up a healthy appetite and

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get the blood flowing at the Rock with Santa Party on Saturday evening. Then, tuck yourself away in a romantic, candlelit restaurant and eat roast potatoes, smothered in gravy, beside a blazing fire. Round off the evening at the Saronsberg Theatre, listening to a Welsh choir. Finally, around midnight, wander the streets lit with glittering Christmas lights, singing Christmas carols at the top of your voice. CHRISTMAS IN WINTER FESTIVAL, 30 June and 1 July, Tulbagh, 023 230 1348 THE CAPE WELSH CHOIR performs on 30 June, 8pm, at the Saronsberg Theatre, 023 320 1782 Other performances at the Saronsberg Theatre this winter are Corlea (28 July) and Derek Gripper (25 August).

FESTIVAL DIARY UNTIL 2 JUNE / 7.45PM / BIG BAND JAZZ FESTIVAL with participants from schools in Wynberg, Westerford, Stellenbosch, Pinelands, Delft, Bergvliet, and others. Baxter Concert Hall, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za

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UNTIL 3 JUNE / EIGHT NATIONS U20 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CHALLENGE at Athlone Stadium and Cape Town Stadium, see sports 1 JUNE–31 AUG / MASTER OF THE TRADE ROUTES CULINARY CHALLENGE More than 25 fine dining restaurants create fusion dishes inspired by South Africa’s different cultures, from Dutch to Chinese, Indian to Italian, Portuguese to Malay, French or British, for a winter culinary challenge which will play itself out in the kitchens and is judged by customers. V&A Waterfront, 021 408 7500 1–3 JUNE / GREYTON GENADENDAL CLASSICS FOR ALL Eight concerts performed in historic churches of Greyton and Genadendal and smaller venues. Includes performances by Charl du Plessis, Zanta Hofmeyr, Carol Kinsey, Phillipus Hugo. Mozart’s Requiem in the Moravian Church in Genadendal with Minette du Toit-Pearce, Vanessa Tait-Jones, Willem Bester and Barend van der Westhuizen. 021 254 9414, www.greytontourism.com 2 JUNE / NOON / SHIRAZ AND CHARCUTERIE FESTIVAL Hartenberg Estate, Bottelary Road, Stellenbosch, www. webtickets.co.za 2–3 JUNE / SOUP, SIP AND BREAD FEAST Durbanville Wine Valley, 083 310 1228, www.durbanvillewine.co.za/festivals/ soup-sip-and-bread 4–5 JUNE / 7.30PM / SACM QUARTERLY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Concerts with students from the SACM. The Baxter Concert Hall, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za 7–24 JUNE ENCOUNTERS The South African International Documentary Film Festival, held both in Johannesburg and at various locations in Cape Town was first held in 1999. It features screenings, panel discussions and workshops for filmmakers. www.encounters.co.za 7–10 JUNE / DIE BURGER WACKY WINE WEEKEND 50 wineries showcasing their wines, Robertson Wine Valley, Robertson, www.wackywineweekend.com

8–15 JUNE / OLD MUTUAL TROPHY WINE SHOW Taste trophy, gold and silver medal-winning wines. CTICC Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, www.cticc.co.za 9–10 JUNE / 10AM / CELEBRATE LIFE FESTIVAL Community-based festival promoting aspects of a healthy, holistic lifestyle. Riverclub, Observatory, Observatory Road, 021 762 3965, www.computicket.com 11 JUNE–7 JULY / VODACOM FUNNY FESTIVAL Cape Town’s biggest comedy festival returns with international and local performers including Alan Committie, Imran Yusuf (UK), the winner of the best musical comedy at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Kev Orkian, Kurt Schoonraad, Piet

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Potgieter, Carl Wastie, The Boy with Tape on his Face (11–23 June only), Jon Hicks (25 June–8 July only), Gamarjobat (11–30 June only), and KG – Kagiso Mokgadi (2–8 July only). Baxter Concert Hall, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za 14–17 JUNE / CAPE TOWN CORPORATE GAMES 20 sport competitions at various venues across the city, www.corporategames.com 15–17 JUNE / COOK FRANSCHHOEK Workshops on the art of pairing food and wine, or on how to create bread, sushi or truffles. Participating chefs and winemakers from Cotage Fromage, Liam Tomlin Food at Leopard’s Leap Vineyards, Le Quartier Françias, Bread and Wine at Môreson and Ryan’s Kitchen. www.webtickets.co.za 15–17 JUNE / NAPIER PATAT FESTIVAL Half marathon and mountain bike race. Napier Village and High School, 028 423 3325 15–17 JUNE / CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR Whether your passion is crime writing, political thrillers, green issues, children’s books, romance or graphic novels, you are sure to find it at the book fair. Includes book launches and signings, author interviews, literary workshops and forums, exhibitions and displays by book associations, distributors and stores, electronic book traders, libraries, literary agents and publishers. The Fair holds a Trade Morning on June 15. CTICC, 1 Lower Long Street, www.capetownbookfair.com 23–25 JUNE / HIGH STREET WINTER WINE FESTIVAL High Street Shopping Village, Durbanville, 021 914 6444 24 JUNE–5 AUG / NOON / JAZZ AND CHEESE FONDUE FEST Every Sunday, Delheim Wine Estate, Knorhoek Road, R44 Stellenbosch. Stellenbosch, 021 888 4607

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28 JUNE–8 JULY / NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL GRAHAMSTOWN 29 JUNE–1 JULY / FEES VAN DIE GANSE Gansbaai Sports Grounds, Gansbaai, 028 384 1439 29 JUNE–1 JULY / WINTER WONDERLAND includes The Milkwood Trail which is transformed into a Fairy Forest of twinkling white lights. Gordon’s Bay www.winterwonderland.co.za 30 JUNE–1 JULY / CHRISTMAS IN WINTER Live music, market stalls, trees decorated with Christmas lights and traditional Christmas dinners served at restaurants in historic Church Street and beyond. Tulbagh, 023 230 1348/75 2–7 JULY / MUSHROOM WEEK Nora Sperling-Thiel and Adriaan Smit of the SA Gourmet Mushroom Academy hunt for Boletus Edulis, Pine Rings and other mushrooms. Begins at 10.30am both days. Delheim Wine Farm, Knorhoek Road, R44 Stellenbosch, 021 888 4607 3–6 JULY / 5PM / THE WINE AFFAIR V&A Waterfront, 073 265 3094, www.waterfront.co.za 6–15 July / 8PM / STELLENBOSCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, http://academic.sun.ac.za/chambermusicfestival 6–15 JULY / KNYSNA OYSTER FESTIVAL www.oysterfestival.co.za 14–15 JULY / 12pm / FRANSCHHOEK BASTILLE FESTIVAL Franschhoek celebrates its French Huguenot heritage with berets, boule, wine barrel running, food, and of course wine. Franschhoek, www.webtickets.co.za 17–22 JULY / 2012 U18 CAPE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FESTIVAL Hartleyvale Hockey Stadium, Observatory, 021 913 7848

18 JULY / NELSON MANDELA HAPPY BIRTHDAY BID A planned attempt to break a world record, with over 20 million people singing Happy Birthday to former president Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday. Mandela Day is celebrated all across the country, and the world. www.mandeladay.com

Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Oudtshoorn, 044 203 8600, www. klassique.co.za 10–11 AUG / DIVEFESTIVAL with dives to wrecks and reefs, potjiekos evening and braai. Cape Boat Club, Miller’s Point, Simon’s Town, www.ctdf.co.za

20–21 JULY / BREEDEKLOOF SOETES EN SOUP Hosted by wineries in Rawsonville, Slanghoek, and Goudini. With food stalls, art exhibitions, and live music. 023 349 1791, www. breedekloof.com/events.html

13–16 AUG / 6PM / HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA FESTIVAL with various performances, Artscape Arena, 1–10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.za

21 JULY / CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL The 12th edition of this annual festival includes “Kaapse Kombuis” Youth Hip Hop Indaba. Celebrating the inaugural Cape Town Awards, Good Hope Centre, 021 465 9042, www.capetownfestival.co.za

18 AUG / TBC / WESTERN CAPE YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL Young singers and solo instrumentalists perform with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Artscape, 1–10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.za

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23–26 AUG / CAPE HOMEMAKERS EXPO Lifestyle expo showcasing home improvement products and décor ideas at 350 stands, in the décor and accessories area, the Audiovision Pavilion, d’VINE Life, the DIY Workshop, Future of Design. At ClockArt artists, including fine artists, designers, ceramicists, fashion designers and mosaic artists create wall clocks that are later auctioned off for a good cause. Entrance for adults is R60, pensioners pay R40 and children younger than 12 enter free of charge. Open 10am–8pm on Thur, Fri, Sat; 10am–6pm Sun. CTICC, 1 Lower Long Street, 021 511 2800 021 is giving away 20 free double tickets. Watch www.facebook.com/021magazine

27–29 JULY / PAARL MALL BRIDAL EXPO Paarl Mall, 021 914 2852 28–29 JULY / WINELANDS BRIDAL FAIR Exhibitors range from dress designers and décor specialists to caterers and jewellers. Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, 021 981 4737, www. sa-wedding.co.za 3–5 AUG / 9.30AM / BABA INDABA Baby, toddler and parenting exhibition. CTICC, www.babaindaba.co.za 5–6 AUG / SWELLENDAM CANOLA KARNAVAL Drostdy Museum Complex and other venues in Swellendam, 028 514 1731, www.canolakarnaval.co.za 9–12 AUG / 10AM / KLEIN KAROO KLASSIQUE FEES with performances by Vanessa Tait-Jones, Abraham Mennen, the Stolyz-Kerrod Duo, Charl du Plessis Trio, Polina Bordukova and Carel Henn, Sulayman Charlton Human, the Gugulethu Tenors and Sterling EQ, Mark Nixon and others. Galaconcert on 11 August at 6.30pm at the SANW Auditorium with the

Walk the illuminated Milkwood trail at Winter Wonderland 29 June

1 SEPT / MC GREGOR FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL www. tourismmcgregor.co.za 1–2 SEPT / VOORKAMERFEST DARLING initially conceptualised by Inge Bos, together with Wim Visser from the Royal Theater Carré in Amsterdam, the Voorkamerfest centres around Evita se Perron, and includes six routes with three voorkamer stops, each featuring a 25-minute performance in the front room of homes that range from township houses to grand Victorian dwellings. 022 492 3427, www.voorkamerfestdarling.co.za 1–2 SEPT / FRANSCHHOEK UNCORKED FESTIVAL Wineries such as Boekenhoutskloof, Boschendal, Cabrière, Graham Beck Wines, La Motte, L’Ormarins, Môreson, Plaisir de Merle, Dieu Donne, GlenWood, Haut Espoir, La Bri, La Petit Ferme, Solms Delta, Topiary, Vrede and Lust offer cellar and vineyard tours, barrel-tastings, scrumptious food and wine pairings, art exhibitions, flower-bulb markets, jazz and blues bands. 021 876 2861, http://franschhoek.org.za 2 SEPT / 3PM / FISH HOEK SPRING SPLASH FESTIVAL As the signal sounds at 3pm, a mad dash into the icy waters begins to celebrate the end of winter. Fish Hoek Beach 3 SEPT / OVERBERG ECO-EXPO 028 425 1050, http:// overbergecoexpo.yolasite.com 10 SEPT / 7.30PM / SACM QUARTERLY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL The concerts in this festival, arranged by Becky Steltzner, feature students from the SACM. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za

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Musique How did the initiative Fête de la Musique come about? It was created first in France, when the minister of culture, Jack Lang, had the idea of a music celebration on the night of the solstice. The first Fête happened in 1982 and it has since spread widely. What makes it so popular? I guess it is a major opportunity for musicians to show themselves in public, and for the public to discover music in a way they haven’t heard it before, in very different locations. The event is free of charge, and the venues have easy access. The Fête combines all music genres, ethnicities, and cultures in the same event for one day all over the world. It really is a global “open microphone” to all musicians. It is also a way to unite people from all social backgrounds and all races for one day. What kind of music can we expect? We have 60 confirmations by musicians of genres that include classical, R&B, house, blues, soul, jazz, hip hop, Latin, Afrikaans, world music, African and pop. CODA will perform, as well as The Swingsetters and top international DJ Willy Monfret. Is the event focused in any particular area of town? One hub is the food court of Cape Town Station, which is linked to Adderley Street, the Grand Parade and St George’s Mall. The event will also be filmed and many of the concerts in Cape Town as well as in France will share their footage in a live satellite transmission.

The largest live music event in the world is coming to Cape Town for the first time on 21 June. 021 spoke to Didier Moestus (aka DJ Didier and organiser of the event) about Fête de la Musique. Apart from Cape Town, are other cities in South Africa also participating in this year’s Fête? Durban is, and to a certain extent Franschhoek. But since Franschhoek didn’t want to have it on the 21st, which is a Thursday, but rather on the Saturday, they are not really part of this event. How can people participate? One way is to make music! Whether you are a professional musician who has been playing for years or an aspiring performer who is looking for a chance to try out your skills, this is your chance. If you have a space that lends itself to music, you could donate it for the day. Or join our volunteers to help us make this event a success. Simply go to www.fetedelamusique.co.za or www.worldmusicday.co.za, browse the venues and the artists, sign up to join and

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spread the love of music to all your friends on our Facebook Fan Page and Twitter page on www.facebook.com/FeteDeLaMusicCapeTown. You can contact us on capetown@fetedelamusique.co.za or ct@lafrenchconnection.co.za.

Seasons France 2012 For several years, France has been engaged in reciprocal cultural alliances with key trading partners to improve mutual understanding. This year the French Season in South Africa features 70 different projects across the country. For a full list of events go to www.francesouthafrica.com or follow the online diary of 021 Magazine at www.021magazine.co.za.

Some Cape Town highlights include: 11 July–14 October Rendez-vous, contemporary arts exhibition 1–26 August French Film Festival in South Africa, various cities 20–24 September Open Book, Cape Town

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At the media launch of the Five Flies murder mystery evening there was a preponderance of dark kohl peeping out from under Cleopatra bob haircuts, men wearing pharaonic hats, golden hieroglyphs and turquoise amulets. We had stepped back in time to 1940, in enigmatic Cairo. Our journey was inspired by an ancient Egyptian parchment, which promised to lead us to untold treasures. However, everything went

Somewhere over the rainbow? Yeah I can play that

horribly wrong. The keeper of the parchment, the esteemed Professor Tulli, had drowned – murdered by someone in our expedition group. The Egyptian police were investigating his demise and had summoned us to dinner to solve the mystery of his murder. Seated at tables of eight, we eyed each other suspiciously – could the cuckolded Victor be the murderer, or perhaps the kleptomaniac Miss Leaky?

If you have an appetite for immersing yourself in captivating characters and uncovering hidden motives, between June and September, Five Flies will host five murder mysteries spanning five decades and traversing five continents.

For more information contact Lente Keyser on 084 993 8040 or email lente@bepartofthemystery.com.

See you in the bar girls

The nail bar? It’s that way

Pyramid geezers

Who moi?

Oooh! I could just kill her

Tomb raiders close in on old king Tut

Jo-Ann During blows ‘em off

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6 cosy fireplace settings Queen moves to B7 Be still my beating heart

You are 021 - We asked you where you hang out in winter, here’s what you said... Rick’s Café in Gardens, Victoria House, has loads of fireplaces and a Casablanca setting, It’s vibey, trendy, and has good food. A hidden gem for winter! Meagan Julius Stan’s Pub in Kraaifontein – pizza made in a traditional pizza oven. Nothing like it. Warm clientele. Wayne Solomon Oblivion Vintage Bar in Claremont. It has a fireplace, house blend wines, a warm vibe, strong coffee and lots of board games. Grab the cosy, comfy seats next to the fireplace for those rainy days. Ashlyn Morris

No wonder he walked like an Egyptian Special guest appearance by 007

Societi Bistro on Orange Street. Great Italian food, nice and cosy. Theunis Jansen van Rensburg Mugg & Bean at the Waterfront. Amazing view and coffee! Sangeeta Swamy My home – best place to be! Met ’n lekker vuurtjie in die agteryaart en ’n klomp dronkies om my! Nathan Jeffries

The cryptonite starters were going down a treat

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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.za THE BAXTER THEATRE COMPLEX Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za CAPE TOWN CITY HALL Darling Street (opposite Grand Parade) ENDLER CONCERT HALL Cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345 HUGO LAMBRECHTS MUSIC CENTRE Piction Street, Parow, 021 939 9105, www.hugolambrechts.co.za

The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

1–3 JUNE / GREYTON GENADENDAL CLASSICS FOR ALL Eight concerts performed in historic churches of Greyton and Genadendal and smaller venues. Includes performances by Charl du Plessis, Zanta Hofmeyr, Carol Kinsey, Phillipus Hugo. Mozart’s Requiem in the Moravian Church in Genadendal with Minette du Toit-Pearce, Vanessa Tait-Jones, Willem Bester and Barend van der Westhuizen. 021 254 9414 2 JUNE / 8PM / RECITAL COADY GREEN & LEIGH HAROLD with works by Grainger, Williamson, Ravel, Lutoslawski. Endler Hall 3 JUNE / 4.30PM / KEMUS: PETER KLATZOW CHAMBER MUSIC Endler Hall 3 JUNE / 5PM / ATHLONE ACADEMY BENEFIT CONCERT with Windworx Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Artscape Theatre 4 & 5 JUNE / 7.30PM / SACM QUARTERLY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL featuring students from the SACM. Baxter Concert Hall 6 JUNE / 2PM / SACM QUARTERLY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL These concerts are co-ordinated by Becky Steltzner, featuring students from the SACM. Baxter Concert Hall 7 JUNE / 8PM / CPO SYMPHONY CONCERT Soloist: Zanta Hofmeyr (violin). Conductor: Victor Yampolsky. Berlioz: Roman Carnival. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26. Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World). Le carnaval romain with it’s solo for cor anglais is made up of material and themes from Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, a rarely performed opera. Max Bruch, born in 1838 in the Rhine province of what is now Germany, was a composer in the Romantic musical tradition. One of his most popular compositions, the Violin Concerto is performed with soloist Zanta Hofmeyr, a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, she has been a prolific performer and teacher in South Africa and abroad. Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 in E Minor “From the New World”, or New World Symphony, was inspired by the folk music of Dvorák’s native Bohemia, as well as his fascination for Afro-American gospel music and Native American themes, especially their pentatectonic scale. Dvorák later explained: “I have not actually used any of the

[Native American] melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the [their] music, and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint, and orchestral colour.” He also wrote that the third movement scherzo was suggested by Longfellow’s romantic “scene at the feast in Hiawatha where the Indians dance”. UWC Concert Hall, Modderdam Road, Bellville, 021 410 9809 9 JUNE / 8PM / AVIGAIL AND AMMIEL BUSHAKEVITZ Works by Bartok, Strauss, Schubert, Lutoslawski and Wieniawski. Baxter Concert Hall 9 JUNE / 8PM / CON SPIRITO PHILHARMONIC Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times) with soloists Vanessa Tait-Jones (soprano), Minette du Toit-Pearce (mezzo-soprano), Nico Holtzhausen (tenor) and Andre Howard (baritone), the Con Spirito Choir and orchestra; Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra with soloists Suzanne Martens, Peter Martens and Stefan Lombard. NG Kerk Auditorium, Welgemoed, Diaz Street, Bellville, 0861 915 8000 10 JUNE / 4.30PM / MUSIC OF THE NIGHT: A Mothers Prayer. Soprano Louise Howlett and pianist Albert Combrink perform their latest compilation of arias, ballads and standards. Endler Hall 13 JUNE / 7.30PM / RAISE THE ROOF CONCERT: NEW ENGLAND YOUTH ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT with Columbia Collegiate Chorale and the University Cathedral Singers. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 14 JUNE / 10.45AM / BARBARA HIGHTON-WILLIAMS (flute) and MARIETJIE PAUW (flute). Casa Labia, 192 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 701 7466 and 021 788 6068 17 JUNE / 7PM / CHORAL EVENSONG Induction of choristers, brass and organ. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 21 JUNE / 8PM / CPO SYMPHONY CONCERT with BRANDON PHILLIPS (conductor) and AVIGAIL BUSHAKEVITZ Liszt: Les Préludes, S97 (Symphonic Poem No. 3). Mendelssohn: Violin

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Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. The young conductor Brandon Phillips was the winner of the first Len van Zyl Conductors’ Competition in 2010. Born in Jerusalem, Avigail Bushakevitz currently studies the violin with Sylvia Rosenberg at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Liszt, who invented the genre of the symphonic poem, lived for many years in Paris, and was exposed early to the writing of Alponse de Lamartine, whose Nouvelles méditations poétiques (“What else is our life but a series of preludes to that unknown Hymn, the first and solemn note of which is intoned by Death?...”) supposedly led him to create his preludes. Today they are amongst the most popular in the classical music repertoire and have often been used as a soundtrack for movies and popular culture. Another piece often performed is Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, a composition Mendelssohn worked on for six years before he conducted it in 1845. The fluent passage between the three movements was designed to eliminate applause between the movements, an idea which influenced many other great concertos since. Tschaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 at first did not win much appreciation. After its premiere in the United States, the New York Post commented: “The Fourth Tchaikovsky Symphony proved to be one of the most thoroughly Russian, i.e. semi-barbaric, compositions ever heard in the city. If Tchaikovsky had called his symphony A Sleigh Ride Through Siberia no one would have found this title inappropriate.” Later public opinion would turn to be much more favourable. UWC Concert Hall, Modderdam Road, Bellville, 021 410 9809 27 JUNE / 10.30AM / WINTER WARMTH La Diva soprano Beverley Chiat and mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov, with pianist Victor Tichart, present a programme of popular classics. Baxter Theatre 4 JULY / 7.30PM / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET with Carl Orff`s Carmina Burana, Walpurgis Night, the one-act ballet from the opera Faust by Charles Gounod, adagio from the ballet Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, the Grand pas de deux from the ballet Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus and the Can-Can Surprise by Jacques Offenbach. The Imperial Russian Ballet, not to be confounded with the original 18th-century Imperial Russian Ballet, later renamed Mariinsky or Kirov Ballet, was founded in 1994. The Baxter Theatre 6–15 JULY / 8PM / STELLENBOSCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 6–12 July / 8pm / Festival Chamber Concert 13 July / 8pm / Festival Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Raiskin, soloist Anthony Demarre (clarinet) 14 July / 8pm / Festival Concert Orchestra, conductor Bernhard Gueller 15 July / 8pm / Festival Symphony Orchestra. Endler Hall 8 JULY / 8PM / CELEBRITY GALA CONCERT with Elza van den Heever (soprano) and the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.

cape town city ballet ( The So u t h A frican N a t ional Balle t )

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peter pan and the

lost boys

Raymonda Artscape Opera House 24 August - 1 september 2012

Artscape Opera House 8-12 August 2012 Choreography: Robin van Wyk

accompanied by the

CAPE PHILHARMONIC Orchestra Choreography: Norman Furber

B o ok at C ompu ti cket o r Ar tscape Dial- A- Seat 021 421 7695

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Elza van den Heever Bernard Franz talks to Elza van den Heever, 32, before her Cape Town Celebrity Gala Concert on 8 July at Artscape. Elza, do you sing under the shower? I am not really a great shower singer! I hardly ever sing to myself, and hardly dare to sing where I might be heard outside of a practice room or the stage. I am actually quite shy and self-conscience about my voice. While I’m under the shower, I usually have the Dixie Chicks playing. So far, what has been your most special moment on the big stage? Singing Desdemona in Frankfurt. Undertaking that role was a huge accomplishment, especially because I did not have my teacher by my side. Also, Desdemona has been brought to life by so many incredible sopranos, and we immediately associate the role with Mirella Freni, Renata Tebaldi or Renée Fleming. I was understandably intimidated and almost didn’t want to hear anybody else singing the role. But on opening night when I had finished singing my aria, I felt like I had truly accomplished something deep within myself, that I had somehow gained confidence and had in some small way managed to make the role my own. Apart from Johannesburg and San Francisco, and all those world stages in between, you now spend a lot of time commuting between Frankfurt and Bordeaux. Where is your home, or do you believe in geographical multitasking? I have a wonderful friend who says: “Home is where my toothbrush is.” This has proven to be correct! Sometimes I do get confused about where “home” is. Serendipity seems to have played a role in your career, with you replacing a lead role in San Francisco after the dress rehearsal, and winning the Wagner competition in Seattle without having sung a Wagner role in a major house. Do you feel that you have had luck on your side? I think building a career in opera has a lot to do with being at the right place at the right

time. I just try to always be as prepared as possible, and “roll with the punches”. You are a member of the Frankfurt Opera company. What do you like most about Frankfurt? Do you have a particular place that you cherish? I do love Frankfurt very much. I think my spot is the Grüneburgpark, especially during the spring when the sun is just starting to shine, and everyone is walking their dog. And my favourite time of year is Spargel-Zeit, or asparagus season. In the next 12 months at Frankfurt Opera, you will sing the roles of Elisabetta in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, you return to Elektra in Mozart’s Idomeneo and perform as Duchess Hélène in Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes. What excites you about your upcoming roles? I am excited about all my upcoming projects for various reasons. Obviously I am very thrilled to have the opportunity to sing the role of Elisabetta in concert before I sing her on the MET stage. The chance to sink my teeth into Elektra again, (after a four-and-ahalf-year absence) is a gift! Mostly I am just looking forward to repeating a role, and having some fun. I am both nervous and excited about Helene as I have been told how difficult the role is, but I am optimistic about conquering her music, which I just adore. You started your career as a mezzo-soprano but later discovered that you are a soprano. Critics have remarked that you boast a “masterful top, a sensuous bottom and a rich middle range, all seamlessly integrated.” What is your reaction to these statements? Many long hours, blood, sweat and a lot of tears have gone into understanding my own voice. None of this comes easily, and I work very hard to achieve a sound that is perceived as well-rounded and easy. I also have a brilliant teacher, Sheri Greenawald,

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without whom I would be lost. She has taught me everything I know, and I am completely indebted to her. At a height of 6ft, do you always find a tenor the right size to accompany you? How do you two deal with your physical differences? It is difficult finding tenors who are taller than me, but one can always find ways of dealing with physical differences if you are working with good directors, musicians and actors. I have never really felt uncomfortable with any of my partners on stage. I am comfortable with my height, and I simply don’t let it affect my relationship with my colleagues on stage. You grew up in Jo’burg, had a full scholarship to a culinary academy, before you switched courses at 18 to enrol at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Perhaps this explains why you once said that singing Verdi’s Requiem is like “this big, fantastic pizza”. What will you sing in Cape Town on 8 July, and if you had to describe your repertoire in culinary terms, what would you call it? I will be singing Strauss’s Four Last Songs, which to me is like taking a bath in a tub filled to the brim with the most luxurious and most creamy and most delicious, thick chocolate. If you had a couple of hours on your own in Cape Town, what would you like to do with that time? Listen to Laurika Rauch sing “Op Blouberg se Strand” and go for a long walk.

Edward McLean, Sub Principal Celloist of the CPO

Elza van den Heever

child. Argentine Carlos Gustavino, sometimes referred to as the “Schubert of the Pampas” created musical poems to works of poets such as Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, or Jorge Luis Borges. Baxter Concert Hall 25 JULY / 1.15PM / LUNCHTIME CONCERT Andrew-John Bethke (organ). St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 29 JULY / 9.30AM / SOLEMN SUNG MASS, GABRIEL FAURÉ’S MESSE BASSE University Cathedral Singers, St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 31 JULY / 8.15PM / WATT MORE IS THERE! WHY AREN’T YOU? An evening of Afrikaans lieder composed by Martin Watt and Adrian More. The Baxter Theatre 1 AUG / 7.30 PM / RAISE THE ROOF CONCERT SERIES The Cape Town Chamber Choir. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 1 AUG / 7.30PM / THE PICK N PAY/FINE MUSIC RADIO 101.3 MUSIC AWARDS – classical category. Baxter Concert Hall 4 AUG / 8PM / MINETTE DU TOIT-PEARCE & PHILLIPUS HUGO Vivaldi, Strauss, Van Wyk & Bolcom. Endler Hall 4 AUG / 8PM / OREGAN ADVENTIST MEN’S CHOIR Classical and modern repertoire. Artscape 4 AUG / 8.15PM / SAMRO UCT BIG BAND CONCERT Darryl Andrews and the UCT Big Band presents an evening of jazz standards and contemporary popular music. Baxter Concert Hall 7 AUG / 6PM / GRANT BRÄSLER (ORGAN) Programme includes works by Sweelinck, Stanley, Françaix and Duruflé. The Baxter Concert Hall

South African soprano Elza van den Heever has sung various roles with Oper Frankfurt, where she has been a member of the resident company since 2008. Winner of the 2008 Seattle Opera Wagner Competition, Elza van den Heever’s triumphal European debut was in 2009 as Giorgetta in Oper Frankfurt’s production of Il trittico. Since then, she has given acclaimed performances in roles including Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo, Elsa in Lohengrin, the title role in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (concert version), Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito and Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. When not performing in Frankfurt, she makes her home in Bordeaux. Artscape Opera House 12 JULY/ 10.45AM / BRADLEY BURGESS Casa Labia, 192 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 701 7466 and 021 788 6068 22 JULY / 5.30PM / BITE SIZED BUTTERFLY Sidwill Hartman (tenor) and Lan Wang (soprano) are supported by students from the University of Cape Town Opera School in this concert version of Madam Butterfly. Victor Trichardt (piano). Casa Labia, 192 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 701 7466 and 021 788 6068 24 JULY / TBC / CHAMBER CONCERT. Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

Voorkammerfest on 1 and 2 Sept, see also page 12

24 JULY / 8.15PM / AN EVENING OF SPANISH LANGUAGE ART SONG Celebrating the 100th anniversaries of Xavier Montsalvatge and Carlos Gustavino. Catalan composer Montsalvatge was influenced by Wagnerian music, before he later surprised with compositions integrating polytonality and Caribbean rhythms, as in his famous Lullaby to sleep a black

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8 AUG / 7.30PM / PETER PAN & THE LOST BOYS Choreographed by the Cape Town City Ballet’s artistic director Robin van Wyk, featuring children auditioned in Cape Town. Other performances on 8, 10, 11, 15 August 7.30pm, 11 August at 2pm, and 12 and 15 August at 3pm. Artscape Opera House 9–12 AUG / 10AM / KLEIN KAROO KLASSIQUE FEES with performances by Vanessa Tait-Jones, Abraham Mennen, the Stolyz-Kerrod Duo, Charl du Plessis Trio, Polina Bordukova and Carel Henn, Sulayman Charlton Human, the Gugulethu Tenors and Sterling EQ, Mark Nixon and others. Gala concert on 11 August at 6.30. Oudtshoorn SANW Auditorium Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, www. klassique.co.za, 044 203 8600 9 AUG / 8PM / SYMPHONY CONCERT with conductor Arjan Tien and Maria du Toit (clarinet) Ravel: La valse poème choréographique, Debussy: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra, Messager: Concert Solo for clarinet, and Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Op.14. City Hall 15, 17 and 18 AUG / TROUBLE IN TAHITI Starring Violina Anguelov and singers from the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Studio, directed by Matthew Wild, the evening begins with a musical introduction to the life of Bernstein, exploring the themes of love and marriage in his life and his work. Leonard Bernstein set about composing this one-act opera about the collapse of a marriage in American suburbia in 1951 – while on his honeymoon! Scenes of marital unhappiness and dislocation between businessman Sam and frustrated housewife Dinah are leavened by linking trios, inspired by the

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international TOUR DATES: 1950’s suburban bliss unravels in Bernstein’s tuneful one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti Starring Violina Anguelov and singers from the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Studio, directed by Matthew Wild, the evening begins with a musical introduction to the life of Bernstein, exploring the themes of love and marriage. Leonard Bernstein set about composing this one-act opera about the collapse of a marriage in American suburbia in 1951 – while on his honeymoon. Written between his biggest Broadway successes, On the Town and West Side Story, Trouble in Tahiti focuses in on the domestic conflict of Sam and Dinah, a young couple who are desperately unhappy. Forms part of Cape Town Opera’s 2012 National Tour visiting De Aar, Rustenburg, Polokwane, Kimberley and Bloemfontein. Trouble in Tahiti plays at the The Fugard Theatre, 15, 17 & 18 AUGUST A thought-provoking new staging of Mozart’s most sophisticated Italian comedy, Così fan tutte Set to some of Mozart’s most sublime music, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, two lovers assume disguises to test the constancy of their fiancées. The theme of “Fiancée swapping”, not unknown in Europe’s aristocracy since the 13th century, contributed to the impression of Cosi van tutte being a rather risqué piece, especially at the time it premiered in 1790. Widely misunderstood for generations after Mozart’s death,

Così fan tutte is now increasingly seen as one of his most unsettling masterpieces. Profound pain, betrayal and sadness show through the cracks in the surface of this brittle comedy. Mozart borrowed the theme for the overture to his opera from a moment in one of his previous collaborations with the great librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, Le nozze di Figaro. The tune belongs to the music teacher Don Basilio, who witheringly proclaims “Così fan tutte le belle!” – “This is how all beautiful women are!”, which is sung by three men in act 2, scene 13, just before the finale. With conductor Kamal Khan, director Matthew Wild, designer Tina Driedijk and the University of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Così fan tutte plays from 28 to 31 August, 7.30pm, at The Baxter Theatre ‘Rise up singin’ with Porgy and Bess, by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward A short tour of Cape Town Opera’s Porgy and Bess production to the UK in 2009 received worldwide acclaim. This winter, Porgy and Bess returns to the UK for an extended seven-week tour before giving Cape Town’s audience the opportunity to see it from 29 September to 6 October at Artscape. While songs from this folk opera, such as ‘Summertime’, ‘Bess, you is my woman now’ and ‘It ain’t necessarily so’, have been popularised by singers from many genres since its premiere in 1935, it took time, countless revisions and adaptations before

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PORGY AND BESS 6–9 JUNE Hippodrome, Birmingham, (+44) 0844 338 5000 15, 16 JUNE The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, (+44) 0131 529 6000 23, 24 JUNE Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, (+44) 029 2063 6464 27–30 JUNE The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (+44) 01227 787787 4–7 JULY Mayflower Theatre, Southhampton, (+44) 02380 711811 11–14, 16–21 JULY The Coliseum, London, (+44) 0871 911 0200 MANDELA TRILOGY 20–21 June, Wales Millennium Centre (+44) 029 2063 6464

the piece took its rightful place in the international operatic canon. Christine Crouse’s passionate staging, set in Soweto in the 1970s, has again established Porgy and Bess’s amongst the best of American Music Theatre. Additionally Mandela Trilogy, written by Michael Williams with music by Allan Stephenson, Mike Campbell, and Péter Louis van Dijk makes its European premiere at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

classical music diary music of 1950s advertising, as the characters start to lose faith in the American Dream. The Fugard Theatre, 021 410 9807

21 AUG / 8.15PM / STUDENTS’ QUARTERLY CONCERT Baxter Concert Hall

16 AUG / 8PM / SYMPHONY CONCERT with conductor Arjan Tien and Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano) Weber: Der Freischütz Overture, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op 30, and Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5 in D major. City Hall

22 AUG / 7PM / FRANCOIS DU TOIT (piano). Casa Labia, 192 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 701 7466 and 021 788 6068

16 AUG / 8.15PM / THE OLIVE LIEBERZ-THERON PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING PIANISM A competition for solo classical piano playing by students at the SACM. Baxter Concert Hall 18 AUG / 8PM / USSO: DEBUSSY & RAVEL Stellenbosch University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Corvin Matei and featuring soloist Luis Magalhaes. Ravel Al Borada Overture, Ravel Left Hand Piano Concerto, Debussy La Mer. Endler Hall 18 AUG / 7.30PM / WESTERN CAPE YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL Young singers and solo instrumentalists perform with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Artscape

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23 AUG / 8PM / ANDRE RIEU LIVE Is he the ”biggest classical music artist in the world”? Andre Rieu has been wooing global audiences for more than a quarter century and performs in South Africa for a third consecutive year. Watch out for his 1667 Stradivarius violin. Come and see why he has been the top DVD-selling artist in South Africa over the past five years. Grand Arena, Grand West, 1 Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, 021 505 7777 23 AUG / 8PM / SYMPHONY CONCERT with conductor Theodore Kuchar and Yura Lee (violin) Mozart: Symphony No.36 in C major (Linz) K 425, Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op.61, and Smetana: Bohemia’s Forests and Meadows, Šárka, The Moldau. City Hall 24 AUG / 7.30PM / RAYMONDA A three-act ballet to the music of Alexander Glazunov, first premiered at Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 1898. The ballet, which includes the famous Pas Classique hongrois in the third act, is about Raymonda, who is abducted into a harem but liberated to grand fanfare by her fiancé and future husband. Other performances on 25 Aug 2pm and 7.30pm, 26 Aug 3pm, 29 and 31 Aug 7.30pm and 1 September 2pm. Artscape Opera House 24 AUG / 7.30PM / CHATT/ FIKELELA BENEFIT CONCERT In support of Fikelela Childrens’ Centre. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 25 AUG / 8PM / JOSHUA BELL GALA CONCERT The Cape Town Concert Series in collaboration with the Endler Concert Series presents Joshua Bell with the Stellenbosch University Camerata. The programme includes Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with local violinist Refiloe Olifant and Vivaldi’s popular Four Seasons. Endler Concert Hall. 26 AUG / TBC / CONCERTO FESTIVAL Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre 26 AUG / 4.30PM / JOSHUA BELL GALA CONCERT The Endler Concert Series in collaboration with the Cape Town Concert Series presents Joshua Bell with the Stellenbosch University Camerata. The programme includes Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with local violinist Refiloe Olifant and Vivaldi’s popular Four Seasons. After a Bloomington, Indiana childhood, Joshua Bell made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 with the St Louis Symphony, and has since performed with many of the world’s major orchestras. He was named Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011. Bell gained additional fame when in 2007 he played an incognito busker for 45 minutes at a subway station in Washington, D.C., earning $32 dollars in tips. Of the 1097 passer’s by, only seven stopped to listen to him. This experiment was filmed (three million plus hits on YouTube) and used by Gene Weingarten in a story in the Washington Post, for which he later won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Endler Concert Hall

Andre Rieu is back again at Grand West, 23 August

26 AUG / 7.30PM / DANCE FOR ALL GALA: STARGAZE Includes a tribute to Dudley Tomlinson, who taught at the UCT School of Dance for over 35 years. Artscape 28 AUG / 8.15PM / DEBUSSY PRELUDES The piano sections of UCT and Stellenbosch University present works by Debussy. The Baxter Concert Hall

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28–31 AUG / TBA / MOZART’S COSì FAN TUTTE Mozart borrowed the theme for the overture to his opera from a moment in one of his previous collaborations with the great librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, Le nozze di Figaro. The tune belongs to the music teacher Don Basilio, who witheringly proclaims “Così fan tutte le belle!” – “This is how all beautiful women are!” With conductor Kamal Khan, director Matthew Wild, and the University of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Baxter Theatre 29 AUG / 1.15PM / LUNCHTIME CONCERT The Choir of St Paul’s Primary School with Cedric Williams as director. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 29 AUG / 7.30PM / RAISE THE ROOF CONCERT: BOLLING TO WIDOR Charles-Marie Widor’s powerful Messe a deux choeurs et deux orgues (Mass for two choirs and two organs), and, by complete contrast, works by cross-over jazz composer Claude Bolling, performed by Quartette Le Jidd featuring flute, piano, bass and drums. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 29 AUG / 8.15PM / DEBUSSY PRELUDES Endler Hall 1 SEPT / 8PM / JAZZ SERIES WITH KYLE SHEPHERD TRIO Endler Hall 2 SEPT / 9.30AM / SOLEMN SUNG EUCHARIST CATHEDRAL DAY Messe à deux choeurs et deux orgues by the French composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937). The accompaniment is set for two organs but at St George’s Cathedral, where there is only one instrument, these are combined. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360 2 SEPT / 4.30PM / L’ORFEO BAROQUE OCHESTRA with Carin van Heerden, Endler Hall 2 SEPT / 8PM / JOSHUA BELL IN CONCERT Violonist Joshua Bell will perform the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Brahms’ concerto, composed in D major, uses rapid scale passages, broken chords, double stopping, rhythmic variation and other demanding techniques. First premiered in Leipzig in 1879, the violin concerto’s third movement was the inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Don’t Cry for me Argentina” in Evita. Joshua Bell’s instrument is a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin called the Gibson ex Huberman. Artscape 8 SEPT / 8PM / ST CECILIA MASS Messe Solenelle by Gounod with soloists and Con Spirito Choir and Orchestra; Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn with soloist Marc Uys. NG Kerk Auditorium, Welgemoed, Diaz Street, Bellville, 0861 915 8000 10 SEPT / 7.30PM / SACM QUARTERLY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Baxter Theatre 11 SEPT / 8.15PM / FRANKLIN LAREY (piano) in an all-Russian concert including Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky’s famous piano composition. Baxter Concert Hall 12 SEPT / 7.30PM / RAISE THE ROOF CONCERT: AFRICAN RENAISSANCE Neo-traditional and traditional Xhosa music as well as traditional music from the rest of the African continent, presented by Dizu Plaatjies in collaboration with members of Ibuyambo and students in African Performance at the University of Cape Town. The programme features musical bows, such as the Uhadi and Umrhube, Mbiras, Amadinda, kudu horns, Kayombe shakers, and original arrangements for Chopi xylophones, Kalimba, Ugandan harps and drums. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, 021 424 7360

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1 JUNE 7PM / SOUND BITE SERIES Afro-Cuban Jazz, with Cuban Roberto Fonseca, who blends traditional acoustics with electronics and Jimmy Dudlu, whose album Tonota won the Jazz Album of the Year award in 2011. St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street, www.webtickets.co.za 8PM / GERALD CLARK AND THE DEAD MEN Die Boer 9PM / NEW ERA AND DISCOTHEQUE PRESENT THE PARTYHARDERS from Belgium. The Assembly 9PM / ROCK FOR REEF Taxi Violence, Oswald City, Reburn and 2nd Life play for charity, Mercury Lounge 2 JUNE 7PM / SOUND BITE SERIES Second concert with Roberto Fonseca and Jimmy Dudlu. City Hall, www.webtickets.co.za 8PM / MR CAT & THE JACKAL Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, 021 788 5455 8PM / ITALIAN REPUBLIC DAY DANCE The Italian Club, 16 Donegal Street, Milnerton, 021 511 5956 9PM / ISOCHRONOUS LIVE The Pretoria-based alternativeelectro-pop band, formed in 2006, has been successful with experimental sounds, complex melodies and arrangements. This is the DVD launch from their recent tour to Germany where they were the opening act for German rock star Marius MüllerWesternhagen. The Assembly 9PM / HOMEGROWN DRUM ’N BASS Counterstrike and Algorythm’s Animal Chin & 500 Mills featuring SFR, Totem, B-Wise and Multicrisis, Mercury Lounge 9PM / GRASSY SPARKS Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9PM / MISSIPPI DISCO Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 3 JUNE 3PM / TYGERBERG CHILDREN’S CHOIR GALA CONCERT Hugo Lambrecht Auditorium, Picton Street, Parow 5PM / MARK HAZE Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, 021 788 5455 6PM / BOULEVARD BLUES Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 6PM / GERALD CLARK The Red Herring Restaurant and Skebanga’s Sunset Bar, cnr Beach and Pine Road, Noordhoek, 021 789 1783, www.redherring.co.za 6 JUNE / 8PM / SINCE FREE Obviously Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 087 625 0608 5 JUNE / 8PM / JAK DE PRIESTER Die Boer 7 JUNE / 8PM / ADAM TAS Die Boer

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8 JUNE 8PM / ROXETTE Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle from Sweden started Roxette in the 1980s and gained international success with 33 chart-topping singles and over 74 million records sold with iconic songs such as “It Must Have Been Love”, originally a Christmas song before it was reworked for the soundtrack of Pretty Woman. Their 2011 World tour Charm School was the first world tour that the band had done since 1995, and since Marie’s operation in 2002 to remove a brain tumour, and they performed for a completely sold-out crowd in South Africa. Again, Roxette reached number one in several countries and “She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio)” was for several weeks one of the top five songs played on the radio worldwide. Their world tour coincides with the release of their ninth studio album, Travelling. Grand West, Grand Arena 8PM / PARADIGM, THE PROFESSORS, DJ HONEY B & DJ CHOPPER Arabella Wine Estate, Ashton, 023 615 2256, www. wackywineweekend.com 8PM / TRIBUTE TO CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS Die Boer 8PM / ROBBIE WESSELS AND LIANIE MAY Robertson Winery and KykNET presents: Robbie Wessels and Lianie May, Robertson Showgrounds, Church Street, 023 626 2512 9PM / SIXGUN GOSPEL EP LAUNCH Obviouzly Armchair Theatre, Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 460 0458 9PM / MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS New talents on stage. Mercury Lounge 9 JUNE 4PM / PRIME CIRCLE LIVE AT THE WACKY WINE FESTIVAL Arabella Wine Estate, Ashton, 023 615 2256, www.wackywineweekend.com 8PM / TAXI VIOLENCE Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, 021 788 5455 The retro rock band Taxi Violence played their first show in 2005 and immediately their raw rock performance put them on the map. They caused some controversy earlier in the year with the launch of their risqué “Unholy” music video, showing a barely clothed Tanit Phoenix with another underwear-clad woman. 8PM / DIE HEUWELS FANTASTIES AND ZINKPLAAT Afrikaans electronic rock band Die Heuwels Fantasties started in 2009 and is the brainchild of Hunter Kennedy (Fokofpolsiekar, Van Coke Kartel) and Pierre Greef (Time Spent and Lukraaketaar). Robertson Show Grounds, Church Street, Robertson, 023 626 2512 8PM / MR CAT AND THE JACKAL This five-piece band plays a mixture of folk, blues and experimental acoustic music. Originally Mr Cat and Jackal wrote musical scores for theatre productions and even received a number of nominations including a KANNA nomination for their work in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. They released their debut album in 2007. Die Boer 9PM / IN THE DEEP END Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9PM / LIZARD KING with a repertoire of Afrikaans and English rock songs, Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 9PM / RUBADUB: DOCUMENT ONE “TAINTED LOVE TOUR” Dubstep Party featuring DJs Document One, Binary, PsydStep, Dub Vader and 7ft Soundsystem, Mercury Lounge 10 JUNE 4.30PM / LOUISE HOWLETT AND ALBERT COMBRINK – MUSIC OF THE NIGHT Arias, ballads and jazz. Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch 5PM / NATASHA MEISTER Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, 021 788 5455 6PM / GERALD CLARK Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 8PM / PIET BOTHA & JACK HAMMER Barts, Strand Pavillion, Kus Road, Strand, 021 853 4106

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12 JUNE / 8PM / WANT ONS GEE OM with Hugo Nieuwoudt, Roosies, Nadia Louw and Annique Lourens. Die Boer 14 JUNE 8PM / NIA NEL: MY HEART Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge, 021 914 8898, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za 9PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 15 JUNE 9PM / GIAN GROEN Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 9PM / FLYING NEEDLE PROJECT BENEFIT with Six Gun Gospel, Nomadic Orchestra and Tombstone Pete, who recorded and toured as one half of the Codebreakers in New Zealand, Australia and the UK for five years before he brought his percussive acoustic funk rock style back home to South Africa as a one-man guitarist. Proceeds go to the Flying Needle Project, a free acupuncture clinic. Mercury Live, www.flyingneedle.org 16 JUNE 3PM / THE BIG TIME PROJECT French jazz musician Braka collaborates with the Delft Big Band, Little Giants, New Face of Africa, The Elephants and IMAD, Artscape, DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.za 7.30PM / GOSPEL MUSIC CELEBRATION with Amber Davis, First Light, Chrystal Swanson. Bellville Civic Centre, Voortrekker Road, 021 918 2025 17 JUNE 3PM / BAKGAT COUNTRY OPSKOP Afrikaans Country Music, Grand Arena, Grand West 6PM / JOHNNY BLUNDELL The Red Herring Restaurant and Skebanga’s Sunset Bar, cnr Beach and Pine roads, Noordhoek, 021 789 1783, www.redherring.co.za 6PM / SHADOWCLUB AND LONGTIME CITZEN Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, 021 788 5455 6PM / NATASHA MEISTER Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 19 JUNE / 8PM / GERALD CLARK, STEFAN DIXON AND SHADOWCLUB A Johannesburg-based rock trio with a blues and roots twist, taking rock music back to its basics by making it “fuss free”. Die Boer 20 JUNE 8PM / ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK who was born in Madras, and whose mother is of Indian heritage, landed his first big success in 1967 with Release Me, which sold 85 000 copies in one day, surpassing even the Beatles who had released Penny Lane simultaneously. Humperdinck, whose notoriously

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good looks earned him a large following especially among female fans, and who is also very popular in India, has so far sold more than 150 million records, including 63 gold and 24 platinum discs. Humperdinck was chosen to represent the United Kingdom at this year’s May Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. His biggest hits include “Release Me”, “The Last Waltz”, “A Man Without Love” and “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”. Grand Arena, Grand West 21 JUNE ALL DAY / FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE CAPE TOWN with dozens of live performances across Cape Town. www.lafetedelamusic. co.za 8PM / THE CHARLIE KING BAND with Kevin Floyd, Rob Stemmett, Peter Heyns, and other guests. Die Boer, Stellenbosch, 021 979 1911, www.dieboer.co.za 22 JUNE 8PM / SARAH THERON: STORM IN A D CUP Die Boer 9PM / THE INSIDE JOB Jolly Roger, 155 Main Raod, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9PM / SIXGUN GOSPEL LIVE Daddy Long Legs Hotel, 134 Long Street, 021 422 3074, www.daddylonglegs.co.za 9PM / PEBBLEMAN PROJECT Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 9PM / TATUM EP LAUNCH Mercury Lounge 23 JUNE ALL DAY / LIVE BANDS PERFORMING ACROSS FRANSCHHOEK 5PM / SINDULGENCE RECOLLECTIONS ALBUM LAUNCH R.O.A.R. / Gandalfs, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, www. quicket.co.za 8PM / RUPERT MELLOR AND THE THUNDERBIRDS Die Boer 9PM / HELLFIRE BLUES BAND Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9PM / UNCIRCLED UNPLUGGED featuring Evelyn Hart, Fox Comet and When Karma Sleeps. Mercury Lounge

24 JUNE 6PM / ALBERT FROST The Red Herring Restaurant and Skebanga’s Sunset Bar, cnr Beach and Pine roads, Noordhoek, 021 789 1783, www.redherring.co.za 6PM / BOULEVARD BLUES Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343, www.berties.co.za 27 JUNE 8PM / KOOS KOMBUIS Koos Kombuis has been a part of South African music for decades. In the 1980s he was part of an Afrikaans band Voëlvry, which toured campuses across South Africa and are synonymous with the term alternative Afrikaans. He started his solo career after he got bored with writing short stories for Huisgenoot / You and recorded nine CDs. Die Boer 27 JUNE–12 AUG / 8PM / THE 7 WONDERS A tribute to Bob Marley, Robbie Williams, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. The Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge Mall, 021 917 8898, www. barnyardtheatre.co.za 28 JUNE 9PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 29 JUNE 7.30PM / JOHN LENNON: WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon tribute show. Villa Pascal, 28 van der Westhuizen Street, Valmary Park, Durbanville, 021 975 2566, www. villapascal.co.za 8PM / EMO ADAMS Public Opinion, and jazz by N2 Jazz Band. Golden Valley Casino Marquee, between Brandwag and Roux roads, Worcester, 023 348 7200 9PM / MCCREE AND THE RESCU Mercury Lounge 9PM / 3RD WORLD SPECTATOR The Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 30 JUNE 7.30PM / DAVID PHELPS SA TOUR International Gospel

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Concert, His People Centre, cnr of Solly Smiedt and Joe Hattingh roads, N1 City, 021 595 8900 7.30PM / JOHN LENNON: WORKING CLASS HERO John Lennon Tribute show. Villa Pascal, 28 van der Westhuizen Street, Valmary Park, Durbanville, 021 975 2566, www. villapascal.co.za 8PM / VIVA SANTANA CONCERT EXPERIENCE A tribute to Carlos Santana CTICC 8PM / aKING BANDSLAM FESTIVAL featuring the opo indie rock band The Graham Watkins Project, 3rd World Spectator, rock band Jesse Jordan and aKING, one of South Africa’s top rock acts, drawing capacity crowds for their live sets and lyrics. The Golden Valley Casino Marquee, between Brandwag and Roux roads, Worcester, 023 348 7200 9PM / GOODNIGHT WEMBLEY LAUNCH PARTY Mercury Lounge 5 JULY 9PM / CLASSICS PARTY featuring DJs Azuhl, Eazy and Falko Starr. Mercury Lounge 7 JULY 8PM / HOMEGROWN DRUM N BASS Drum n bass party hosted by Counterstrike/Algorythm’s Animal Chin & 500 Mills, featuring SFR, Totem, B-Wise and Multicrisis. Mercury Lounge 12 JULY 8PM / JESSE JORDAN BAND Die Boer 9 PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 13 JULY 8PM / SOUL OF FIRE with Zanne Stapelberg and Kathleen Tagg. Die Boer 14 JULY 8PM / SOUL OF FIRE with Zanne Stapelberg and Kathleen Tagg. Die Boer 9.30PM / RUBADUB: DOCUMENT ONE “TAINTED LOVE TOUR” Dubstep Party featuring Document One, Binary, PsydStep, Dub Vader and 7ft Soundsystem. Mercury Lounge 16 JULY 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Chad Saaiman, Lloyd Jansen and Keeno Lee sing hits of The Temptations, Marvin Gay, Cee Lo Green and others. Baxter Concert Hall

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17 JULY / 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Baxter Concert Hall 18 JULY 8PM / DAN PATLANSKY Die Boer 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Baxter Concert Hall 19 JULY 8PM / DAN PATLANSKY With only a little over a decade in the music industry, Dan Patlansky is touring to promote his latest album 20 Stones. Die Boer 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Baxter Concert Hall 20 JULY 8PM / SCHALK JOUBERT BAND Die Boer 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Baxter Concert Hall 21 JULY 2.30PM / LYNN POULSEN Vista Bar and Lounge, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5189, www.oneandonlycapetown.com 8PM / SOUL CLASSICS – THE BLACK TIES Baxter Concert Hall 9PM / DAN PATLANSKY Mercury Lounge 22 JULY / 6PM / DAN PATLANSKY The Red Herring Restaurant and Skebanga’s Sunset Bar, cnr Beach and Pine roads, Noordhoek, 021 789 1783, www.redherring.co.za 25 JULY 8PM / KAREN ZOID Since the release of her first album Poles Apart 10 years ago rocker Karen Zoid has been on stage with international acts John Mayer, Annie Lennox, Metallica and Hothouse Flowers. She recently performed at the ANC Centenary concert alongside Dorothy Masuku, Judith Sephuma, Simphiwe Dana, Zahara, Ray Phiri and Vusi Mahlasela. She has released her sixth solo studio album Zoid Afrika. Die Boer 26 JULY 8PM / KAREN ZOID Die Boer 9PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 27 JULY 8PM / CORLEA BOTHA Die Boer

30 JULY / 8PM / SULTANS OF SWING A tribute to Dire Straits. The Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge Mall, 021 914 8898, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za 2 AUG / 9PM / CLASSICS PARTY featuring DJs Azuhl, Eazy and Falko Starr. Mercury Lounge 3 AUG 7.30PM / CREEDENCE – THE HITS A musical retrospective of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Villa Pascal, 28 Van der Westhuizen Street, Valmary Park, Durbanville, 021 975 2566, www.villapascal.co.za 8PM / PIET BOTHA AND JACK HAMMER Dorpstraat Teater, Summerhill Farm, “The Shed”, R44 (Klapmuts), Stellenbosch, 021 889 9158, www.dorpstraat.co.za 4 AUG 8PM / HOMEGROWN DRUM N BASS Drum n bass party hosted by Counterstrike/Algorythm’s Animal Chin & 500 Mills featuring SFR, Totem, B-Wise and Multicrisis. Mercury Lounge 8PM / PIET BOTHA AND JACK HAMMER Piet Botha, the son of former foreign affairs minister Pik Botha, has fronted the rock band Jack Hammer for over 20 years. Jack Hammer has opened for international band ZZ Top. Die Boer 8PM / ARISE O MAN Concert of male choirs from the USA, Romania, Botswana and South Africa. Artscape 8.15PM / SAMRO UCT BIG BAND CONCERT Baxter Concert Hall 9 AUG 6PM / CODA Vista Bar and Lounge, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5189, www.oneandonlycapetown.com 9PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 11 AUG 9.30PM / RUBADUB: DOCUMENT ONE “TAINTED LOVE TOUR” Dubstep party featuring Document One, Binary, PsydStep, Dub Vader and 7ft Soundsystem. Mercury Lounge

021’S TOP LIVE MUSIC VENUES ARTSCAPE Artscape Theatre Centre, 1-10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.za THE ASSEMBLY 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 7286, www.theassembly.co.za THE BAXTER THEATRE Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 78, www.baxter.co.za DIE BOER TEATER Chenoweth Road, Durbanville, 021 979 1911, www.dieboer.com CAPE TOWN STADIUM Green Point CTICC Lower Long Street, Foreshore, www.cticc.org GRAND WEST CASINO 1 Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, 021 505 7777 MERCURY LIVE 43 DeVilliers Street, Zonnebloem, 021 465 2106

8PM / RIDERS FROM THE STORM The South African Rock Guitar Legends Project, The Barnyard Theatre 8PM / NATASHA MEISTER, MOTHER CITY MOJO Die Boer 18 AUG / 8PM / THEUNS JORDAAN The Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge Mall, 021 914 8898, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za 23 AUG 6PM / CODA Vista Bar and Lounge, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5189, www.oneandonlycapetown.com 8PM / THYS DIE BOSVELDKLONG Die Boer 8PM / ANDRE RIEU LIVE The self-acclaimed “biggest classical music artist in the world” knows how to woo his audience. Grand Arena 9PM / THE BLUESTOWN SESSIONS Mercury Lounge 25 AUG / 2.30PM / LYNN POULSEN Vista Bar and Lounge, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5189 27 AUG / 8PM / CRAZY DIAMOND A tribute to Pink Floyd, The Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge, 021 914 8898 30 AUG 6PM / LIZE HEERMAN Vista Bar and Lounge, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5189, www.oneandonlycapetown.com 7.30PM / KIN G SAUL Musical, Bellville Civic Theatre, Voortrekker Road, 0861 915 8000 8PM / NADINE Die Boer 1 SEPT 8PM / HOMEGROWN DRUM N BASS Drum n bass party hosted by Counterstrike/Algorythm’s Animal Chin & 500 Mills featuring SFR, Totem, B-Wise and Multicrisis. Mercury Lounge 8PM / COENIE DE VILLIERS Die Boer 5 SEPT / 8PM / SES SNARE The “Ses Snare” (Six Strings) play a mixture of Afrikaans, English, and covers. The band consists of guitarists Mathys Roets, Pieter Smith, Leon Ecroignard, Thean Kotze, Wouter van de Venter and Blackie Swar. Die Boer

16 AUG / 8PM / RIDERS FROM THE STORM The South African Rock Guitar Legends project. The Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge, 021 914 8898, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za

6 SEPT 8PM / SES SNARE The “Ses Snare” (Six Strings) guitarists Mel, Mathys, Blackie, Wouter, Leon, Pieter, MD and Thean. Die Boer 9PM / CLASSICS PARTY featuring DJs Azuhl, Eazy and Falko Starr, Mercury Lounge

17 AUG 7.30PM / RUPERT MELLOR AND FRIENDS – MY FAVOURITE SONGS Villa Pascal, 28 Van der Westhuizen Street, Valmary Park, Durbanville, 021 975 2566

8 SEPT / 9.30PM / RUBADUB: DOCUMENT ONE “TAINTED LOVE TOUR” Dubstep party featuring DJs Document One, Binary, PsydStep, Dub Vader and 7ft Soundsystem, Mercury Lounge

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Every Monday 6pm / Jenie Oliver Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 7pm / Gabriel The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Sentimental Mondays Asoka, Kloof Street, 021 418 0624 7pm / Student Night Aandklas, 43A Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 3545 7pm / Dave Pfuhl Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 8pm / Live Music / Marimba Bands Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing and Contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Off the Wall Poetry Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, 021 448 2266 8pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 8pm / Barleycorn Music Club’s Villagers Rugby Club, Lansdowne Road, Claremont, 072 500 2163 9pm / Live Comedy Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / Manic Mondays and Sixgun Sessions Mercury Live, De Villiers Street, 021 465 2106 9pm / Grounding Sessions Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 5747 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870 10pm / Jazz Jam with Alvyn Dyers Swingers Lounge, 021, Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 2443 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212

Every Tuesday 6pm / Jenie Oliver Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Grimson The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Live Music Aandklas, 43A Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 3545 7pm / Karaoke Brass Bell Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 5455 7pm / Gary G Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 7pm / Live Music Red Herring Restaurant, cnr Beach and Pine Road, Fish Hoek, 021 789 1783 8pm / Live Music / Marimba Bands, Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing and Contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Open Tuesday (every 2nd Tue), Die Boer, 6 Chenoweth Street, Durbanville, 021 979 1911 8pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412

7pm / Live Music Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 1080 8pm / Acoustic Tuesday Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 447 1514 8pm / Karaoke Night Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 8pm / Live Music &Union, Heritage Square, 110 Bree Street, City Centre, 021 422 2770 8pm / Movie Night / Band The Melting Pot, Church Street, Muizenberg, 021 788 9791 9pm / Untamed Youth Fiction Bar, Long Street, 021 424 5709 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870 9pm / Live Music The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 4536 9pm / Soul Agents (Jazz), Asoka, Kloof Street, 021 418 0624 9pm / Karaoke Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 5455 9pm / Choose Daze Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / Bitchy Bingo Night Live Show, Beefcakes, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 9019 9pm / Jo Martin / Live Music Bohemia 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212

Every Wednesday 5pm / Ladies Night Harveys at Winchester Mansions, 221 Beach Road, Sea Point, 021 434 2351 5pm / DJs Groova Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 3923 6pm / Live Music Ferryman’s Tavern, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 7748 6pm / Jeremy Oliver Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 7pm / Live Music Bascule Bar, Cape Grace, 021 410 7082 7pm / Shen FM The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Open Mic Night Alma Café, 20 Alma Road, Rosebank, 021 685 7377 7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Pub Quiz Trenchtown, cnr Station and Lower Main Road, Observatory, 7pm / Pink Rabbit’s Daddy Pink Flamingo’s, Grand Daddy Hotel, 38 Long Street, 021 424 7247 7pm / Cheryl – Just Me Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659, 7pm / Live Music Oude Bank Bakkerij, 7 Church Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 2187 8pm / Quiz Nights Bertha’s Restaurant, 1 Wharf Road, Simon’s Town, 021 786 2138 8pm / Live Music &Union, Heritage Square, 110 Bree Street, 021 422 2770 8pm / Theatrical dining (Tues-Sat)), Stardust, 165 Main

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Road, Rondebosch, 021 686 6280 8pm / Live Music/ Marimba Bands, Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing and Contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Open Mic Night The Melting Pot, Church Street, Muizenberg, 021 788 9791 8pm / Live Music iBuyambo, 11 Bree Street, 082 569 9316 8pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 8pm / See you next Wednesday The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 7286 8pm / Live Music Mambo’s, Grey Street, Plumstead, 021 797 6341 8pm / Live Music Obz Café, 115 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 448 5555 8pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697 8pm / Live Music & DJs Pirates, 160 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 9 pm / Student Night Chrome, 6 Pepper Street, 083 700 6078 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870 9pm / Grass Roots / New Bands Night Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / Variety Drag Show Beefcakes Burger Bar, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 9019 9pm / Chill Out (twice per month) The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 4536 10pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 0909 10pm / Karaoke Swingers Lounge 021, Wetton Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 2443 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / Live Band Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 10pm / Live Music Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 5747 10pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

Every Thursday 5pm / DJs Groova Lounge (Ace ), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 3923 5pm / Kubu Strings Bistro 1682, Steenberg Road, Steenberg Estate, 021 713 2211 6pm / Live Music Vista Lounge and Bar, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5888 6pm / Jo Martin Red Herring Restaurant, cnr Beach and Pine roads, Fish Hoek, 021 789 1783 7pm / Latino Jazz Nights / DJ Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 3385 7pm / Live Music Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 7748 7pm / Live Jazz Leopard Lounge, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 7pm / Rimix The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212

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7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Open Mic Jazz C’est la vie, Somerset West, 021 851 8504 7pm / Pub Quiz Aandklas, 43A Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 3545 8pm / Solo Guitarist Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 8pm / Live Music Marimba Bands Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing and Contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 8pm / Irish Music Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, 021 448 2266 8pm / Live Band The Melting Pot, Church Street, Muizenberg, 021 788 9791 8pm / Bluestown Sessions Mercury Live, 43 De Villiers Street, 021 465 2106 (2nd & 4th Thursday) 8pm / Fire&Stix Pirates, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 8pm / Soul Jazz Sisters iBuyambo, 11 Bree Street, 082 569 9316 8.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697 9pm / Ladies Night Gandalfs, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 0700 9pm / Variety Drag Show Beefcakes, 40 Somerset Road, Green Point, 021 425 9019 9pm / Techno Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket streets, 021 424 0811 9pm / Live Music Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375 9pm / Africa U Night / Live African Music Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / DJ Polana, Kalk Bay Main Road, Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 7162 9pm / DJ The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 4536 9pm / Hip Hop & R&B Party, Jade, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 4108 9pm / Party Galaxy, College Road, Rylands Estate, 021 637 9027 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870

9pm / Obsession Chrome, 6 Pepper Street, 082 700 6078 9pm / It Came From The Jungle Fiction, Long Street, 021 424 5709 9pm / Classics Party Mercury Lounge, 43 De Villiers Street, 021 465 2106 10pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 0909 10pm / Karaoke Swingers Lounge 021, Wetton Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 2443 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / Student night Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 10.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

Every Friday 6pm / Jennie Oliver Light Jazz, Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 6pm / Charles Summerfield Sotano, 121 Beach Road, Mouille Point, 021 433 1757 6pm / Mike Laatz Cru Café, Cape Quarter, De Waterkant, 021 418 6293 7pm / Live Bands Daddy Long Legs Hotel, 134 Long Street, 021 422 3074 7pm / Jazz Bertha’s Restaurant, 1 Wharf Road, Simon’s Town, 021 786 2138 7pm / DJs Alba Lounge, Pierhead, V&A Waterfront, 021 425 3385 7pm / Crimson Live The Lookout Deck, Hout Bay Harbour, 021 790 0900 7pm / Live Jazz Music Bascule Bar, Cape Grace, 021 410 7082 7pm / Live Band Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 7748 7pm / Paradigm The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Live Music Atlantic Room, Table Bay Hotel 7pm / Live Music Manukas, Reddam Avenue, Steenberg Village, 021 701 9777 8pm / Live Jazz with Glenn Robertson Kaleidoscope, 85 Main Road, Claremont, 021 674 5761 8pm / Live Band Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 8pm / Live Music Alma Café, 20 Alma Road, Rosebank, 021 685 7377

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8pm / Live Music Marimba Bands, Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Live Music The Melting Pot, Church Street, Muizenberg, 021 788 9791 8pm / Stage Fright Italian Club – Fratelli Palmieri, 16 Donegal Street, Milnerton, 021 511 5956 8pm / Live Music Mambo’s, Grey Street, Plumstead, 021 797 6341 8.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697 7pm / Live Music The Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 5997 7pm / Live Music Braza Shop 425 La Piazza Canal Walk, 021 555 0335 9pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 9pm / That Circus Show Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / Live Music Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 447 1514 9pm / Live Music & DJ Pirates Steakhouse, 160 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 9pm / Live Music Berties Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343 9pm / Live Music Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 5455 9pm / Live Music and DJ The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, 021 422 4536 9pm / Discotheque The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 7286 9pm / Psy-Trans Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket streets, 021 424 0811 9pm / House Music Jade Lounge, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 4108 / 082 341 0669 9pm / Live Music / DJ (most Fridays) Mercury Lounge, 43 De Villiers Street, 021 465 2106 9pm / Live Music Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9pm / Salsation party with DJ Fred Spider Grand Daddy, 38 Long St, 021 424 7245 9pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 0909 9pm / French Connection with DJ Didier Café Chic, Breda Street, Gardens, 021 465 7218 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870 9pm / Live Bands Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 0700 9pm / Gabriel Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 9pm / Ladies Night Chrome, 6 Pepper Street, 083700 6078 9pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 2133 10pm / DJs Zanzibar at Carnival Court Backpackers, 255 Long Street, 021 423 9003 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / Live Band and DJ Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 5747 9pm / DJ / Band Dizzy’s Jazz Bar 41, The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 10pm / Live Music Polana, Kalk Bay Main Road Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 7162 10pm / Club Swingers Swingers Lounge, Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 2443 10.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

Every Saturday 8am / Live Music Atlantic Room, Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, V&A Waterfront, 021 406 5000 1pm / Live Jazz Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 5997 3pm / DJ on the Deck Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 4pm / Braai and Party with DJ Mastercash Mzoli’s, NY 115, Gugulethu, 082 487 0980 7pm / Live Music Aandklas, 43A Bird Street, Stellenbosch 7pm / Live Music Highlanders Sports Bar, Brakenfell, 021 982 7741 7pm / Live Music Atlantic Room, Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, V&A Waterfront, 021 406 5000 7pm / Live Music Oude Bank Bakkerij, 7 Church Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 2187 7pm / Live Music Manukas, Reddam Avenue, Steenberg Village, 021 701 9777 7pm / Fire&Styx The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Live Music Alma Café, 20 Alma Road, Rosebank, 021 685 7377 7pm / Live Music Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 7pm / Kwaito / House Groova Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 3923 8pm / DJs Café Caprice, 37 Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 8315 8pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 8pm / Live Music / Marimba Bands Mama Africa, 187 Long Street, 021 426 1017 8pm / Jazz, Swing and Contemporary Pigalle, Highfield Road, Green Point, 021 421 4848 8pm / Live Music/DJ Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 5455 8pm / The Mix Live Music and Dancing, Italian Club, 16 Donegal Street, Milnerton, 021 511 5956 8pm / Live Music The Melting Pot, Church Street, Muizenberg, 021 788 9791 8pm / Live Music Mambo’s, Grey Street, Plumstead, 021 797 6341 8pm / Live Music Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 1080 8pm / Live Music Obz Café, 115 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 448 5555 8.30pm / Jazz – set 1 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697 9pm / DJs Die Mystic Boer, 3 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 886 8870 9pm / Live Bands or DJ Gandalf’s, 299 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 083 330 0700 9pm / Inside Out Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 9pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 2133 9pm / Peroxide Fiction, 97 Long Street, 021 426 5639 9pm / Swing Music with DJs, Barristers, cnr Kildare and Main Road, Newlands, 021 671 7907 9pm / Strictly House Blake’s Bar, 189 Buitengracht Street, 021 422 4747 9pm / Live Music Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 9pm / ’80s and Commercial Party Jade Lounge, Main Road, Green Point, 021 439 4108 9pm / Live Music Jolly Roger, 155 Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 7272 9pm / Drum & Bass and Dub Step Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket streets, 021 424 0811

9pm / Electronic and Live Music Zula Sound Bar, 196 Long Street, 021 424 2442 9pm / Live Music Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 447 1514 9pm / Live Music Party The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, 021 465 7286 9pm / Live Music/DJs Mercury Lounge, 43 De Villiers Street, Zonnebloem, 021 465 2106 9pm / Live Music/ DJs Pirates Steakhouse, 160 Main Road, Plumstead 021 797 5659 10pm / DJs Zanzibar, Carnival Court, Backpackers, 255 Long Street, 021 423 9003 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / DJs Asoka, 68 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 422 0909 10pm / Live Music Tagore’s, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, 073 195 5747 10pm / Live Music Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / Live Music Polana, Kalk Bay Main Road, Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 7162 10pm / Club Swingers Lounge 021, Wetton Main Road off Dolphin Way, Wetton, 021 762 2443 10.30pm / Jazz – set 2 The Mahogany Room, 79 Buitenkant Street, 076 679 2697

Every Sunday 8am / Live Music Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, V&A Waterfront, 021 406 5000 9am–7pm / Braai and Party Mzoli’s, NY 115, Gugulethu, 082 487 0980 11am / Sunday Jazz Brunch Winchester Mansions, 221 Beach Road, Sea Point, 021 434 2351 12pm / Live Jazz Catharina’s Tokai Road, Constantia Valley, 021 713 2222 12pm / Sunday Jazz Lunch Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, V&A Waterfront, 021 406 5000 1pm / Jenie Oliver The Azure Restaurant, Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 1pm / Live Music The Bay Harbour Market, Hout Bay Harbour, 082 570 5997 1pm / Live Music Red Herring Restaurant, cnr Beach and Pine Road, Fish Hoek, 021 789 1783 2pm / Cold Turkey Party (every 2nd Sunday) live music, Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 2133 2pm / DJs Amadoda Braai, 1 Strand Street, Woodstock, 021 447 2133 2pm / Progressive Sounds Purple Turtle, cnr Long and Shortmarket streets, 021 424 0811 2pm / Kwaito / House Groova Lounge (Ace), E525 Phakamani Road, Khayelitsha, 083 581 3923 2pm / Jazz Bertha’s Restaurant, 1 Wharf Road, Quayside Centre, Simon’s Town, 021 786 2138 3pm / DJ on the Deck Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 3pm / Live Music (mostly Rivertones), Sotano, 121 Beach Road, Mouille Point, 021 433 1757 3pm / Live Music Doodles, 110 Beach Boulevard, Tableview, 021 554 1080 3pm / Live Music Brass Bell, Kalk Bay Station, Kalk Bay, 021 788 5455 3pm / Live Music Moyo, Shop 50, Eden on the Bay Centre, Big Bay, 021 554 9671 4pm / Tanglewood The Lookout Deck, Hout Bay Harbour, 021 790 0900

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5pm / Live Music Mambos, Grey Street, Plumstead, 021 797 6341 5pm / Live Music and Dance with Dave Ledbetter Polana, Kalk Bay Harbour, 021 788 7162 5pm / Live Music Bertie’s Mooring, The Boardwalk, Gordon’s Bay, 021 856 3343 5pm / DJs Café Caprice, 37 Victoria Road, Camps Bay, 021 438 8315 5pm / Bingo Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375 6pm / Live Music Alma Café, 20 Alma Road, Rosebank, 021 685 7377 6pm / Riverboat Jazz Band Ferryman’s, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 7748 6pm / Derek Pirates Steakhouse, Main Road, Plumstead, 021 797 5659 7pm / Live Music Pastis Brasserie, High Constantia Center, Constantia Main Road, 021 794 8334 7pm / Live Music Red Herring Restaurant, cnr Beach and Pine Road, Fish Hoek, 021 789 1783 7pm / Live Music Quay Four, Quay 4, V&A Waterfront, 021 419 2008 7pm / Riaan The Dubliner, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 7pm / Acoustic sessions Aandklas, 43A Bird Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 3545 8pm / Live Music iBuyambo, 11 Bree Street, 082 569 9316 8pm / Cabaret Marco’s African Place, 15 Rose Lane, Bo-Kaap, 021 423 5412 8pm / Acoustic A Touch of Madness, 12 Nuttall Road, Observatory, 021 448 2266 9pm / Live Band Dizzy’s Jazz Bar, 41 The Drive, Camps Bay, 021 438 2686 9pm / Acoustic Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375 9pm / Aduma (Music and Dance) Polana, Kalk Bay Harbour, Kalk Bay, 021 788 7162 9pm / Comics @ Work Obviouzly Armchair, 135 Lower Main Road, Observatory, 021 447 1514 9pm / Live Band Bohemia, 1 Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 882 8375 10pm / Live Music Kennedy’s Cigar Bar, 251 Long Street, 021 424 1212 10pm / Kwaito Sundays (DJs) Chrome, 6 Pepper Street, 083 700 6078

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Bernard Franz chats with Emelson Sebastião Gonçalves, a student from Angola, about the young Angolan scene in Cape Town. Emelson, how big is the Angolan community in Cape Town? There is not too many of us really, it’s hard to say. Maybe a few hundred. Many of us are students, either at UCT, Cape Peninsula University of Technology or in English language schools, so there is a lot of fluctuation. Angolan music, and especially kuduro has had a tremendous impact on the club scene worldwide recently. How would you describe kuduro? Is there a place in Cape Town to listen to kuduro? Kuduro is a very particular way of music and of dance, quite aggressive, and the lyrics are often offensive to those who speak Portuguese. You can experience kuduro at Zar Lounge, Concept or Chez Ntemba. Those are the three clubs of note. These clubs are all located in Green Point or on Long Street.* Do you have any other clubs further afield that play Angolan music? Not really. I guess it’s because most of us live in Seapoint, the City Bowl, or near UCT. Very few move to other places, which is mainly for reasons of security. Most Angolan students have a middle or upper-class background, so there is a bit of money to rent out a place in better areas. Do you have regular events in the clubs you mentioned?

Zar and Concept hold themed Angolan nights a few times per month. Usually you can hear one of the three resident Angolan DJs there as well, either DJ Lau, Paulo Alves or his brother Ricardo Alves.

*Clubs with Angolan events Chez Ntemba, 4c Buiten Street, off Long Street Concept, 6 Pepper Street Zar Lounge, 47 Main Road, Green Point

Is it all kuduro at these parties? A lot of it is, but there is also some South African music. Angolans here and back home like South African music, especially house and pop. A few DJs, such as DJ Kent, are very popular. Sometimes you can hear music from other Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Mozambique, a bit from Brazil, very little from Portugal but quite a lot from Cabo Verde. There is a lot of mixing with Cabo Verde, even in Angola.

Angolan music Angola had a strong impact on world music for many centuries – Angolan semba became the Brazilian samba, and the music played with the martial art of capoeira is of Angolan origin. Further, some music historians claim that the Portuguese fado was inspired by Angolan slaves, as well as the Argentinean tango (the word itself is Angolan – kimbundu – and means “closed space”). More recently kuduro has emerged as a very unique Angolan expression in song and dance. It often incorporates moves and lyrics that reflect the traumatic history of war. The tarraxinha, a style of kizomba, must be one of the most sensual dances for couples ever invented.

Has that had any effect on the music? Cabverdian music is often less aggressive, and it certainly has helped our tarraxinha, a sensual, slow music. It is not danced as often as the kuduro, but a few times per night everyone gets onto the dance floor with a partner to dance the tarraxinha. With all these influences, and a fast transforming scene, how do you stay in touch with what’s happening? Are there any Facebook sites or tweeting for Angolan music events in Cape Town? There isn’t really much of that. You can put your contact details on the list at Zar or Concept so that they will BBM you the latest gigs and parties. That’s what most of us do. What still works best though is to know at least one Angolan. If you know one, you know us all.

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Links How to dance kuduro: www.youtube.com/watch ?v=FesVbe0f20A&feature=related History of kuduro: http://norient.com/academic/kuduro A mix of different dances: Kizomba (Angola), Lambada Zouk, and Angolan tarraxinha www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdH_0yqOZ0I&fea ture=related And even Cristiano Ronaldo plays to kuduro music… www.youtube.com/watch?v=567M1JaO K88&feature=related

doing indoor parties a few seasons ago and you literally couldn’t walk in any of the venues they took place at. Top dogs such as Trinity, Fiction and Purple Turtle all do weekly psy nights. And let me add, these are some of their busiest nights. There are also a few special parties in random locations throughout the winter. What’s it all about at the end of the day (or weekend rather)? I see it as a way to escape your worries and mundane daily life into a whole new world. I personally love dancing to the music so much that I can spend hours on the dance floor in a state of pure joy. The music really is hypnotising and somehow creates a feeling of freedom.

Trance formation By Sarah Claire Picton

If you’re a Cape Town local, you’ve probably been to at least one of her infamous weekendlong psytrance parties held throughout summer. People from across the country head this way to experience a subculture that has grown enormously in the last few years. But what happens in winter? Does this tight-knit community still exist? In an attempt to find out, we tracked down a psytrance party local, Hailey Jade Koch, to talk about the scene, and the beats. Trance parties – Cape Town is renowned for them. What’s made this place so special? Psytrance is very much about fantasy and embracing the natural world. Cape Town is ideal for this scene, the locations are absolutely perfect. Mystical forests and enchanted valleys are one of this city’s many attributes. These locations emit feelings of fantasy, escapism and celebration of our beautiful earth and the power of Mother Nature. The dance floor is placed within these areas and it is the collaboration of the music, people and scenery that creates a holistic psychedelic feeling. Let’s talk about what happens in winter. In winter the parties continue indoors. It is not the same vibe or even exactly the same crowd as the outdoor summer parties but they go full-on all winter. Psytrance has become so popular in Cape Town that all the big clubs do a psytrance night once a week! Psynoptics started

Please clear this up for me – what beats can we expect to hear at a trance party? Well let me just clear this one thing up – overseas the term “trance” refers to what South Africans know as hard house, such as DJ Tiesto. So what we listen to here is actually called psychedelic trance or psytrance for short. Within this genre there are different types of psytrance too, and even different types of parties according to the music. You can get slow psytrance which can be 130bpm or super-fast music like Cosmo and Terranoise, which can go up to 160bpm. I would say most of the time at Cape Town parties we are hearing music at about 146bpm. Another style that is also becoming really popular at parties is “progressive”, which is a sort of blend between psytrance and techno and has been made popular lately by international DJs like Ace Ventura, Perfect Stranger and Neelix. South Africa also has some awesome emerging progressive DJs such as Deadbeat FM. Without the natural beauty, do you still feel that sense of unity at the parties? To be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of the indoors, it’s super hectic and you got to be up for a big one – it’s definitely not a place for a chat. I much prefer the outdoors, it’s a completely different thing, and I can even say that besides the music they aren’t really the same kind of parties at all. Do you still go to parties during winter? Can you tell me a few of your favourite ones? I do still sometimes go in winter. I once went to a really cool one at the Castle of Good Hope and I used to enjoy the Psynoptics and the Roots parties in Obz. There are also some cool warehouse parties. Sarah Claire Picton is the editor of one small seed

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Cape Town’s jazz gems

by Mike Laatz Are you old enough to remember the jazz clubs of yesteryear? Bohemian patrons, most of whom smoked incessantly? Musicians by the dozen, often trying to emulate the jazz icons of the past in their appearance? Poetry and jazz photos on the walls? Nooks and crannies that made you wonder what was happening behind the scenes? Debates about politics, art and theatre? Such places no longer exist, right? Wrong! If you’re looking for a smoky jazz club (and I mean smoky – the anti-smoking laws are flagrantly ignored) with an otherwise wonderful ambience, then Tagore’s in Observatory is worth a visit. It’s tucked away in a side street (42 Trill Road) but is easy to find – just look for the crowd hovering outside. The venue is tiny, but they manage to squeeze in a jazz band every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Music starts at around 9.30pm, in keeping with the old-school tradition. It’s jazz all the way, often of the avant-garde variety. There’s an upstairs section; if you can fight your way through the crowd to get to it, there’s some good food to be had at reasonable prices. For more information, phone 021 447 8717. If you’re not into late nights, but still need a dose of good jazz, consider the Black Marlin on a Sunday afternoon. It’s on the road between Simon’s Town and Cape Point; a fair distance from Cape Town, but worth the drive. The restaurant building used to be a whaling station many years ago, and it has lots of character. The view across False Bay is legendary. On Sundays, they have a jazz band playing in the garden (or inside if the weather turns nasty). There’s a different band each week. The food is superb, and the prices are surprisingly good. They get busy, so it’s a good idea to book. The number to phone is 021 786 1621. For the latest update on the jazz scene in Cape Town, go to www.capetownjazz.com.

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Afrika Ablaze in I am Dance photo: brooke auchincloss

Winter Warmers at Kalk Bay Theatre ADAPT OR FLY (11–30 JUNE) Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout, Kidi Amin, Pik Botha, Nowell Fine, Mrs Petersen, the old Krokodil, Madiba and the dancing DA are coming to the rescue! Thirty years ago Uys started his total onslaught against apartheid. His new show is a personal political comedy-trek along a familiar long tiptoe to freedom, through the minefields of racism and sexism. Previews 11 and 12 June 8pm. Opens 13 June 8pm Mon–Sat. The Baxter Theatre BIG TOP ROCK ’N ROLL CIRCUS (UNTIL 24 JUNE) 8pm Tue–Sat, 2pm Sun The Barnyard Theatre THE BROTHERS SIZE ( UNTIL 9 JUNE) Written by Tarrel Alvin McCraney and directed by Timothy Bond. Ogun Size and his younger brother, Oshoosi Size (Brian Tyree Henry), have taken very different paths. Ogun dedicated his life to a single-minded pursuit of his career running an auto-repair shop, while his sibling, a wandering soul who has just returned from prison, is happily aimless. As different as they are, the Sizes remain, like it or not, rigidly locked in tandem, defined in large part by their relationship. African drums propel the action, providing a driving backbeat that reaches a climax during the brothers’ joyful rendition of Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness”. But it’s Mr McCraney’s soulful monologues that provide the real harmony. Listen closely, and you might hear that thrilling sound that is one of the main reasons we go to the theatre, that beautiful music of a new voice. (New York Times). 7pm Mon–Sat The Baxter Theatre BURN THE FLOOR (11–29 JULY) A theatre of passion and drama as 20 world champion ballroom and Latin dancers Burn The Floor. Talk Back Tuesdays: On 17 and 24 July the cast members stay on stage for an extra 30 minutes to answer questions about the show or about themselves. 11–14, 17–21, 24–28 July 8pm; 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 July 2pm; 15 and 22 July 6pm. Artscape Opera House CABARET (13 AUG–8 SEPT) Set in Berlin’s seedy Kit Kat Klub, 1931, the show revolves around cabaret performer Sally Bowles, a faded, jaded, good-time girl, (made famous by Liza Minelli in the 1972 movie) and her relationship with young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Featuring the songs “Willkommen”, “Don’t Tell Mama”, “Mein Herr”, “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”, “The Money Song” (or “Money, Money, Money”), “If You Could See Her (The Gorilla Song)” and of course, “Cabaret”. 8pm Mon–Fri , 4pm and 8pm Sat The Theatre on The Bay

DANCE FOR A CURE (9–10 AUG) Contemporary, neo classical, classical ballet, tap, opera, African, Indian and other forms of dance and music to bring hope and to raise funds for vaccinations against cervical cancer. 7.30pm Artscape Theatre

Kalk Bay Theatre presents a programme of winterwarming evenings with an intimate dinner-theatre experience. Guests can enjoy a delicious two- or threecourse meal at the Kalk Bay Theatre restaurant, which is under new management, including dessert after the show when patrons can meet the performers.

DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN (4 JULY–4 AUG) Alan Committie stars in the all-time favourite “date comedy” that explores the reasons why okes don`t like to ask for directions and why girls need so much cupboard space. Directed by Tim Plewman from the original by Rex Garner. 8pm Tue–Sat. Theatre on The Bay

The multi-award-winning Follow Spot Productions brings another crowd-pleasing hit – a spectacular music trivia game show! Who sang the theme from Top Gun? Who’s won the most Grammys? Have you got the brains to take on the quiz with talented, charismatic trio Vanessa Searle, Lucy Tops and Leani Ekermans? From 6 to 23 June.

DISNEY ON ICE (6–8 JULY) Enter the little Mermaid`s enchanting undersea kingdom and the mystical world of Pixie Hollow with Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies. 11am, 3pm, and on 6 and 7 July at 7pm. CTICC

Mac-Don’t-Say-Beth, featuring The Mutual Friends Theatre, is a light-hearted comedy set within the world of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The play centres around the three witches found in the beginning of Macbeth, until they are joined by the rest of the cast as they stumble in one after the other, delirious, lost, drunk and confused. It pokes fun at the theatre superstition surrounding the curse of Macbeth, where actors avoid saying its name, instead referring to “The Scottish Play”. 27–30 June

FUNNY BUSINESS (UNTIL 9 JUNE) With Alan Committie and Robert Fridjhon. Directed by Alan Swerdlow. 1, 2, 4–9 June 8pm, 9 June 5pm Theatre on the Bay GREEN MAN FLASHING (12–23 JUNE) It is six weeks before South Africa’s second elections in 1999. Gabby Anderson, a white personal assistant, alleges she has been raped by her boss, a black, high-profile government minister with an impeccable anti-apartheid struggle record. Sent to persuade her not to go through with the charges is Gabby’s husband, Aaron Matshoba, the ruling party’s major trouble-shooter, and Luthando Nyaka, the quintessential “bad cop” in the delegation. Green Man Flashing is a political thriller by Mike van Graan. 12, 19 June 7.30pm; 16, 23 June 5pm; 13–16 June and 20–23 June 7.30pm. Artscape I AM DANCE (1–4 AUG) Presented by Afrika Ablaze, and produced by choreographer and dance teacher Glenda Jones, this carnival of ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and other genres is featured by 50 budding musicians and dazzling dancers. 1–4 Aug 8pm, 4 Aug also 2pm. The Baxter Theatre I DON’T WORK ON SUNDAYS (23 JUNE) Marc Lottering’s new comedy show. 8pm Old Mill Theatre ICONS OF THE 1980S (22 AUG–7 OCT) Musical tribute show to artists of the 1980s. Wed–Sat 8pm Barnyard Theatre, Willowbridge

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Hot from the main programme at the National Arts Festival, and from the creative team behind the sold-out show Dirt – with writer Nick Warren and director Jenine Collocott – comes Sunday Morning, featuring top actor James Cunningham: Mat is a successful photographer who has his life exactly how he likes it – ordered, neat, and beautifully composed – until the day his girlfriend tells him she is pregnant. In an attempt to process this information he goes out for a run. Straying from his regular route, he ventures into a strange part of the city where he makes a gruesome discovery that changes everything. “…a new generation of theatre gems…priceless…” (Artslink). 12 July–11 Aug Multiple-award-winner Tara Notcutt presents her production Mafeking Road, a whirlwind of Herman Charles Bosman stories. Set in the Transvaal of the late 19th century, “Bosman is disrespectful, subversive and lethal on the silly, savage ways of old South Africa”. (Christopher Hope). Mafeking Road features Andrew Laubscher and Matthew Lewis. 15 Aug– 8 Sept All plays 8.30pm Wed–Sat. For bookings and more information, visit www.kbt.co.za. Kalk Bay Theatre, 52 Main Road, Kalk Bay, 073 220 5430

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET (4–8 JULY) With Carl Orff`s Carmina Burana, Walpurgis Night, the one-act ballet from the opera Faust by Charles Gounod, Adagio from the ballet Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, the Grand pas de deux from the ballet Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus and the Can-Can “Surprise” by Jacques Offenbach. 4–7 July 7.30pm, 7–8 July 3pm. The Baxter Theatre INHALE – EXHALE (1–4 AUGUST) By the Ikapa Dance Theatre. 1 –4 Aug 8.15pm, 4 Aug 3pm Artscape Arena I STAND CORRECTED (8–11 AUGUST) Created by British playwright Mojisola Adebayo and South African choreographer and dancer Mamela Nyamza, the play is an artistic response to homophobic and transphobic, hate rape and murder. 8 Aug 7.30pm, 9 Aug 8.15pm, 10 and 11 Aug 6pm. Artscape Arena JEFF DUNHAM (5 JUNE) Stand up comic, television star and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, hailed by Comedy Central as the Top Comedian of the Year, returns to SA with his cast of familiar and new characters from his latest Tour “Controlled Chaos”. 8pm. Grand Arena, Grand West JOEY RASDIEN – MIXED DNA TOUR (9–12 JULY) One-man comedy show on the effects of evolution and anthropology. 8pm. The Baxter Concert Hall JOU MA SE COMEDY CLUB (EVERY THURSDAY 8.30PM) Kurt Schoonraad’s regular stand-up gig. With guest comedians. The Riverclub, Liesbeek Parkway, Observatory, www.kurt.co.za/jmscc JOU SHOW MET EMO EN WICUS (11–15 JUNE) For the second year, KYKNET’S “Jou Show met Emo en Wicus” will be filmed at the GrandWest Market Hall, with Emo Adams, Wicus van der Merwe and a line-up of guest artists. 8pm, Market Hall, Grand West, book through Computicket KAT & THE KINGS (UNTIL 7 JULY) David Kramer and Taliep Petersen’s West End and Broadway musical, which is set in District Six. Kat and the Kings tells the fictional story of the rise and fall of doo-wop group the Cavalla

Masque Theatre calendar of events 1–2 June Last three shows of “Season’s Greetings” by Alan Ayckbourn Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 2.30pm and 6.30pm 15–23 June CAPA presents a show of dance and musical theatre 28–30 June The Dance Project presents Put Your Foot Down 10–13 July Jungle Theatre Company with kids’ show River of Life 20–28 July The Odd Couple by Neil Simon 5 August Sunday Soiree 9–11 August Ricky Botsis It was a very good year 14–18 August Eat Your Heart Out dinner theatre comedy 23 August–1 September La Rosa Dance Company’s Flamenco 14–22 September GB Shaw’s St Joan For bookings and updated times call 021 788 1898 or email bookings@masquetheatre.co.za. Masque Theatre, 37 Main Road, Muizenberg, www.masquetheatre.co.za

Kings in the 1950s. The tale begins with Kat, now a shoeshine man in 1999 Cape Town, recalling with nostalgia the beginnings of the Cavalla Kings. His younger self narrates a rags-to-riches saga set against the historical backdrop of District 6. Dreaming of crooning his way into the hearts of girls, Kat recruits his friends to form a band. Thanks to their talent and the help of Lucy Dixon, a band member’s sister, the Kings soon become celebrities, performing to audiences at local hot spots and snagging a recording contract, before personal conflicts and the destruction of District 6 end their brief career. The original production of Kat and the Kings enjoyed success both at home and abroad. After touring South Africa it was invited to the Tricycle Theatre in London in 1998. Due to public demand, it relocated to a larger theatre in the West End. It was awarded the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the entire cast won the award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1999. Then it played a six-month stint on Broadway. 8pm Tue – Fri; Sat 5pm & 8.30pm The Fugard Theatre KRAGBOX (23 AUG–1 SEPT) Part of Magnet Theatre’s 25 year anniversary celebration. Performed in Kaapse Afrikaans. 23–25 Aug and 28 Aug–1 Sept 8.15pm. 25 Aug and 1 Sept 3pm, 28 Aug 7.30pm. Artscape LEGENDS OF ROCK ’N ROLL (22 JUNE) With hits by Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Richie Valens, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shakin Stevens and Tom Jones. 7.30pm. Villa Pascal MY NAAM/NAME IS ELLEN PAKKIES (4–7 JULY) Drama of a mother driven to murder her tik-addicted son. 8.30pm. Die Boer PETER PAN AND THE LOST BOYS (8–15 AUG) Choreographed by the Cape Town City Ballet’s artistic director, Robin van Wyk, and featuring children auditioned from hundreds of hopefuls around Cape Town, this two-act ballet tells the story of Peter Pan, a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright JM Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and who never ages, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside of Neverland. Directed by Elizabeth Triegaardt. 8, 10, 11, 15 Aug 7.30pm; 11 Aug 2pm; 12, 15 Aug 3pm. Artscape Opera House THE BLUE IRIS – ATHOL FUGARD (4 JULY–4 AUG) Following its world premiere at the National Arts Festival and in celebration of Athol Fugard’s 80th birthday this year, The Blue Iris shows at the Fugard Theatre Studio. “We should be going into people’s lives, their souls, their ways of life. Everything I have written is an attempt to share secrets with you.” – Athol Fugard. Directed by Janice Honeyman, starring Claire Berlein, Graham Weir and Lee-Ann van Rooi. With lighting design by Mannie Manim and set design by Dicky Longhurst. Mon–Sat 8pm. The Fugard Theatre THOSE WERE THE DAYS (8 JUNE) Musical Tribute to the hits of the 1950s to the 1980s. 7.30pm. Villa Pascal TOPSY TURVEY (13–30 JUNE) Jonathan Roxmouth’s new one-man show. In it, Roxmouth revisits the song and verse of British duo Gilbert & Sullivan, who were responsible for such evergreen comic operas as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado to name a few. One man; over 15 characters; eight operettas. 8pm Tue–Sat, 23 June at 3pm and 8pm, 30 June at 5pm & 8pm. Theatre on The Bay

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ARTSCAPE 1–10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 421 7839, www.artscape.co.za THE BAXTER THEATRE Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880, www.baxter.co.za CTICC 1 Lower Long Street, CBD, 021 410 5000, www.cticc.co.za THE FUGARD THEATRE Caledon Street, cnr of Harrington Street, District Six, 021 461 4554, www.thefugard.com GRAND ARENA Grandwest Casino, 1 Vanguard Drive, Goodwood, 021 535 3611, www.suninternational.com/ Destinations/Casinos/Grandwest/Pages/EventsEntertainmentResults.aspx INTIMATE/ARENA/ANATOMY THEATRE UCT Hiddingh Campus, 37 Orange Street, Gardens, 021 480 7129, www.intimatetheatre.net KALK BAY THEATRE 52 Main Road, Kalk Bay, 073 220 5430, www.kbt.co.za

Other stages BARNYARD THEATRE Willowbridge Mall, Tygervalley, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za DIE BOER, 6 Chenoweth Street, Durbanville, 021 979 1911, www.dieboer.com DORPSTRAAT TEATER R44 near Stellenbosch, 021 889 9158, www.website.dorpstraat.co.za H.B. THOM THEATRE (University of Stellenbosch), Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 021 808 3216 MAGNET THEATRE Unit 1, The Old Match Factory, cnr St Michaels and Lower Main roads, Observatory, 021 448 3436, www.magnettheatre.co.za MASQUE THEATRE 37 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 788 1898, www.masquetheatre.co.za THE MILNERTON PLAYHOUSE Pienaar Road (behind Milnerton Library), 021 557 3206, www.milnertonplayers.com OLD MILL THEATRE Meulstraat, Paarl, 083 564 0056, www.oumeulteater.co.za PLAYHOUSE THEATRE cnr Swalle and Lourensford roads, Somerset West, 021 852 5182, www.theplayhouse.org.za SPIER AMPHITHEATRE Stellenbosch, 021 809 1177 THEATRE IN THE MUZE 19 Atlantic Road, Muizenberg, 076 042 4653 THEATRE ON THE BAY 1 Link Street, Camps Bay, 021 438 3300, www.theatreonthebay.co.za THE RAINBOW PUPPET THEATRE Constantia Waldorf School Spaanschemat River Road, Constantia, 021 783 2063 VILLA PASCAL 28 Van der Westhuizen Street, Valmary Park, Durbanville, 021 975 2566, www.villapascal.co.za

DIE VAGINA MONOLOË (9–10 AUGUST) “Die essensie is vroulikheid in alle fasette.” (Deon Meyer). In Afrikaans. 9 Aug 6pm, 10 Aug 8.15pm Artscape Arena Theatre, also 8.30pm on 16 Aug at Die Boer VODACOM FUNNY FESTIVAL (11 JUNE–7 JULY) Cape Town’s biggest comedy festival returns with international and local performers including Alan Committie, Imran Yusuf (UK), the winner of the best musical comedy at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Kev Orkian, Kurt Schoonraad, Piet Potgieter, Carl Wastie, The Boy with Tape on his Face (11–23 June only), Jon Hicks (25 June–8 July only), Gamarjobat (11–30 June only), and KG – Kagiso Mokgadi (2–8 July only). 11 June 8pm, 8pm Mon–Fri, 5pm and 5pm and 8pm Sat. Baxter Concert Hall THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD (16 JUNE–1 JULY) Gilbert and Sullivan’s play, directed by Teddy Davies and conducted by Alastair Cockburn. 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27–30 June 7.30pm; 17, 24, 30 June and 1 July 2.30pm. Artscape ZIP ZAP FUNDRAISERS (25 AUGUST) Fundraiser for the Constantia Waldorf School (noon) and Imhoff Waldorf (3pm). Zip Zap Dome near Artscape, www.zip-zap.co.za

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When in Cape Town Refining the art of leisure

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UNTIL 17 JUNE/ 2PM, 2.30PM & 8PM / HUBBLE VISION Discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope, a 2.4m aperture telescope. Iziko Planetarium, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 1 JUNE–31 AUG / THE V&A WATERFRONT’S MASTER OF THE TRADE ROUTES CULINARY CHALLENGE 25 fine dining restaurants create fusion dishes inspired by the diverse flavours of South Africa’s different cultures, from Dutch to Chinese, Indian to Italian, Portuguese to Malay, French or British, for a winter culinary challenge. V&A Waterfront, 021 408 7500, www.waterfront.co.za 5 JUNE / 6PM / ANTHONY HUMPHREYS: BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY AND THE LATER STONE AGE Auditorium of the SA Astronomical Observatory, SA Observatory, Observatory Road, www.saao.ac.za 6 JUNE / 10AM / WALKABOUTS OF EXHIBITION COMMUNITY PUNCHING Iziko South African National Gallery, Government Avenue, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 6 JUNE / 11.30AM & 6.30PM / TWO GREAT BATTLES – TWO GREAT NATIONS Rob Caskie talks on Rourke’s Drift (11.30am), a decisive battle, which immediately followed that of the British Army’s defeat at Isandlwana (6.30pm) during the Anglo Zulu War in 1879. The Ballroom, One and Only, V&A Waterfront, 021 431 5888 7–24 JUNE / ENCOUNTERS South African International Documentary Film Festival. www.encounters.co.za 8 JUNE / 7.10AM / CHAMELEONS Explorations with an eco ranger. Helderberg Nature Reserve, Somerset West, 021 851 4060, www.helderbergnaturereserve.co.za 8 JUNE / 10AM / MEET THE ARTIST: LIZA GROBLER Brundyn & Gonsalves, 71 Loop Street 10 JUNE / 10.30AM / WALKABOUTS OF WINGS OF THE SHECHINAH: THE SCULPTURAL ART OF HERMAN WALD Guided by Dr Ute Ben Yosef. The South African Jewish Museum, Hatfield Street, 021 465 1546, www.sajewishmuseum.co.za

TWO DISCIPLINES CONVERGE with Mark Roffrey. CG Jung Society of South Africa, Iziko SA Museum, Queen Victoria Street, 021 689 6090 19 JUNE / 7.30PM / FULL MOON MEDITATION Hosted by Gabriel Gonsalves. The Novalis Ubuntu Institute, Wynberg, www.novalis.org.za 20–22 JUNE / BUILDING CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS IN GEOGRAPHY Conference by the Society of SA Geographers. UCT Upper Campus, Rondebosch, www.egs.uct.ac.za 23 JUNE–20 JULY / 2PM, 2.30PM & 8PM / 2012: THE END OF THE BEGINNING Iziko Planetarium, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 24 JUNE / 5.30PM / WAGNER AND THE THEATRE Lecture by Christine Luciaon on the influence Bayreuth had on music and opera history, as well as on the history of theatre itself. Richard Wagner Society, 082 449 7679 (booking essential) 25 JUNE–13 JULY / 1PM / LIVING INSIDE THE COSMIC EGG An investigation into a concept that originated in ancient mythology and which currently maintains that 13.7 billion years ago the entire mass of the universe was compressed into a gravitational singularity from which it expanded to its current state after the Big Bang. Iziko Planetarium, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 26 JUNE / 7.30PM / PRESERVING OUR ANCIENT HERITAGE – 3D TECHNIQUE by Heinz Ruther, The Jenny Mallet Hall, St George’s Grammar School, Richmond Road, Mowbray, ww.egyptiansociety.co.za, 021 557 5082 26 JUNE / 10AM / THE THREE FACES OF MALI by Anthony Wain. Boucle du Baoul, Gogon, and Bamako. TH Barry Lecture Theatre, Iziko South African Museum, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3913, www.iziko.org.za

“Way up high, there’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby…”

12 JUNE / 8.30AM / BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FORUM Co-hosted by Working for Water Programme. Department of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Science and Technology South African Biodiversity Information Facility, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org 13 JUNE / 10.30AM / ROOM TO GROW TALK with Sue Hillyard, landscaper and gardener. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org 15 JUNE / 8PM / THE MEDICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE CAPE FROM VAN RIEBEECK TO GROOTE SCHUUR by Gawin and Gwen Fagan, The Athenaeum, 1 Mariendahl Lane, Newlands, 021 762 1779, www.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za 15–17 JUNE / 2PM / CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR with lectures and workshops held by local and international authors. Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), 1 Long Street, www.cticc.co.za 16 JUNE / YOUTH DAY 19 JUNE / 8PM / EXPLORING INNER AND OUTER SPACE –

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27 JUNE / 10.30AM / ROOM TO GROW with David Davidson, landscaper and designer (Chelsea Flower Show). Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org 27 JUNE / 5.30PM / MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES: HILARY MAUVE “Mary Kingsley – The other side of her interests and her travels in Africa.” Simon’s Town Museum, The Residency, Court Road, 021 786 3046, www.simonstown.com 28 JUNE / 10AM / UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE Peter Johnson on climatology. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 788 9469 28 JUNE / 10 AM / BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT THE GALLERY Iziko South African National Gallery, Government Avenue, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 28 JUNE / 6PM / DEREK STUART-FINDLAY: HISTORIC MOTORING IN THE CAPE The Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 30 JUNE / 8AM / BIRD WALK Guided walk with Tertius Gous, Helderberg Nature Reserve, Somerset West, www. helderbergnaturereserve.co.za 1–4 JULY / SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE Leslie Social Sciences Building, UCT, Rondebosch, www.sasaonline.org.za 5 JULY / 1PM / WALKABOUT: WINGS OF THE SHECHINAH: THE SCULPTURAL ART OF HERMAN WALD Guided by curator Hayden Proud. The South African Jewish Museum, Hatfield Street, Gardens, 021 465 1546, www.sajewishmuseum.co.za 6 JULY / 8PM / HMS BIRKENHEAD the tragic sinking of the steam frigate off Gansbaai in 1852, which cost the lives of 450 people, and which gave rise to the “women and children first”

discoverY DIARY “Isabel, please tell them to say sard-ine” 9 AUG / NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 14 AUG / 10AM / ST ANTHONY’S FIRE IN THE MIDDLE AGES by Pieter van Dongen. Iziko South African Museum, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 15 AUG / 6PM / ROB CASKIE: GOING SOUTH WITH SCOTT AND SHACKLETON Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott’s journey to the Antarctic aboard the Discover in 1901. The Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000 15–17 AUG / FIRST WORLD DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS “Rights, Health, Education, Social Participation and Employment”. CTICC, 1 Lower Long Street, www.sbs.co.za 21 AUG / 8PM / TRAUMA-BASED DISSOCIATION: PRECIPITATION, PRESENTATION AND TREATMENT by Eli Somer. CG Jung Society of South Africa, Iziko SA Museum, Queen Victoria Street, 021 689 6090 22 AUG / 10.30AM / ART AND THE BRAIN by Mark Solms, psychoanalyst, lecturer in neurosurgery and – not to forget – wine maker. Solms-Delta Wine Estate, Franschhoek, 021 481 3951, www.solms-delta.co.za 22 AUG / 10.30AM / ROOM TO GROW with Otto Schmidt. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org 23 AUG / 6PM / SPEAKER’S CORNER: HANNAH KAY Ten Steps Before Provac: What else to consider before you fill that prescription (a lecture on writing). The Leopard Bar, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Camps Bay, 021 437 9000

protocol, by Martin Fine, The Athenaeum, 1 Mariendahl Lane, Newlands, 021 762 1779, www.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org

9–13 JULY / XVI WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY CONGRESS Held for the first time in Africa and themed “Roots of Development”. University of Stellenbosch, www.wehc2012.org

25 JULY / 5.30PM / MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES: ROD CAMPBELL “The History of Television in South Africa”. Simon’s Town Museum, The Residency, Court Road, 021 786 3046, www.simonstown.com

10 JULY / 6PM / SMALL MAMMAL UTILIZATION BY MIDDLE STONE AGE HUMANS Evidence for a broad spectrum diet at De Kelders Cave 1. Lecture by Aaron Armstrong (University of Minnesota), SA Astronomical Observatory, Observatory Road, Observatory, 021 447 0025, www.saao.ac.za 11 JULY / 10.30AM / ROOM TO GROW TALK with Adam Harrower, horticulturist at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, 021 799 8899, www.sanbi.org 12–15 JULY / AFRICAN THEATRE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE UCT Hiddingh Hall Campus, Gardens, afta. cmc-uct.co.za 21 JULY–28 SEPT / 2PM, 2.30PM & 8PM / OCEANS IN SPACE Inspired in part by NASA’s Origins Program which focuses on the origin of the earliest stars. Iziko Planetarium, Queen Victoria St, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za 22–27 JULY / 30th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PSYCHOLOGY with international and local lecturers and 6000 delegates. CTICC. 1 Lower Long Street, www.icp2012.com 25 JULY / 10.30AM / ROOM TO GROW TALK with Xavier Zylstra, Environmental Educator at The Two Oceans Aquarium.

28 JULY / 8AM / FYNBOS WALK Guided walk with Ron du Toit, Helderberg Nature Reserve, Somerset West, 021 851 4060, www.helderbergnaturereserve.co.za 28 JULY / THE GREAT ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND THEIR LEGACIES Day School by the Egyptian Society. 021 557 5082 28 JULY / AFDA (FILM SCHOOL) OPEN DAY Corner Lower Scott and Tasman Road, Observatory, 021 448 7600, www.afda.co.za 31 JULY / 10AM / FROM AGULHAS TO ANGOLA Lecture by Ernst van Jaarsveld, a Kirstenbosch botanist and horticulturist. TH Barry Lecture Theatre, Iziko Museum, Queen Victoria St, 021 481 3913, www.iziko.org.za

23–26 AUG / 10AM / CAPE HOMEMAKERS EXPO CTICC Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, 021 410 5000, www. cticc.co.za 28 AUG / 10AM / FOSSIL HUNTING IN PATAGONIA by Dr Roger Smith. TH Barry Lecture Theatre, Iziko Museum, Queen Victoria Street, 021 481 3913, www.iziko.org.za 29 AUG / 5.30PM / MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES: LOUISE DE WAAL “Management of the River Thames – Past, Present and Future” with illustrations. Simon’s Town Museum, The Residency, Court Road, 021 786 3046, www.simonstown.co.za 29 AUG–1 SEPT /16th ANNUAL IEASA (INTERNATIONAL AND EDUCATION OF SOUTH AFRICA CONFERENCE University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 31 AUG / 8PM / SOUTH POLE RACE CHALLENGE by Braam Malherbe, The Athenaeum, 1 Mariendahl Lane, Newlands, 021 762 1779, www.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za 5–7 SEPT / IFLA CONFERENCE ON LANDSCAPES IN TRANSITION Landscape architects and speakers Charles Waldheim, Kathryn Gustafson, Charles Hutchinson and Anthony Wain. Townhouse Hotel and City Hall, www.ifla2012.com

3 AUG / 8PM / ADDERLEY STREET PIER 1911 the pier’s origin, construction and demise, The Athenaeum, 1 Mariendahl Lane, Newlands, 021 762 1779, www.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za

9–14 SEPT / 8th INTERNATIONAL AQUARIUM CONGRESS Hosted by Two Oceans Aquarium, CTICC, 1 Lower Long Street, www.iac2012.co.za

5 AUG / 5.30PM / WAGNER AND MYTH Christine Lucia on myth and symbolism in Wagner’s work and his impact on European culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Richard Wagner Society, 082 449 7679 (booking essential)

10–12 SEPT / SA GENETICS AND BIOINFORMATIC SOCIETY CONFERENCE Themed “The Data-Mining Revolution”. The Conservatoire, University of Stellenbosch, www/ www. genetics. cmc-uct.co.za

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ALICE GOLDIN (21 July – 18 August) Celebrating her 90th birthday this year, Alice Goldin is particularly well-known for her paintings of trees and plants found on the side of Table Mountain. Irma Stern Museum, Cecil Road, Rosebank, 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, 021 685 5686, www.irmastern.co.za ARAB PRIEST (until 1 July) Irma Stern, whose paintings have set South African records at local and overseas auctions, was born in a small town in the Transvaal in 1894, studied art in Germany with Max Pechstein and other expressionists, and subsequently travelled extensively in both Europe and Africa. In 1939 and 1945 she visited Zanzibar. It is from that second visit that the Arab Priest, recently acquired for the Qatar Orientalist Museum for R26.6 million, originates. Irma Stern chose the Arab Priest as the opening illustration of her 1948 publication Zanzibar, and had it framed in sections of wooden Zanzibar doorways. Iziko SA National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company’s Garden, 10am–5pm daily, 021 481 3970, www.iziko.org.za BAROQUE MEETS MODERN (Ongoing) This re-hang argues that the mercantile Dutch of the 17th century were among the first active dealers and collectors who established the broader precedent of the art collector and art market. For more information on this exhibition visit www.021magazine.co.za/ news/arts-15/old-master-in-a-modern-market-230 Michaelis Collection, Old Town House, Greenmarket Square, 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 021 481 3933, www.iziko.org.za CANDICE BREITZ: EXTRA! (Until 22 July) Created on the set of the soap opera Generations – the most watched television programme on the African continent – Candice Breitz inserts herself into a number of actual scenes from the series, resonating as a conspicuously white presence amongst an otherwise black cast. The resulting images raise questions about what it might mean to be white in the context of contemporary South Africa. Iziko SA National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company’s Garden, 10am–5pm daily, 021 481 3970, www.iziko.org.za COMMUNITY PUNCHING (Until 16 June) Johann van der Schijff, artist and lecturer at The Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town collaborates with art teachers and Grade 10 learners from Livingstone High School (Claremont), Camps Bay High, Heideveld Senior Secondary School, Fish Hoek High, and Isilimela High School in Langa. The project – at its core involving participation from both the makers and the viewers – is an unpredictable process open to chance and serendipity that reveals itself as it unfolds. It is neither a scientific nor a pedagogical exercise, but is a conceptual artwork. The exhibition space is open 9am–4pm Mon–Fri and 9am–1pm Sat. Iziko SA National Gallery Annexe, Government Avenue, Company’s Garden, 10am–5pm daily, 021 481 3970, www.iziko.org.za FIRED – CERAMICS SOUTH AFRICA (Ongoing) “Fired” brings together, for the first time in one exhibition, both indigenous and colonial ceramics that were previously held in separate museums. The title of the exhibition signifies the one aspect that this diverse selection of ceramics has in common. John Bauer’s unusual, coral-like porcelain beanies, Ian Garret’s pots – designed in the Zulu tradition of Nesta Nala – and Hilton Nell’s fine creations have all been forged in fire. Ceramics straddle utility and aesthetics and the pieces on display in “Fired” whisper stories about the way people interacted and what they enjoyed. Because of the intimate connection between ceramics and food and drink, it is apt that this exhibition is held in the old granary store of the Castle, a fascinating high-vaulted space that is only rarely open to the public. Iziko at the Castle of Good

Hope, Buitenkant Street, 9.30am–5pm daily, 021 467 7205, www.iziko.org.za HERMAN WALD (Until 15 July) Not many public sculptures from the 1960s have had such impact in South Africa as those of Herman Wald, a Hungarian immigrant who came to the country in 1937. The impala stampede (“Oppenheimer Fountain”) in Johannesburg, the Memorial to the Six Million in Jo’burg’s Westpark Cemetery, or the Kimberley monument Diamond Diggers are some of his most recognisable artworks. The museum shows 60 sculptures, drawings and writings by the artist. SA Jewish Museum, 88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, 10am– 5pm Sun–Thur, 10am–2pm Fri, 021 465 1546, www.sajm.co.za. More information on the artist at www.hermanwald.com IQHOLO LE AFRIKA – HER AFRICAN PRIDE (Until 8 July) A Centenary Celebration of the Life and Work of Barbara Tyrrell, born 100 years ago in Durban, spent her childhood in an environment where Zulu tradition was still the norm, but when she realised that tradition was fast disappearing under the influences of modernisation, she decided to create a visual record of the traditional costumes and adornments worn by the peoples of southern Africa. She acquired a Chevrolet van and set out on her first field trip to the amaNgwane of the Drakensberg. From the 1940s to the 1960s she visited the people of nearly all the traditional cultures of southern Africa, recording their dress and customs. This would result in the Campbell Collections – a selection of over 150 pieces of southern African costume and examples of beadwork, fertility figures, regalia and gala dress reflecting adult ceremonial attire. Iziko SA National Gallery, Government Avenue, Company’s Garden, 10am–5pm daily, 021 481 3970, www.iziko.org.za LURÇAT TAPESTRIES (Ongoing) Apart from its recently acquired collection of Pierneef paintings, and contemporary art, La Motte exhibits tapestries and ceramics by French artist Jean Lurçat (1892–1966), who spearheaded the movement to reinstate tapestry as an art form in France ever since he visited The Apocalypse of St John, a tapestry held in the Castle of Angers in the Loire Valley. Subsequently Lurçat insisted on a new technique of strong weaving with big stitches that had a coarser texture so that tapestries could not be mistaken for paintings, and he reduced the colour palette to around 45 tones. This style became popular when in the 1950s and 1960s modern architecture with its vast halls and spaces again favoured robust and mobile tapestries. La Motte shows 13 examples of its collection of Lurçat tapestries. La Motte, R45, Franschhoek, 9am–5pm Tue–Sun, 021 876 3119, www.la-motte.com PATTERN OF BEAUTY (Ongoing) Islamic artefacts from the Iziko Social History Collections department. Bo-Kaap Iziko, 71 Wale Street, Bo-Kaap, 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 021 481 3939, www.iziko.org.za PERMANENT COLLECTION (Ongoing) Ceramics, Egyptology collection and Silver Gallery (which includes the Mullne Collection of Cape silver). Upper galleries of the Iziko Slave Lodge, cnr Adderley and Wale streets, 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 021 467 7229, www.iziko.org.za SILVIA ZULU (Until 31 Jan 2013) In 1927 Italian anthropologist Lidio Cipriani (1892–1962) took photographs during the shooting of the film Silvia Zulu near Eshowe in KwaZuluNatal. The exhibition discusses the making of the film, colonial representation, scientific racism and fascist ideology in Cipriani’s anthropological work and photographic records. Iziko Slave Lodge, cnr Adderley and Wale streets, 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 021 467 7229, www.iziko.org.za

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SOUNDS AND SILENCES FROM A SAN ARCHIVE (Until 15 May 2013) /Xam and other San ethnography, artefacts, rare wax cylinder sound recordings, drawings, and memories collected by Wilhelm Bleek, Lucy Lloyd and especially Dorothea Bleek between 1856 and 1947 from their /Xam and other San teachers. Bertram House, Hiddingh Campus, Orange Street, 10am–5pm Mon, Fri, 021 424 9381 WILLEM STRYDOM (Until 1 September) Strydom, who lives in Nieuwoudtville, “has a deep empathy for the life forms that inhabit the arid landscapes of the South African hinterland – that can survive in the desiccating heat of the lean times and yet flourish, in some cases quite spectacularly, when the seasons turn over and rains return to the thirstlands. This rich imagery includes not only the animals and plant forms but also the people of this austere environment.” (Tim Maggs) Sculptures and other artwork. Rupert Museum, Stellentia Avenue, Stellenbosch, 9.30am–1pm, 2pm–4pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat, 021 888 3344, www.rupertmuseum.org THE WORLD’S OLDEST CHEMISTRY SET? NEW DISCOVERIES FROM BLOMBOS CAVE (Until 13 Oct 2014) Over the past years, the Southern Cape’s Blombos Cave has slowly revealed some of the world’s most astonishing discoveries, helping to transform the way we see ourselves. In this exhibition the oldest known evidence of the human use of containers, an ochre preparing kit consisting of a perlemoen shell, seal shoulder blade and ochre fragments, is displayed for the first time. Its age: 100 000 years. Iziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Street, Gardens, 10am–5pm daily, 021 481 3800, www.iziko.org.za/sam

Other art and culture collections: CASA LABIA, NATALE LABIA MUSEUM 192 Main Road, Muizenberg, 10am–4pm Tue–Sun, 021 788 4106, www. casalabia.co.za DISTRICT SIX MUSEUM Ongoing exhibitions on different aspects of life in apartheid Cape Town, such as Digging Deeper, Protea Village, Tramway Road and Last Days. 15A Buitenkant Street, 9am–4pm Mon–Sat, 021 466 7200, www.districtsix.co.za FRANSCHHOEK MOTOR MUSEUM Taken from a collection of more than 300, 80 motor vehicles are on display at any given time. Cars at the FMM come in a wide variety of shapes and colours, evoking nostalgia, movie settings, and philosophical ponderings about how times have changed. Ormarins Wine Estate, R45 between Pniel and Franschhoek, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm Sat, Sun, 021 874 9000, www.fmm.co.za GOLD OF AFRICA BARBIER MUELLER MUSEUM Originally assembled by two Swiss art lovers over a 50-year period, the collection of gold artefacts from various areas south of the Sahara were displayed in the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Switzerland until 2001, when it was bought by gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti and brought back to Africa. 96 Strand Street, 9.30am–5pm Mon–Sat, 021 405 1540, www.goldofafrica.com HESS ART COLLECTION AT GLEN CARLOU Named after the Swiss-based Hess Family Estate, the collection of contemporary art includes works by landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy, Deryck Healey and Ouattara Watts. Simondium Road near Klapmuts, 8.30am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–3pm Sat, Sun, 021 875 5528, www.glencarlou.co.za

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SANLAM ART GALLERY Gerard De Leeuw (1912–1985): A Centenary Exhibition

“Gerard de Leeuw believed he could make rain. Or, to be more precise, he believed that the bronze smelting that he practised from his suburban foundry in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, had the unintended but inevitable effect of producing rain, regardless of the season.” So writes Federicho Freschi, formerly senior lecturer in the Department of History of Art at the University of the Witwatersrand, now director of the Goodman Gallery Cape, in a catalogue accompanying the exhibition “Gerard de Leeuw: a Centenary Exhibition”, to be on view at the Sanlam Art Gallery from 25 July–28 September 2012. This exhibition showcases more than 40 bronze sculptures by De Leeuw and a selection of paintings by his artistic friends, amongst them Father Franz Claerhout, JH Pierneef, Stefan and Iris Ampenberger, Fayetta Varney, Wolf Kibel, Lippy Lipschitz to name but a few. The exhibition was compiled by Dr Fred Scott and opened at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery in collaboration with the Sanlam Art Collection and supported by Business and Arts South Africa and Stephan Welz & Co. A fully illustrated catalogue will be on sale from the gallery. “Born in Amsterdam in 1912, De Leeuw followed his family to South Africa in 1932, his father, a goldsmith, having migrated to Cape Town in 1928 for health reasons. De Leeuw had decided early on that he wanted to be a sculptor. To this end, he attended various art schools in Holland and spent some time studying under Isidore Opsomer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, a venerable institution that prided itself on providing a solid, classical training. He also attended various art schools in Paris, including the studio of André Lhôte1 (Hagg, 1975: 88) where he learned the rudiments of bronze casting, and encountered the work of the animalier Francois Pompon, which was to have a lasting influence on the numerous animal studies he produced throughout his career.

Although he eschewed the self-conscious modernism that characterised the work of Lipshitz, Kibel and others in this circle, his contact with these artists, coupled with his engaging and charming personality, ensured that De Leeuw was always well connected in the South African art world even if he did not enjoy the same public acclaim as many of his peers during his lifetime. After moving to Johannesburg in 1936, he extended his circle to embrace the leading artists of the region, including Hendrik Pierneef, Erich Mayer, Frans Oerder, Maurice van Essche, and Francois and Uys Krige. It is a testimony both to the extent of De Leeuw’s connections in the art world and to his charm and persuasiveness that he successfully supported himself during his early years in Johannesburg by selling, on commission, the works of these artists (Strydom, 1979: 54). According to his biographer, Matthys Strydom (1979: 54), De Leeuw was inspired to begin experimenting with bronze casting after reading the life of Benvenuto Cellini, and soon began mastering the intricacies of the lost wax method. These culminated with a post-Second World War tour – first to Britain, where he attended evening classes at the Kennington Art School in London and worked as a restorer at the Morris Singer foundry, and then to Holland and Belgium, and finally to France, where he worked at the Rudier foundry.2 De Leeuw did not enjoy great public acclaim during his lifetime and indeed did not have a solo exhibition of his work until a retrospective held at the Pretoria Art Museum in 1980, five years before his death. This is due to various factors, not least his slow working method – a function of his meticulous perfectionism – and consequently relatively modest output. 3 With the exception of the larger sculptures, he insisted on casting all his own work in his studio foundry, with some assistance from his sons, John and Gerard junior (whose portrait bust as a young boy he made in 1960) and his

trusty assistant (and ad hoc cultural advisor, travel companion, and interpreter) Simon Rammutla. Always the perfectionist, De Leeuw would destroy works that he found to be unsatisfactory, while others would remain uncast and, in time, perish (Scott, 1969: 37). In the final analysis, De Leeuw’s work resists easy categorisation, being at once humorous and complex, commonplace and ideologically loaded, naïve and recondite. In its commitment to the figure it remains part and parcel of the European humanist tradition in which he was trained – hence his success both as a portraitist and a sculptor whose work, if not always profound, is enduringly whimsical and charming (as the rise in recent auction values for his work attests). As with the work of other white artists of his generation, his commitment to finding an “authentic” African voice is, with postcolonial hindsight, less easy to assimilate – at best it comes across as benignly patronising, and at worst as reductive and essentialist. Nonetheless, it locates him squarely within a powerful rubric that allowed South African modern art to break decisively from European forms and points of reference, and to develop that elusive quality of contingency (on time, place and culture) that continues to characterise the best of South African art. The above text extracts from: Federicho Freschi, 2012, “The Rainmaker: Pragmatism, Myth and Magic in the Works of Gerard de Leeuw”, in Gerard de Leeuw: A Centenary Exhibition. Stephan Welz & Co., Johannesburg Sanlam Art Gallery, 2 Strand Road, Bellville 25 July–28 September 2012. Open: 9am– 4.30pm Mon–Fri, or by appointment. Tel: 021 947 3359 / 083 457 2699

1. A number of South African artists of De Leeuw’s generation, including, inter alia Bettie Cilliers-Barnard and Erik Laubscher, attended Lhôte’s studio. See Alexander et al, 1988. 2. Now the Zahra Modern Art Foundries, the Morris Singer foundry was founded in 1848 and is famous for having produced a number of well-known British public sculptures, including the Eros at Piccadilly Circus and the lions at Trafalgar Square, as well as the works of Henry Moore. The foundry of Alexis Rudier in Paris, which operated from1874 to 1952, produced the sculptures of many of the major artists of its age, including Auguste Rodin and Aristide Maillol. 3. Other factors cited by his interlocutors include the notion that he eschewed “fashionable trends”, and that his work was consequently never “sensational or shocking” (Hagg, 1975: 5, my translation) enough to bring him into the public eye. The fact that his work was, with the exception of a few pieces in public collections (e.g. the National Gallery in Cape Town and the William Humphreys Gallery in Kimberley), largely held by private collectors is also cited as a factor in his relative obscurity – see Scott (1969), Strydom (1979), Hagg (1975), Werth (1980).

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The Paul Vorster at Rust-en-Vrede

GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE Woodstock UNTIL 30 JUNE Working Title A group exhibition of young artists, with Reshma Chhiba, Gabrielle Goliath, Murray Kruger, Gerald Machona, Monique Pelser, Thabiso Sekgala, Kyle Morland. Reshma Chhiba’s Kundalini Shakti and Linga-yoni – a slashed canvas and an unsettlingly organic sculpture, both informed by the artist’s ongoing interest in the Hindu goddess Kali as an embodiment of unbridled feminine creativity – act as a complement and counterpoint to the cool, Apollonian rationalism of Kyle Morland’s Spool Piece – Saddle Cut No. 1, a suspended sculpture of welded steel. 3rd Floor Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road, 021 462 7573/4, www.goodman-gallery.com, 9.30am–5.30pm Tue– Fri, 10am–4pm Sat ERDMANN CONTEMPORARY City centre 6 JUNE–7 JULY Melanie Cleary – New Year’s Day Photographed in Durban, on 31 December 2011 and 1 January 2012. Cleary’s interest in ritual and tradition took her to Durban’s North Beach where more than 100 000 people come together annually to usher in the new year. (Opening on 6 June at 6pm.) 11 JULY–11 AUG David Lurie – Encounters at the Edge Lurie’s photographs take the viewer to the edges of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, i.e. it’s the periphery’s architecture, places, spaces, formal and informal structures. (Opening on 11 July at 6pm.) 63 Shortmarket Street, 021 422 2762, www. erdmanncontemporary.co.za, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 11am–1pm Sat BRUNDYN + GONSALVES (formerly IART GALLERY) UNTIL 20 JUNE Liza Grobler – White Termite 71 Loop Street, 021 424 5150, www.brundyngonsalves. com, 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat WHATIFTHEWORLD Woodstock UNTIL 14 JULY Lyndi Sales and Nicky Broekhuysen Cnr Argyle and Albert roads, 021 802 3111, www. whatiftheworld.com, 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

LOVELL GALLERY Woodstock UNTIL 16 JUNE Neill Wright 17 JULY–11 AUG Artists’ Competition winners group show 139 Albert Road, 021 820 5505, www.lovellgallery.co.za, 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

(and vice versa) via established global trade routes. www. alltheorynopractice.com 6 SEPTEMBER Zander Blom Buchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, 021 462 1500, www.stevenson.info, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm Sat

SALON91 Gardens UNTIL 23 JUNE Niklas Zimmer A collection of long-exposure photographs (anything from 30 seconds to 10 minutes) taken at night in Cape Town. “When night falls and the city changes shape, Cape Town’s natural landscape and urban experience merge. The built environment presents a patchwork of history unravelling against nature and forces the easy daytime vistas to recede,” says the curator. 91 Kloof Street, 021 424 6930, www.salon91art.co.za, 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat

34 FINE ART Woodstock UNTIL 31 AUGUST Group Exhibition with Mr Brainwash, William Kentridge, Takashi Murakami, Asha Zero, Lionel Smit, Norman Catherine and Satadru Sovan Banduri. 4 SEPT–6 OCT Motel7 Solo exhibition. Second 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

RUST-EN-VREDE Durbanville 5-28 JUNE Theo Paul Vorster Original lino cuts and lino prints, and Andrew Munnik – Like Games People Play A collection of ballpoint pen drawings 31 JULY–23 AUG by Tania Babb and Margot Hattingh Ceramics, encaustic paintings, mixed media and etchings. Paul Painting – oils 28 AUG–20 SEPT Alter Ego 40 participating artists depict their alter egos, with Paul Birchall, Robert Plotz, Leon Vermeulen, Anthony Holmes, Brad Gray, Annette Pretorius, Corlie de Kock, Dee Donaldson, Natasha de Wet, Lyn Gilbert, Gregory Kerr, Lance Friedlande, Elizabeth Gunter, Marié Stander, Clare Menck, Aidon Westcott, Hugo Maritz, Annelie Venter, Jaco Benade, Christiaan Diedericks, Henk Seymore, Lynie Oliver, Jan du Toit, Audrey Anderson, Janna Prinsloo and others. 10 Wellington Street, 021 976 4691, www.rust-en-vrede. com, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat STEVENSON Woodstock 17 MAY–30 JUNE Michael MacGarry Of particular concern to MacGarry are the mechanics of control and vested interest that inform the journey of culturally symbolic languages and products from the so-called “centre” to the “periphery”

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Other galleries: ART IN THE FOREST Constantia Rhodes Drive, Constantia Nek, 021 794 0291, www.lightfromafricafoundation.co.za, 10am–4pm daily BARNARD GALLERY Newlands 55 Main Street, Newlands, 021 671 1553, www.barnardgallery.com, 9am–5pm Mon–Fri CAPE GALLERY City centre 60 Church Street, 021 423 5309, www.capegallery.co.za, 9.30am–5pm Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm Sat EVERARD READ V&A Waterfront 3 Portswood Road, 021 418 4527, www.everard-readcapetown.co.za, 9am–6pm Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat GRANDE PROVENCE Franschhoek Main Road, 021 876 8630, www.grandeprovence.co.za SMAC Stellenbosch 1st Floor, De Wet Centre, Church Street, 021 887 7624, www.smacgallery and 60 New Church Street, City centre

RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY 10 Wellington Road, Durbanville

The historic RUST-EN-VREDE art centre houses an Art Gallery, Rust-en-Vrede Coffee Shop, Clay Museum, exhibiting contemporary SA Ceramics, and various Art Studios. www.rust-en-vrede.com

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From flared skirts to fitted suits and faux fur, trends go retro this winter. Think 1940s and get your sexy secretary look out of the closet and into a corset. For a sharp silhouette, wear a maxi-length pencil skirt worn with a lacy blouse with a Peter Pan collar and paired with an oversize envelope clutch bag. For a softer edge, wear a cute cropped cardigan or round-necked knit jersey in autumn colours or soft greys over a pretty blouse. If you lack the hourglass figure to work this look, try a full and flowing flared skirt that falls just below the knee and hints at the 1950s on the horizon. For eveningwear, its vintage glam, dripping with sensuality. Think long dresses with ballooning sleeves in colours that are good enough to eat or drink: plum, chartreuse, claret. Adding a wild touch to all this 1940s civility are the animal prints of every kind that are on the prowl in all the mainstream fashion outlets, asking to be worn and stroked. My best buy this season so far has been a faux rabbit fur gilete from Mr Price at R119. Even when it’s warmth and practicality that you want, opt for a fur trimmed puffer jacket (pictured here). Trouser-wise, flared pants threatened the demise of the skinny jean, and while a 1970s-style trouser cut is an option, we’re still hanging on to our thigh-hugging denims. This winter, though, wear them in colour. Take your pick from grape, sage or ochre. Woolies does a great range. Team them with this season’s must-have – a soft, pussy bow blouse. If you don’t already have a well-fitted navy boyfriend jacket, now is the time to buy one to complete this look. The trench coat is still in style. Buy it in camel for versatility. Wear it belted in the rain and pretend you are in Paris. But don’t get too French. This season, you must wave bye-bye to black, and get ready to play with a new colour palette. (DK)

Faux fur detail makes cover girl Katharina’s Hooded Puffer a winter must have

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The Shri Radha Krishna Mandir in Rylands Near Vanguard Mall, the suburb of Rylands is the traditional religious home of the Cape’s Indian community. Apart from temples in Rondebosch, or in Cravenby near Parow, the three temples situated in Rylands encompass important deities of Indian faith – the one in Ruth Road is devoted to Shiva, the one opposite the new Virgin Active and Shoprite near the Gatesville Plaza is dedicated to Vishnu, while in Jeram Street, not far from the Galaxy nightclub, Shri Radha Krishna Mandir is the spiritual home of those who worship Krishna. The Krishna Temple, one of the most active of those in South Africa, is run by the Cape Hindu Cultural Society and incorporates the adjacent Gandhi Memorial School. Currently, rituals are being performed by priest Kirtibhai, his wife Smruti and their teenage son Rushi. Sent from India for the duration of five years, with two more years remaining, the family members share the daily ceremonies and rituals. They begin at 6am, when they prepare fresh gee (butter to burn candles), water or milk, and to assemble fruit offerings on the altar. They also cook the purely vegetarian food for the gods. Another daily preparation is the washing and dressing of the small statues of the gods in the two main altars, while the larger ones are only dressed once a week or at special festivals. The small ones are being washed in water (in winter with warm water), and dressed each day in clothes of different colours, such as orange on Fridays, yellow on Thursdays or red on Tuesdays. From about 6.20am the first worshippers arrive for the morning aarti, or prayers and chanting, which officially begins at 6.45am. On most days, 20 to 30 devotees take part in the aarti. If you would like to join, here is what to do, step by step: When you arrive in the foyer, which depicts a very large painting of a central scene from the Bhagavadgita, use the bell hanging from the ceiling to announce your arrival (it’s quite a loud one, so better use it with moderation). Take off your shoes before you enter the main hall. You can clean your hands and feet in the adjacent “freshening-up room”. Enter the main hall with its two main altars. The larger one harbours large marble statues imported from India. From left to right you will see Ganesh with the elephant head, and in the centre Krishna and his childhood friend and lover Radha. Krishna is depicted in a very relaxed pose,

playing a flute, as he is considered the divine herdsman Govinda. The smaller altar in the back of the hall hosts marble statues connected with Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu. According to the Ramayana epic, Hanuman, the deity with a monkey head, meets Rama and his brother Lakshmana, who are both searching for Rama’s wife Sita. Go in front of the main altar, and stand or kneel. Begin to concentrate on your deep, slow breathing. Kirtibhai or Rushi will then start the ceremony by blowing into the Shankh, a large white shell of a sea snail, and symbol of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Near the altar they will sprinkle water and offer milk to the gods, and begin to ring a small bell with their left hand, while with their right hand they move a tray of lighted ghee (clarified butter) vessels in a large clockwise movement. The flame symbolises the power of the deity itself, and is circulated to all those present. At the same time they will chant devotional songs such as the “Om Jai Jagdish Jare” (Oh Lord of the Whole Universe). Anyone present can join in the singing of the song. Eventually, down-turned hands are moved from the flame to the forehead, a blessing of purification. At the end of the aarti, Kirtibhai or Rushi will sprinkle water from a copper vessel to ask for peace. The aarti is offered free of charge at 6.45am, 9am and 7pm and lasts 45 minutes each. The temple also offers classes in the Bhagavadgita, one of the most important Indian religious epics, on Wednesdays at 7.30pm, singing and ritual classes at 8pm on the first Monday of each month, or daily morning and evening yoga. Winter is an important time in the Hindu calendar. It’s holiest and most auspicious month of the year is Shravan. Celebrations this year begin on 20 July and end on 17 August. Mondays are fasting days. The most important religious festivity at the Krishna Temple in winter is that of Krishna Jayanti Janmashtami (the birth of Krishna) on 10 August, which draws hundreds of devotees. On 15 August India’s Freedom Day is celebrated at the Krishna Temple with a special cultural programme and music from 7.30pm.

For more information call Kirtibhai, Rushi or Smruti on 021 638 2999.

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OLD SCHOOL CAPE TOWN Pleasures that remind us of bygone eras Browse the bookstore in Gordon’s Bay: a treasure cove of old and new books, piled in towering columns up to the ceiling, interspersed with fragile arrangements of shell mobiles. Weather permitting, you can read at one of the long tables on the stoep overlooking False Bay. Stroll between the ocean and the railway tracks, from Muizenberg to St James, past the glorious architecture of the Casa Labia Cultural Museum, splendid fynbos gardens, museums, battlefields, tide pools and the iconic bathhouses. Continue to the antique shops of Kalk Bay, pop into long-time favourites such as the Brass Bell, or Café Olympia, and eventually reach the harbour proper to watch fishermen land their catch and women with big knives cut open the snoek. Try fish and chips, and sip a glass of bubbly in the Polana, overlooking the waves crashing into the rocks. Then take the train back to Muizenberg. * The single train ticket from Cape Town to Muizenberg or St James sets you back R7.50, Metro Plus is R11. Visit the Porter Estate Market in Tokai near the Chrysalis Institute. Set in a clearing within forests that harbour baboon troops and riding

schools, the Saturday market (9am–1pm) has the relaxed atmosphere of a country market. Of all the old museums, why not visit the Old Town House at Greenmarket Square this winter? Beautifully restored, this stately building harbours a wealth of Old Dutch and Flemish paintings, attributed to some of the greatest of European art, including Frans Hals, and from the school of Rembrandt himself. Then go antique browsing in Church Street, or in the Long Street Antiques Arcade, connecting Long Street with Wale Street. * Entry to the Townhouse Iziko Museum is R10; for those under 19 years of age R5, and free on selected commemorative days. 021 481 3933, open daily from 10am–5pm. When was the last time you tried your langarm? The 021 area boasts a good dozen places to move yourself to the rhythms of Afrikaans music. From Brackenfell, Stellenbosch to Bellville and Kuilsrivier. Find out about all the locations at www.021magazine.co.za/news/music * Some clubs have no cover charge, but most ask for about R30 per person.

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After a short hibernation see fresh rose blossoms unfurl at the Chart Farm in Wynberg. It’s even better to smell your way from one flower to the next, as most roses grown here exude a delicate perfume. Then relax at the coffee terrace and enjoy the sweeping views over Constantia Valley. Entrance to the garden is free. You can cut your own rose at R5 per rose. Secateurs and picking trays are supplied. Open daily 9am–4pm. Klaasens Road, Wynberg Park, 021 761 0434 Our very own Table Mountain oozes sweet water. You can fill your bottles and canisters at different points. A very popular one, albeit a bit tricky to find is that of Newlands. Luckily, it’s open 24/7 and free. Springs Way, GPS coordinates are 33°58’28S 18°27’28E. Join its facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/ Friends-of-Newlands-Spring The Labia Theatre on 68 Orange, of course. The adjoining bar serves gluhwein, which you are allowed to sip even while watching a classic movie. * The regular ticket price is R35. Observatory, Cape Town’s bohemian suburb, has its fair share of quirky places. Tagore (in

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Clockwise from left: Catch a movie. Curl up with a book. Oil a canvas. Lick on an ice-cream cone. Cruise Obs.

Trill Road) and Touch of Madness received their interior design quite a while ago, which has led to plenty of patina in the meantime. Come to Tagore for jazz or a chat at the tiny bar, or visit Touch of Madness and listen to bit of Irish music or poetry slams in the front room. For all its recurrent events, and directions, go to the jol guide in this 021. Free.

Drive up Signal Hill, and meet Ismael the painter, Gino the ice-cream vendor and Fatihaad the coffee maker. Gino, who hails from northern Italy’s Trentino province, started out in Cape Town as a car mechanic, but soon learnt from his brother, who ran an ice-cream café in Bielefeld, Germany, that selling ice-cream translates into “less money, but less hassle” than repairing cars. His specialty is a cup of Nescafé that he enhances with a scoop of thick Stracciatella ice-cream: “The tour guides love it, and there are people who come all the way from town, just for this coffee,” he claims. Gino charges R10 for a cup of Stracciatella ice-cream coffee. His real passion, however, is semi-precious gemstones that he

“selling ice-cream translates into less money, but less hassle than repairing cars.” collects all over southern Africa. He sells them next to his kombi on a low wall and can tell you everything about them. Gino has been coming up Signal Hill for the past 20 years. Faatihad is a newcomer in that scene of nomadic vendors, but Gino sees no reason to compete with his new colleague. As soon as Faatihad pulls up in his car to sell cappuccinos, café lattes and macchiatos, Gino stops his coffee business and concentrates on ice-cream and stones. Fatihaad tells me that he has surveyed the tourist market intensely before he decided on the right time to drive up the mountain to sell coffee. “Tourists,” he says, “usually have a cup of coffee with their lunch dessert. So the next time they want a coffee is around 3pm. That’s when I am up here. Depending on the season, the Hopon Hop-off Bus also stops here for their sunset cruises. That’s a good time of day for me and my business.” Fatihaad sells a blend of four coffees

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from four different regions, all of them organic. Finally, there is Ismael, the painter. Facing Table Mountain and Lion’s Head, Ismael has been painting the same scenery for years without growing tired. “There is always something new that I find in this picture, a new shade, a new reflection on the trees,” he explains as he adds some purple to the grass he has placed in the foreground of his painting. Listening to Fine Music Radio (“That’s the only station I ever listen to – no matter if it’s jazz or classical, as long as it’s not morose.”), Ismael confides: “I love that mountain, it’s shades and the lights, but what I also love about being here is that I meet people that come from everywhere.”

Chasing the Aurora “There are not many natural phenomena that have intrigued me as much as the auroras. Not only for their intrinsic beauty, but for what I discover, while looking for them.” BERNARD FRANZ

Like that one time in arctic Tuktuyaktuk, home to a dozen Inuit families. After some long nights of unyielding auroral observations, only nurtured by strong coffee and thin slices of whale meat, I was initiated instead into a true wonderland right underneath my very feet: accessed through ladders made of driftwood, we climbed down into the permafrost, where walls covered in ice crystals – formed from people’s moist breath – had been carved into a labyrinth of caves, which slowly revealed the ghastly sight of a huge white beluga whale – frozen in time in this underground natural fridge, it had supplied the very whale meat I had chewed for the past few days. Several thousand kilometres to the south, in Yellowknife, on the shores of the Great Slave

Lake, I walked through a modern city, dotted with high-rise hotels, all eerily devoid of people and cars. Only in deep winter, it was explained to me, would the city really come to life, as thousands of Japanese couples disembarked from charter aircraft that had brought them from Japan for the sole purpose to observe an aurora, and to have sex. “Really?” I asked, flabbergasted. And really was the answer given to me. There is widespread rumour in Yellowknife that a child conceived under the aurora will live to be guarded by a lucky star. Reading up on the aurora, I learnt that in the south too, there exists such a phenomenon, and that it produced legends amongst some of

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the indigenous inhabitants. The Maori of New Zealand, who saw red auroras, explained their origin as Tahu-nui-a-Rangi (Great Glowing of the Sky). They believed that some of their ancestors had journeyed so far south by canoe that they became trapped in ice. Their descendants in that inhospitable zone sometimes light huge bonfires in hope of being rescued. Some aboriginal people in northern Australia viewed the aurora as the feast fires of the Oola-pikka folk – ghostly beings who sometimes spoke to the people through these auroral flames. Only the elders dared look at the lights and interpret their messages. Those in the south explained auroras as the campfires of spirits, flickering over Kangaroo Island off the south coast of Australia. Among the Kurnai

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people of southeast Australia the aurora needed no interpretation: it was an unequivocal and terrifying warning from the Mungan Ngour, the “Great Man” and a sign of his wrath. The Kurnai would run about trying to fend it off, shouting at it to go away. Named aurora australis by James Cook who saw them time and again on his voyages with both the Endeavour in 1770 and the Resolution in 1772, and especially on his journey around the southern tip of South America, it was only after research done in the International Geophysical Year of 1957/58 that a map of the aurora australis was produced. Accordingly, the auroral zone generally encircles Antarctica, with few occurrences on the adjoining landmasses. Thus, overhead auroras can be found to a percentage chance of three in Tasmania, one in Sydney or Auckland, half a percent chance above Cape Town, and only a tenth of a percent chance above the city of Buenos Aires. A 0.5% chance means it’s extremely unlikely to see an aurora in Cape Town on a given night. Add to this lack of cloud cover and light pollution above an observation point and you get a very very remote chance of seeing one in Cape Town. However, as the 12-year solar cycle of eruptions, which trigger the auroras, reaches its climax this winter, the odds of a possible observation are increased. To confirm their existence in the past, I came across some photos on the website of the South African Astronomical Observatory, which were taken in Sutherland at a time when a deep red aurora filled the night sky. (www.saao. ac.za/public-info/pictures/aurora-australis). To add to the excitement, a handful of institutions in fact make aurora predictions for the Southern

thousands of Japanese couples disembarked from charter aircraft that had brought them from Japan for the sole purpose to observe an aurora, and to have sex. Hemisphere, especially the Space Weather Prediction Centre (SWPC), based in Boulder, Colorado (www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapS. htm) and the Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks, Alaska (www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/ SouthPolar/2012/05/08). And Sutherland, four hours away from Cape Town, boasting the clearest skies in the country, the seat of mighty telescopes, and home to astronomers and passionate star-gazing locals, might seem to be as good a destination as it gets to strike it lucky with the aurora. I must confess that it wasn’t the above facts that convinced my partner to agree to a road trip to Sutherland, but rather the change of scenery, a soak in the hot springs in Goudini on the way back, and perhaps a romantic dinner spot somewhere along the way. Besides, she suggested, how about instead of looking for the aurora, we try and meet someone, who has seen one? Wouldn’t that be helpful? A bit like having a nature guide identify an animal species that is difficult to track. On the morning that we leave Cape Town, clouds are melting down the sides of the mountains like ice-cream, and the rain is challenging the wipers to keep up a frenetic cha-cha-cha. The Great Karoo continues to feel unexplored and underpopulated. Even the official tourist brochure we

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pick up at the One Stop in Worcester battles to paint an enticing picture, as it lures those who rush along the N1 to explore “an exposed windy region, hot in summer and cold in winter”. Undeterred from such warnings, we etch further into a landscape that doesn’t hesitate to show its true, unwieldy character. Apart from the efforts of wine cultivators in the Hex River Valley to turn indigenous bushland into rectangular sheets of dark purple, yellow of Bordeaux, red foliage of late autumn-coloured vines, arranged like bright coloured towels, the shrubs outside this artificial zone resemble more the seeds of Dijon mustard unintentionally left to dry and thrown about by the relentless wind. As we approach Touwsrivier, the earth, more and more exposed by the lack of shrubbery which prefers to retreat into kloofs and valleys intersected by dry rivers, seems as if it was used in some gigantic bakery. Dough, pushed into rolletjies by a giant breadmaker’s tools, were simply left to erode, as if something more important had suddenly caught the attention. Today, these hills are one of the top attractions – geological fault lines in all their grand, gorgeous beauty. We stop and then walk down into a dry river towards a cemetery, where British war heroes, born in Madeira, worshipped by soldiers in the

Fortified with the knowledge that we are hot on the aurora trail, we pay a visit to the nearby visitor’s centre. A bizarre logic has forced the curators to juxtapose panels depicting ancient Karoo life, which became extinct a few hundred million years ago, the disappearance of a ferocious Karoo dinosaur, with colour photographs of the universe, captions of which declare that this is what that part of the world looked like 13 billion light years ago. The old observatory had fallen into a state of disrepair Sudan, and then killed like flies by the Boer in this veld, came to rest, today guarded by granite lions. We drive into the kloof of Verlaatenheid, before we scale the plateau towards Sutherland, coldest town in the country, and home to a close-knit tribe of astronomers gazing further back in time than is possible anywhere else in Africa. As we arrive, we need a drink. Contrary to our expectations, Sutherland is not cold, but hot, and the small town is not deserted but oddly animated. From behind the Dutch Reformed Church, with its four baroque balconies that one would rather expect to see fit for serenading in Seville, dub step and techno reign. Guys in all their leathers have set up tents around the monstrous construction of a power drink retailer. Closer to main road, and stilting off their bikes, another species exhibits their bottoms in really tight lycras. A man wearing ear muffs and a boiler suit is sitting in a gyroplane that is being escorted by police along the road. As we discover, Sutherland is the mecca this weekend for both the MTB and adventure racers. What a curious coincidence, we think, but we haven’t even ordered our first Savannah, as the news hits home that no bed is available in the town of Sutherland that night. The lycra-and-leather tribes have jostled for space and occupied every square inch of sleeping space. Instinctively we whip out our cellphones to check the time. It is barely 1pm. We suddenly realise that time is of the essence. We need to rush off to our tour at SALT, our best chance to meet people who have seen the aurora surely being found amongst the astronomers at one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most famous observatories. They are the ones whose job it is to look at the night sky, right? About 20 minutes later we reach SALT, an assembly of astronomical observatories like a city composed of metallic mosques or futuristic beehives. Our guide, Willem Prins, explains to us that the hilltop’s telescopes are owned by South Africa and a handful of other countries to enjoy the clear skies and low seismic activity that make Sutherland an astronomer’s paradise. After the tour, during which we see the telescope turning, born aloft on air pads, but not a single astronomer, we ask Willem what is uppermost on our mind: has he ever seen an aurora? “Of course,” he affirms. Back in 2009 it was, “around midnight, and it looked almost like a rainbow; lines moving in a strait line, there”, he points into a place that seems to us very randomly Karoo. “Just above that horizon.”

Somewhat fazed by all these numbers, we have now completely given up on worrying about a place to stay. How could anyone exposed to a history of 13 billion light years, bother about where to rest for a night? We drive back to town, past rocks that were placed here a whimsical 600 million years ago past spiky tusk grass that dots the land like a troop of hedgehogs. Back to the hotel bar it is, where we ask for the aurora. “Has anyone here ever seen an aurora?” we raise our voices. Immediate silence spreads, save only for Kobus Wiese’s voice which, undeterred, continues to analyse a Cheetah try. Once the sudden surprise has worn off, our friends point to a couple sitting at the long end of the bar. “Ask them, if anyone here knows, then they do. They are the guys who shoot balloons up with attached cameras to see the curvature of the earth. That’s what they do in their free time, for fun.” Without looking up much, they shake their heads. Nope. Nor had they ever heard any of the astronomers mention a sighting. “But then, astronomers are actually the worst for this. They can’t even tell you where the Southern Cross is. Astronomers hardly ever look up and say ‘wow’. They’ve always got their heads buried in instruments.” “So, aren’t you guys astronomers, too?” I ask, slightly bewildered. The two start to laugh out loud, in between gulps of Jamieson, while trying to explain that they are part of the 17-strong technical team employed by SALT, and that many of them have been living here forever. Apparently a condition that implies profound character transformations: “Everyone here ends up being a bit Scottish, you know, the wild Highland variety. Or even more like a Viking. After six beers, when the guys let their hair down, you can almost see their horns.” Outside we see the last sun rays set. It’s dark now, and it’s starting to get really cold fast. Across from the Sutherland Hotel is the Cluster d’Hote. Inside, under chandeliers illuminating colourful crystals in the sugar pots on our table, an old gentleman serves tomato and bean soup, followed by traditional Karoo lamb shank that dissolves off the bone, as it is touched by the fork. For an instant the place feels taken right out of some old-fashioned movie. The Shining comes to mind. Or Dinner for One. But then the house wine is so dismal, it allows no chance to sell one’s soul, or to trip over a tiger’s head. Next it’s off to Jurg, real estate agent, guesthouse

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owner and amateur astronomer, who has made his passion into a very lively business. As 40 of us gather for his nightly two-hour stargazing session on the outskirts of town, paying R60 each, Jurg rushes back and forth between one telescope and the next. It’s a cloudy night, visibility isn’t perfect, but good enough to see the craters of the chalky white moon, magnified 60 times, and tiny Saturn, with the most miniscule ring around it. As we watch Jurg explain the stars through a microphone, while rushing from one telescope to the next to adjust its reach, and demist the sensitive equipment with a hair drier. Eventually, half frozen, we clamber back into the car. And as the heater defrosts us, slowly, solemnly almost, we drive back, down the mountain past staring Karoo rabbits towards the intersection with the N1. Which also happens to be the one with a tiny road forking off into Matjiesfontein. It’s 11.30pm. The receptionist of the Lord Milner nods, yes, he does have a room left. The next morning, I wonder why with all the scientific evidence, only Willem Prins had seen an aurora. I understand that they are not a common sight in South Africa, but so are stick insects, chameleons and aardvarks. They are difficult to spot, yes, but they are around. It’s time to talk to an expert. The one whose telephone number I kept, just in case. I take out the phone and punch in the number of the Observatory in Observatory and ask to be connected to Stephen Potter. Stephen is the astronomer who took the photographs of the aurora on the SAAO website. Turns out he is English, and had seen auroras back home in the UK, which probably helped him identify one when it occurred in front of his eyes. He explains, “Auroras are seldom seen in the Southern Hemisphere, not only because the continents are further away from the magnetic pole, but also because there are a lot less people watching the sky at night, which in any case is not what humans frequently do. The other reason is that many people might not even recognise the aurora. City lights make it really difficult to see anything, and even in the countryside one might think that the light at the horizon is from the glow of a town’s electricity, when in fact it’s an aurora.” He tells me that during that night in Sutherland, when he took the pictures, he was busy with the telescope when suddenly he started getting very high background readings. “At first I thought that this interference was because someone left their car lights on. As I walked out of the observatory, I saw that it wasn’t the car lights which polluted my data, but a magnificent red aurora. It might have been about 2am and, unable to concentrate on the telescopic research, I stood in awe, as the aurora continued for the whole rest of the night. After all, you probably only get one chance in a lifetime to see an aurora australis.” For more information and links on the aurora australis go to www.021magazine.co.za/insight

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LEARN GERMAN WITH THE EXPERTS!

Learn German in a professional, personalised environment with GermanyÂ´s official cultural institute in Cape Town 155 Buitenkant Street Gardens Tel: 021-465 13 17 www.goethe.de/capetown

Jeremy Johnson, repairs the roof of the Main Hut.

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The equipment hut where memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skis and snowboards are kept

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SNOWBUSINESS Snowboarding in the Cape’s little Switzerland. Dawn Kennedy reports.

I guess you could describe Jeremy Johnson as a downhill kind of guy, someone who loves sliding down slopes. The champion surfer has a lesserknown passion – snowboarding. Every year, Jeremy and other members of the Ski Club of South Africa head towards the Matroosberg near Ceres which, at 2 249m, is the Western Cape’s highest peak. With his love of surf and snow, Jeremy has an intimate, almost obsessive, relationship with weather reports, which he reads at least 10 times a day. He’s looking for subtle things, not just a good swell or a cold front. Jeremy checks a special aviation website to measure the freezing levels. A cold front followed by a warmer front can mean rain that just washes away any snow that has fallen. What is needed is for another cold front to rapidly follow an initial cold front for a good freeze to set in. After the two-hour drive from Cape Town, the adventure has just begun. On a clear day, it takes a hike of one hour to reach the ski club’s overnight hut and equipment store. However, in a snowstorm it can take up to four hours. The ski club has two petrol-powered ski lifts, known affectionately as schlep-lifts, plus two portable ski lifts. The equipment has a wonderful sense of ingenuity and derring-do. An old Volkswagen

engine fuels the .8km ski lift. The two portable lifts consist of a rope attached to a lawnmower engine and are designed to be packed in a backpack while you trek to where the best snow lies. Eventually, after driving, hiking and getting hauled up the slope, it’s time to get on your board. A snowboard is a kind of shrunken surfboard. For someone who finds standing up on a surfboard frustratingly impossible, after watching Jeremy slalom, I rule out any possibility of ever getting the hang of snowboarding, which strikes me as akin to surfing on a toothpick. But Jeremy assures me that snowboarding is the easiest of the holy trinity that includes skateboarding and surfing. If you can do the latter, Jeremy says you’ll be up and snowboarding in less than two hours. The 250 member-strong Ski Club of South Africa is mostly a family-and-friends affair. Formed during the mid-1920s, the Ski Club relocated from Fonteintjiesberg to Matroosberg when the former was declared a water catchment area for Worcester. The only way to gain membership to the club is by first attending three scheduled work parties. All the equipment up the mountain was originally carried there by the ski club members,

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who continue to keep the hut and equipment in good shape. Skiing is a tradition in Jeremy’s family. His grandfather and father both skied and Jeremy has been going up the slopes since he was a kid. Snowboarding wasn’t around then, and he first learned to ski. While skiing is faster, Jeremy switched to snowboarding as he says it’s more fun. Good snow is proving elusive these days. Jeremy says that the last proper dump of snow was in 2000 when he was snowboarding from July to November. While there was ample snow in 2008, in 2011 conditions were not right. Jeremy believes that this might be evidence of global warming, pointing out that there was surely more snow in earlier times as “no one would have bothered to build a ski lift given the small amount of snow that we’ve had in the last decade”. In 2012 the first snow fell in early April. To find out more about the Matroosberg’s weather conditions go to www.mountain-forecast.com/ peaks/Matroosberg/forecasts/2250. For Matroosberg visit www.matroosberg.com. For the ski club go to www.skiclubsa.co.za.

Next, it’s on to the “Wine and Stud Farm” guided stroll at Avontuur Wine Estate. Owned by the late tobacco tycoon Tony Taberer, today his children are running the estate. Var, the estate’s stud stallion, was Tony’s favourite horse and was even brought to church for his owner’s funeral.

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To fortify us for our 30-minute stroll we taste the Minnelli pinot noir. With its strong farmyard flavours, this wine pays homage to the mare who initiated the prize-winning Var into the gentle arts of lovemaking. The first time a stallion covers a mare establishes his mating pattern for life. After coming at it wildly from every angle, Var successfully mounted Minnelli to launch his career as South Africa’s highest-paid sex worker.

From Stellenbosch to stud farms Hanli Fourie shakes hands with an old oak About 300 years ago, Stellenbosch residents would keep a coffin in their lofts in case an unexpected death left them with a corpse on their hands. Then it was a day’s journey between Cape Town and Stellenbosch. Nowadays, our tour takes us from Cape Town to Stellenbosch in 30 comfortable, air-conditioned minutes. However, no matter how fast the journey, the oaked city still takes visitors back in time. After our arrival, like the seven dwarfs traipsing after Snow White, we follow Hanli Fourie’s red apron through Stellenbosch’s historic streets. Although I’ve visited Stellenbosch countless times, Hanli reveals a city hitherto hidden to my eyes that are usually busy counting coffee shops. It is suspected that Schreuderhuis, on the corner of Church and Ryneveld streets, is colonial South Africa’s oldest restored house. Built 300 years ago, on 10 December 1709, it survived the fire because a thick bed of reeds, coated in mud, was stored under the ceiling. Outside Schreuderhuis stands an oak tree with a ghostly impression of the town’s founder, Simon van der Stel, mysteriously carved into its bark. Another accolade for age goes to the D’Ouwe Werf Hotel. Built in 1802, it is believed to be the oldest hotel in the country. Two elderly

ladies smoke and drink tea in its beautiful courtyard, the graceful Georgian style creating an ambience from a bygone era. But there are skeletons in the basement, which contains the excavated remains of Stellenbosch’s first church that burned down in the fire. In 1783, the magistrate Daniël van Rijneveld senior decided, against public outcry, to divide the old churchyard into 10 plots, ignoring warnings of the misfortune that would befall him if he continued with the subdivision. Low and behold, two years after his death, a Stellenbosch inhabitant claims to have seen his ghost riding on horseback, accompanied by his hounds.

Owners pay upfront to have their mare mated with Var. If he doesn’t do the deed, they lose their money. Thankfully, Var has a 95% take rate, which is a polite way of saying that he’ll do it with any mare. Except that recently he seems to have developed an aversion to light-coloured mares. One of the finest brood mares in the stable is the silver Saraband, so when it comes time for them to make hay, Var is blinkered. If that doesn’t do the trick, out come the polo mints. The imported British mints seem to have an aphrodisiac effect and Var eats them one packet at a time. To experience the above activities or to find out more about other unique experiences, contact Cape Tourist Guide Connection. Bookings 076 056 7532, bookings@capetouristguide.co.za. More information at www.capetouristguide.co.za. Giving visitors unique insights into the culture and heritage of Stellenbosch, is just one of the many experiences offered by Cape Tourist Guide Connection.

Another local mystery is the tragic fate of Reverend Hercules van Loon, the first permanent minister of Stellenbosch. Tragedy struck in 1704 when he returned from his farm near Klapmuts, got off his horse and allegedly committed suicide by slitting his own throat. Mystery and mayhem are best discussed over a pot of tea and Hanli promises to cure my aversion to the medicinal Rooibos and to teach me how to dunk a rusk so that it doesn’t end up sinking to the bottom of my cup. At a cosy café, we enjoy an Afrikaans version of the tea ceremony. I drink the brackish Rooibos with no milk or sugar and for the first time notice its subtle sweetness.

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The 14th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival

Saving Rhino Phila A small team of reviewers scoured through 487 entries to select a scintillating, thoughtprovoking and entertaining selection of 29 international and 22 South African films. The South African segment ranges widely in subject matter. William Nessen’s urgent Can’t Just Fold Your Arms suggests why South Africa has some of the worst rape and violence statistics in the world. Dylan Valley’s Jumu’a: The Gathering, is a warm-hearted look at the small, energetic community of Murabitun Muslims in Muizenberg founded by Scottish convert Abdalqadir as-Sufi. Music is the subject of several movies, including The African Cypher. Bryan Little’s energetic film follows township crews from the Cape Flats to

Mamelodi and beyond as they rehearse for the Red Bull Beat Battle. We follow the music from the streets to the small town in Rockstardom, which tells the story of Brendon Shields, a singer-songwriter from Bethlehem in the Free Sate. After years of writing and recording demos, Shields lands a publishing deal for his debut record Truth and Recession. Rolling Stone calls him “one of the best wordsmiths working in contemporary music globally”. Investigative documentaries include Isy India Geronimo’s On the Edge, which uncovers corrupt police who routinely strip hundreds of Johannesburg’s homeless, including migrants and immigrant workers, of their meagre belongings. In Saving Rhino Phila Richard Slater-Jones tackles the scourge of rhino poaching. Yvette Mostert’s Saying Goodbye narrates the

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trial of Sean Davidson, a UWC biotechnology professor who, in 2006, faced a charge of attempted murder when he helped his mother to end the misery of terminal cancer. The national obsession with sport gets due attention. An Epic Tale by James Walsh and Katherine Millar documents South Africa’s top mountain-biking pair, David George and Kevin Evans, as they race through some of South Africa’s most spectacular scenery in an attempt to win the gruelling Cape epic. Breathe Again by Kurt Orderson tells the story of Derek Orderson, a gifted swimmer from Mitchell’s Plain. In the 1980s after clocking a 100m freestyle time that was just two seconds under the world record, Derek was denied a shot at the Olympics because of South Africa’s sporting isolation

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Pina South Africa’s first Oscar winner Jon Blair is presenting some of his works as part of a special focus. The Academy and Emmy award-winning documentary Anne Frank Remembered tells the story of the girl behind the myth. In Dancing with the Devil Blair’s unprecedented access to some of Rio’s most wanted men and the specialist police units that hunt them down, provides an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth. Reporters at War: Dying to Tell a Story paints a complex picture of some of the world’s most famous foreign correspondents, exploring the motives of these reporters and the cost, both mental and physical, of bringing the story back home. Looking beyond our borders, art is the subject of several international

feature documentaries. Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s biographical Eames: The Architect and the Painter offers a rare insight into the roots of contemporary design. In The Great Contemporary Art Bubble, self-styled art provocateur Ben Lewis investigates contemporary art sales in the first decade of the 21st century, uncovering a world of greed, fraud and questionable talent. Heiko Lange’s edgy and appealing The Noise of Cairo explores what it means to be free and creative in a previously restricted world. Sally Rowe’s A Matter of Taste: Serving up Paul Liebrandt looks behind the façade of haute cuisine and delves into the personality, reputation and menus of super-foodie Paul Liebrandt. Pina is a homage to dance legend Pina Bausch from master filmmaker Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas; Buena

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Vista Social Club) and is filled with Bausch’s pivotal dance pieces (The Rite of Spring, Full Moon, Café Müller, Kontakthof). For chills along the spine, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory is Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s astonishing Oscar-nominated courtroom drama, which traces the infamous 20-year court case of the so-called West Memphis Three. In 1993 three Arkansas teenagers were arrested, tried and convicted for the gruesome murder of three pre-pubescent boys. This film delves into the heart of the American justice system, restating the facts of the case and the appalling lapses in judgement, process and morality. Encounters Documentary Festival, 9 June - 26 June, Nu Metro at the V&A Waterfront

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The Dark Knight Rises the villagers’ past, and his sense of unease deepens when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed in black. Two comic-book heroes explode on the big screen in July: The Amazing Spider-Man (opens 6 July) is a reboot of the popular series with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and his alter ego, and Rhys Ifans as the evil incarnated villain The Lizard. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (opens 27 July) is the final segment of his Batman trilogy and takes place eight years after The Dark Knight, with Batman (Christian Bale) dealing with two villains from the Batman mythology, the menacing Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy).

Madonna’s W.E. (opens 1 June) is a beautifully crafted, passionate tale about the search for true love in the modern world, viewed through the prism of one of history’s most fabled romances. Set in 1998, the film focuses on Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a transplanted Southerner trapped in an unhappy and abusive marriage who becomes obsessed with the

Film Festivals 7–24 JUNE / Encounters – South African International Documentary Film Festival 8 JULY–9 SEPT / World Opera and Ballet Film Festival 8 JULY / 2PM and 6PM / MAGIC FLUTE 12 AUG / 2PM and 6PM / DON GIOVANNI 19 AUG / 2PM and 6PM / THE FLAMES IN PARIS 9 SEPT / 2PM and 6PM / ESMERALDA Fugard Bioscope, Cnr Caledon and Harrington streets, District Six, 021 461 4554 27 JULY–5 AUG / Out in Africa Cloudburst will have its African premiere at Out in Africa. Directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Hanging Garden, Beefcake) and starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, who both give outstanding performances as an ageing lesbian couple, this film is a road movie filled with truth and humanity. Other films to watch out for include Keep the Lights On, directed by Ira Sachs, which won the prestigious 2012 Teddy Award (Berlinale). Described by Variety as “a gay Scenes from a Marriage”, and by Salon as “gorgeous” and “wrenching”, Keep the Lights On charts the progress of a fraught decade-long relationship between two men in New York. Kaboom, directed by Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin), is a horny, druggy, conspiracy-fuelled college comedy, packed with everything that makes Araki Araki: genius insults, conspiracy theories, drugs, sex, blood, barf, and apocalyptic twists and turns that result in true genre-less-ness! Kaboom premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded the first-ever Queer Palm. 1–5 AUG / 2nd French Film Festival Ster-Kinekor cinemas

love story of Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough), the chic, charismatic American who captured the heart of King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy). As she learns more about the sacrifices Wallis made in choosing to be with Edward, Wally finds the courage to follow her heart and create her own happiness. Charlize Theron turns nasty as the vain and selfish Queen Ravenna in the fantasy-thriller Snow White and the Huntsman (opens 1 June) when her stepdaughter, Snow White (Kristen Stewart), is destined to surpass her not only as the “Fairest One of All” but also the kingdom’s future ruler. The Queen learns from her magic mirror that the only way to remain in power is to consume Snow White’s heart and achieve immortality, and she does what every evil mother would do: when Snow White escapes into the Dark Forest, Ravenna recruits the huntsman Eric (Chris Hemsworth) to kill Snow White. However, he takes pity on the young princess and teaches her the art of war. Ridley Scott, who changed our world with the sciencefiction films Alien and Blade Runner, offers his signature brand of action, thrills, scares, and much, much more, when Prometheus is unleashed on June 8. Scott has created a new mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey, aboard the spaceship Prometheus, to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Goethe is Germany’s most famous and important poet and philosopher, yet there has never been a relevant feature film about this extraordinary personality. This all changes with the superb German period-romance Goethe (opens 22 June), with Alexander Fehling delivering a brilliant performance as the 23-year-old Goethe, a hopeless romantic who aspires to be a poet, and achieves his artistic success as a result of his greatest love pangs: The Sorrows of Young Werther. The film shows that Goethe was not always the mythical figure and all-round genius as portrayed in thousands of books, interpretations and theories, but rather a young man who loved and suffered. From Susan Hill’s bestseller comes The Woman in Black (opens 27 July), a dark tale of loss, vengeance and mourning. Daniel Radcliffe discards his magic wand and plays a young London solicitor who is forced to leave his three-year-old son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. But when he arrives at the creepy old mansion, he discovers dark secrets in

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Angelina Jolie showcases her talents behind the camera and makes her writing and directorial debut with In the Land of Blood and Honey (opens 20 July). “I wanted to make a film that would express, in an artistic way, my frustrations with the international community’s failure to intervene in conflicts in a timely and effective manner,” says Jolie. “I also wanted to explore and understand the Bosnian War, as well as broader issues such as women in conflict, sexual violence, accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the challenge of reconciliation.” If you’re an action fan you can safely bet on Safe (opens 3 August), a well-crafted and intricate story with Jason Statham in top form as a man who has nothing to lose, and whose life is catapulted into action by a Chinese girl who is lost in a world of crime, corruption and deceit. Relentless and riveting, nothing and no one is safe in a war zone where guns blaze and bodies pile up. The line-up would be dull without fanged villains. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (opens 10 August) is a fictional re-imagination of the 16th president of the United States (played by Benjamin Walker), whose mother was killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers and confront the lead vampire villain (Rufus Sewell). Movies selected by Daniel Derecksen, who has been teaching workshops in screenwriting, creative writing and filmmaking throughout South Africa for the past 18 years. If you’re an aspiring storyteller, The Writing Studio’s The Write Journey will teach you the fundamentals of telling a compelling story. Visit www.writingstudio.co.za or email info@ writingstudio.co.za.

DVD Give–away: 5 lucky readers can win a copy of War Horse With War Horse, Spielberg’s command as a director and all-round genius as a filmmaker are clearly evident. It is a touching and tearful emotional journey that pays homage to a great story. The spectacle, scale and splendour of War Horse overwhelms, while being perfectly balanced by intimate, humorous moments. Spielberg’s casting is exceptional, particularly his discovery of Jeremy Irvine, who truly embodies a spirited and hopeful young man whose bond with his horse results in magical and authentic eagerness. War Horse is a must-see experience that you will definitely revisit and always remember. Tell us who wrote War Horse and send your answer and contact details to website@writingstudio.co.za with ‘War Horse’ in the subject line.

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Artisan bread Sandy Mitchell goes in search of the perfect loaf.

God bless the early morning bakers, I think, as I make my way to Kalk Bay’s C’est La Vie Bakery. It is 5am and the yellow light of the bakery reveals Jo Hill preparing her first batch of baguettes for the morning. Bread, which has been central to many cultures for millennia, has often wedged its way into religious symbolism, and that, I suppose, is why I am feeling pious before the sun has even risen. This bakery is one of many behind the revival of an ancient technique, slowly returning it to our modern lives. (Hallelujah!) Jo, a trained chef, who earned her bread-making colours by apprenticeship in France, began her business in a garage in Fish Hoek, selling at markets. She confesses to be a terrible insomniac and for that we are truly grateful, for not all are willing to get up with the sea gulls! When a garage became available in Kalk Bay, it was only a natural progression and she opened to the public with scrumptious loaves, coffee, delicious breakfasts and sandwiches on offer. There is a constant hub of activity at the bakery and weekends draw visitors from all over town. Like many good things, artisan bread is a slow process. I am invited to smell “starters” or “preferments”, which vary from sweet to sour, almost beer-like. Biologically complex, but extremely simple to make, pre-ferments consist of mere flour and water. This is the elixir of sourdough breads. Begun in measured quantities and fed daily until a bubbly, beer-like ferment is formed, each culture contains a symbiotic mixture of aerobic yeasts and bacteria specific to their environment. The acidic content prevents it from spoiling or forming mould. In Europe this ancient tradition means that inherited “cultures” are passed down in some families, which can date back to hundreds of years. It is estimated that sourdough has its beginnings in ancient Egypt about 30 000 years ago, and it is only in the last hundred years that we have deviated from this tradition and created quick, additive-pumped loaves that are the root of many food allergies and intolerances. The multitude of yeasts and bacteria in a live culture are given a lengthy period of time to complete their work, sometimes up to 24 hours. The result is a more digestible loaf as well as

Please buy me , I knead the dough! a more complex taste. Compare this with commercial bread, which can be made in 90 minutes from start to finish, given the addition of various additives and preservatives. Not all ingredients are required to be listed by law, and even if they were, the average South African consumer is not inclined to reading labels, or to understanding them. Alpha amylase, for example, has been known to cause asthma in bakery workers, but is still in use. For prolonged life, additional salt is added as well as fungicides. Fermentation on the other hand naturally enables a degree of preservation. Bear in mind that certain cultures would have only baked once a week in

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communal ovens, and the loaves would have had to last that period. Artisan bakeries, like C’est La Vie, have become increasingly popular. Many people notice the difference, not only in taste, but also by the absence of bloating and indigestion. However most customers are unaware of the reasons for this and, as with other foods, we need to examine the origins of what we are eating. The health benefits of sourdough bread can now be scientifically researched, and it has been revealed that bread which is given a longer period to ferment allows for beneficial bacteria,

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educated and discerning public will call for more bakeries of this ilk, as is happening in Europe and America. In Britain, entities like The Real Bread Company (www.sustainweb.org/realbread) are one of many calling for better labelling of bread and greater consumer awareness. Real bread, they insist, is only made from water, flour, salt and cultured yeast. Bread is symbolic of the staple of life in many cultures. Industrialisation has turned it into one of the most deceptive forms of food production and a staple many have to avoid. Fortunately artisan bread is part of the fast-returning handmade culture. To quote one of Britain’s foremost artisan bakers, Dan Lepard, “I will not let my fingers be reduced to simply buttonpushing, dial-twirling or switch-flicking.” (Quoted in The Handmade Loaf, Mitchell Beazley, 2004) Perhaps the turn in civilisation happened when we humans placed greater value in our brains than our hands, so a thumbs up for the bakers who bake until morn.

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Selling bread, it’s a loaf a minute! like lactobacilli, to develop. This allows for better absorption of nutrients as well as modifying or eliminating proteins – in the case of wheat, that means gluten. People with a low gluten or wheat tolerance often find that they can better digest sourdough bread. A healthy loaf also requires unbleached, preferably organic, stone-ground flour, which has the microorganisms essential for a good starter and the nutrients essential for our health. Wheat itself is not always the big baddie, but more how it is grown, what it is deprived of in processing and then what is added to it. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out the irony in all of this.

This morning Jo is weighing and shaping baguette dough, which has actually been started the day before. The process of folding and resting the dough are also integral to an artisan loaf, as it allows for the gases that have been built up through fermentation to move and have access to new nutrients. Whether you use a sourdough starter or commercial yeast, this process is essential to ensure a wellfermented, digestible loaf. I am heartened by the artisan bakers’ generosity with their knowledge, as well as their unpretentiousness. Like their bread, what you see is what you get. Let us hope that a more

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The Artisan Baker 399 Albert Road, Woodstock, 021 447 5293 Dinkel 91 Kloof Nek Road, Tamboerskloof, 021 424 3217 The Goatshead Restaurant Fairview, Paarl, 021 863 3609 The Foodbarn Bakery & Deli Noordhoek Village, 021 789 2812 Jason Bakery 185 Bree Street, 021 424 5644 Manna Epicure 151 Kloof Street, Gardens, 021 426 2413 Marcelino’s 210 Loop Street, 021 422 1809 Daly Bread (made by Trevor Daly in outdoor stone ovens in the Brandwacht Mountains, on sale Saturdays at the Neighbourgoods Market in Woodstock) Olympia Café and Bakery 134 Main Road, Kalk Bay, 021 788 6396 De Oude Bank Bakkerij Oude Bank Building, 7 Church Street, Stellenbosch, 021 883 2187 Sandy Mitchell lives in Kalk Bay. When not gazing into the great blue yonder she is a writer and illustrator. Find out more at www.sandymitchell.co.za.

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Bowling for Zucchini! CBD: City Bowl Market on Hope 9am–2pm Saturdays. Housed in an exquisite old building with a fascinating history (formerly a Zionist hall, Jehovah’s Witness church and Hindu temple) the City Bowl Market on Hope is the place to meet friends and feed the family, while stocking the larder with a range of home-made delicacies. It caters for the whole family with a garden and jungle gym for the kids, draft beer for the dads and lots of goodies to tempt and torment the fussiest of foodies. Plenty of parking available. Every fourth Saturday of the month the City Bowl Fashion Market hosts more than 30 designers here. 14 Hope Street, Gardens, 073 270 8043, www.citybowlmarket.co.za Constantia: Waldorf School’s Organic & Biodynamic Market 11am–3pm Fridays (during school term) Specialises in fresh organic produce, seasonal veggies, fruit, and a great variety of really yummy breads, all sourced locally. Plus medicinal, local, dried herbs, freshly squeezed lemonades (with and without sugar), pancakes and small lunches made with the freshest ingredients. Gardens: Life.Style & Eco Fair (formerly Obs Holistic Lifestyle Fair) 10am–4pm first Sunday of every month, next fairs 3 June, 1 July, 5 Aug, 2 Sept The Fair’s 100 holistic, alternative, organic and eco-friendly exhibitors showcase more conscious, wholesome, juicier ways of living. Sample a

selection of the best health, wellness, vegetarian/ vegan/halaal, organic, “green”, bespoke art and artisanal products and services. Free lifestyle films and talks. Gardens Commercial High School, off Paddock Avenue, Hatfield and St.John’s streets, 021 788 8088, www.holisticlifestylefair.yolasite.com Hout Bay: Bay Harbour Market 5–9pm Fridays, 9.30am–4pm Saturdays and Sundays Located in the old Sea Harvest fish processing plant, Bay Harbour Market consists of over 100 traders, offering fresh and prepared foods, art, craft, fashion and interior design. Key features include a seafood braai and live music, and a fireplace in winter. 31 Harbour Road, Hout Bay, 082 570 5997, www.facebook.co.za/bayharbour Rondebosch: Craft Market 9am–2pm every second Saturday of the month Over 100 stalls of quality hand-crafted goods, clothing, jewellery, woodwork, candles, and food. Set under the old oaks of Rondebosch Park, the Craft Market is great for families. Cnr Campground and Sandown roads, 021 531 4236 Stellenbosch: Fresh Goods Market 9am–2pm Saturdays The Winelands gourmet-styled open-air market with slow-food purveyors of high quality eats, fresh produce, preserves, boutique wines, artisan beers, lifestyle accessories and design. Picnic lawns, shaded oak trees, parking. 021’s favourite: the delicious little cherry cakes.

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Oude Libertas Estate, cnr Adam Tas/Oude Libertas, 021 886 8415, 072 416 4890 Tokai: Porter Estate Produce Market 9am–1pm Saturdays Bordered by Tokai Forest and Table Mountain National Park, this outdoor market is not your hectic buy-and-run Saturday market shopping experience. It’s great for a sumptuous breakfast and serious moer koffie, for watching the kids play, or to walk the dogs (on a leash). Sample natural and organic foods from local producers, browse the gift stalls, and bask in the glorious setting while the local marimba band jams Africa style. R5 entrance per car. Gail 082 334 5434, www.outdoormarket.co.za Tygervalley: The Willowbridge Slow Market 9am–2pm Saturdays High street market set in the open-air atrium of Willowbridge’s trendy café and shopping retail space with seasonal produce, preserves, bakes, slow food, lifestyle accessories and design. Easy parking. Willowbridge Lifestyle Centre, 39 Carl Cronje Drive, 021 886 8514, 072 416 4890 Woodstock: Neighbourgoods Market in the Old Biscuit Mill 9am–2pm Saturdays The mother of all urban markets. Hip, busy, great variety of food. The serious customers come before 11am, the late wakers pop in for their coffee fix, followed by oysters and sauvignon. A place to see and be seen. 373–375 Albert Road, 082 370 4075

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The Pierneef at LA MOTTE Take a taste trip through three centuries of Cape Cooking. La Motte’s majestic entrance promises abundance within. Guests are greeted at the end of a rose- and agapanthus-lined avenue by a striking bronze statue of a woman holding a bowl overflowing with water – The Wine Bearer by Fish Hoek-based sculptor Toby Megaw. At the entrance to Pierneef Restaurant, a pristine open-plan kitchen, occupied by an ever-smiling chef, Chris Erasmus, suggests that good food comes first. Turning the corner to the dining room, two large and boldly playful chandeliers of dangling blue and white porcelain crockery catch the eye and tinkle in the wind. The restaurant pays homage to the artistic genius of Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef. His paintings of South African landscapes line the soft-textured walls, while large open windows offer vineyard vistas, and comfy love couches invite companions to snuggle. In the corner, beneath a wall of black and white family photos, a table is permanently reserved for the Rupert family who often entertain here. The sense of exuberant experimentation begins before the food even arrives: grape skins are added to the dough that makes a wonderfully smoky shiraz bread. I experienced the signature

sweet-and-sour combinations of Old-Cape cooking with the chilled melon and mint soup (R60) followed by the Cape bokkom salad. Bokkom is a West Coast delicacy – a chewy, dried fish, normally mullet. This unusual yet emblematic dish, served with semi-dried tomatoes, dried apricots, almonds, quail’s eggs and garlic dressing, makes for a strikingly salty contrast to the sweet soup. My favourite dish was the porcini roasted venison loin (R85 / R155) served with spearmint and spicy sumac (a bush found in subtropical regions), potato dumplings, turnip purée, watermelon and amber braai sauce. Dishes are full of surprises and delights. European, Middle Eastern and oriental spices and indigenous herbs jostle and mingle on the plate. What at first I thought was an odd-looking watercress garnish, turned out to be the vitamin C-rich leaves of the spekboom (elephant bush), which, apart from its natural occurrence in the Spekboomveld, is today often planted as a super-efficient gobbler of carbon dioxide. And then the so-called sorrel, first given to sailors sick with scurvy, makes a frequent appearance in dishes. A full 90% of the food served at Pierneef is organic. If the golden beetroot or kohlrabi on your plate have a rugged individualism, it

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is because many of the vegetables served at Pierneef are grown from heirloom seed, rather than commercial seed soaked in chemicals. The SASSI chart hangs prominently in the kitchen and only fish in the green category find their way onto the plates. Pierneef, although pristine and elegant, is unpretentious and family-orientated. One local confided that Pierneef is one of the few restaurants where she feels comfortable taking her toddler for lunch. The lunch menu has favourites such as braaibroodjie – traditional toasted sandwich with cheese, tomato and onion – and boerewors. The abundance promised by the wine bearer’s overflowing bowl at the entrance is certainly delivered at Pierneef. There is nothing stingy here. Dishes are very reasonably priced and you can order half portions, which are generous, substantial and allow you to sample many flavours from the menu. Even the half portion of mushroom lasagne contained veritable fields of fungi. (DK)

Pierneef at La Motte serves breakfast on weekends, lunch from Tuesdays to Sundays, dinner from Thursdays to Saturdays, and is closed for Christian religious holidays. 021 876 8800

If you don’t feel like cooking... we have the recipes for success.

Nut Crusted Springbok Loin complemented by butternut-potato rösti, broccoli and orange jus, prepared by Executive chef of Harveys Jochen Riedel Recipe serves two: through a clean kitchen towel until Ingredients: dry, add salt, pepper, nutmeg and 2 2x 180 g Springbok Loin eggs. Heat up a medium pan. Add a 4 Broccoli roses little oil. Spread out the mixture thin 200 ml Orange juice and bake on medium heat from both 100 ml Jus (save when cooking loin) sides until golden brown. Cut into 100 g Butternut (grated) rectangular shape and keep warm. 100 g Butternut (cut in cubes) Editorial this side 100 g Potato (grated) Broccoli: 2 Eggs Cook the 4 broccoli roses in a little 20 g Onion (grated) salt water until tender, but still 100 ml Cream crunchy. Keep warm. 60 g Mixed Nuts 60 g Unsalted butter Springbok Loin: 60 g Fresh bread crumbs In a hot pan add a little olive oil and 4 g Parsley (chopped) sear the loin on each side for two 2 Egg yolks minutes. In a preheated oven@180C 2 Rosemary twigs to garnish bake the loin for 7-8 minutes. Let Salt, Pepper and Nutmeg to taste loin rest for 3-4 minutes and save 100ml of the jus. Cut the nut crust in Nut Crust: the shape of the loin pieces and put Roast the mixed nuts in a pan. Cool on top. Before serving, flesh under down and mix in a blender until the grill until crust is turning golden fine. Wisk butter until fluffy. Add nut brown. mixture, fresh bread crumbs, parsley and egg yolk. Add salt to taste. Roll Orange Jus: out between grease proof paper and Heat the 200ml orange juice in a put in the fridge. small pot and reduce the liquid until becomes syrupy. Strain through a Butternut Püree: fine sieve and add the 100ml jus. Add 100g butternut cubes and 100ml Heat up and add salt to taste. cream into a small sauce pan and cook on low heat until soft and the How to plate: liquid is absorbed. Add salt, pepWarm up the butternut püree and per and nutmeg to taste. Mix in a make a line on the plate. Across the blender until smooth. line place the warm rösti. Place the nut crusted Springbok loin Butternut-Potato Rösti: on top of the rösti. Place the cooked Grate 100g butternut, 100g potato broccoli and jus on the side. and the onion fine. Press out Garnish with a rosemary.

Tel: +27 (0)21 434 2351 • Email: welcome@winchester.co.za or book online at www.winchester.co.za

NOBU a feast for the senses

A warm “Welcome to our home” shout from the staff greets one when descending the stairs into Nobu at the One and Only Hotel in the V&A Waterfront. We were there to sample the Winter Bento box offer. Traditionally a bento box is a decorated lacquered box in which lunch is taken to work. The different elements are packed in separate compartments in the boxes. Nobu is offering a standard (R275) and de luxe (R375) box for lunch and dinner. Sebastian, the manager, escorted us to our table and explained the bento box menu. We decided to have one of each to share and sample as many flavours and textures as possible. Our bubbly waitress, Nontie, explained with great animation and enthusiasm how sake is made, as well as the different qualities available. We were impressed by her excellent knowledge and training. We ordered one each of the cold and hot sake. The cold sake is served in a frozen, hollowed-out bamboo stick in matching bamboo cups, while the hot is served in elegant and modern Nobu signature-design container and cups. So to the actual bento boxes! They are double stacked with three different cold and hot dishes in each box. The cold dishes included seared tuna sashimi salad, sushi rolls, Nobu sashimi jalapeno, salmon sashimi salad, assorted sushi and white fish new style sashimi, which is slightly seared and served with warm olive oil. All of these were fresh, delicate and delicious, especially the raw offerings. The exception was the seared tuna, which was overcooked. On the hot side, white fish tempura (with the signature Nobu jalapeno dipping sauce) and naso miso (roasted aubergine batons in

Gordon Ramsey was nowhere to be seen miso and topped with sesame seeds) were my favourite of the meal! Other hot dishes included chicken teriyaki, beef wing rib, anti-cucho miso, sauteed spicy (very!) vegetables and tiger shrimp tempura with a Ponzu dipping sauce. Although a generous portion, the chicken was sadly dry, tough and difficult to eat with chopsticks. However, all the dishes are flavoured expertly and it is really a feast for the senses.

chocolate pudding with green tea ice-cream. Both were excellent! The cappuccino is a layered dessert and one is instructed to dig to the bottom for each mouthful. The textures were all complementary – from the soft, creamy coffee creme to the crunchy crushed coffee beans.

After all that, it was time for dessert: Suntory whisky cappuccino and a decadent baked

To book call 021 431 4511. Nobu – a feast for the senses

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The bento box winter special is accompanied by a sushi special on Sunday evenings. Enjoy!

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Winter Wines 021’s wine connoisseur, Winifred Bowman writes...

Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak Pinot Noir 2009

How not to eat your Sushi The 3 golden rules For many the popularity of the Sushi bar lies in the possibility to eat whatever you want in whatever order, without the wait. And of course there is nothing wrong with that. After all, Sushi was invented to be a fast food (at around 1820 in Tokyo). If however, you want to do it as the Sushi Etiquette prescribes this is what you want to avoid: Don’t drench your rice in soy sauce. Rather allow the fish or whatever is on the sushi to enter into contact with the sauce first, by turning the sushi (nigiri) accordingly. Don’t order a fork if you battle too much with the chopstick. Either ask the waiter or chef to cut the sushi in half so you can better use your chopsticks, or simply use your hands. Many top chefs will agree with you that eating sushi with your (clean) hand is very appropriate. This does not apply to Sashimi, however. Don’t start with the heavy fatty tastes and move to the light ones. Better start your sushi adventure by ordering a cup of hot green tea to clean the palate, and then begin with the light (and less expensive) dishes before you work yourself up towards the fattier, and probably more expensive sushis.

De Grendel Shiraz 2010

On the nose this Pinot Noir from the Hemelen-Aarde valley tantalises the senses with wild red berries, cherries and an earthy undertone. The purity of red fruit bounces around on the palate, giving way to elegance, fine tannins and creamy oak flavours. This is medium-bodied and very refined, coating the mouth with a liquid silk texture. The finish is lively, with crunchy, dusty tannins. Enjoy this in front of the fireplace on a cold winter’s evening, or with a warming, creamy wild mushroom risotto. Contact: wwwbouchardfinlayson.co.za; info@bouchardfinlayson.co.za

A must for this winter! Produced in Durbanville from vineyards with a view of Table Mountain, what else could one expect? The knockout nose of black berries, cherries, fynbos, flowers, leather and caramelised steak leads the way. The palate seduces with opulent juice berry fruit supported by firm vanilla oak flavours. The texture of this wine is layered from silky velvet to the grippy tannins that leaves one wanting more! A wine with great intensity and a concentration of pure fruit flavours. Drink up! Enjoy with a beef rib roast and Yorkshire pudding – and of course rich gravy. Contact: 021 558 6280, www.degrendel.co.za Kloovenberg Eight Feet 2009

Nitida Calligrahy 2010 Produced in the cool climate of Durbanville, the Merlot-driven Bordeaux-style blend (with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot) is the flagship red wine from Nitida. The nose offers redcurrant, cherry, cedar and lightly spiced coffee aromas. The plush ripe fruit on the palate is concentrated and lively, with a delicious acidity tempering the juicy berries and herbal edge. This wine is beautifully balanced with grippy ripe tannins and a spicy fruitcake finish. Just yummy! This will go well with slow-roasted lamb shanks and a medley of oven-roasted root vegetables. Contact: 021 976 1467, www.nitida.co.za

This Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Riebeek-Kasteel is just what the doctor ordered this winter: bright saturated ruby in colour with blackberry, violet, wild herb and cedar notes on the nose. The wine is firmly structured: big and bold with immediate sex appeal. Broad and rich on the palate with concentrated juicy plums, dark chocolate, black pepper and leather flavours. This wine fills every nook and cranny of the mouth with a long savoury finish. Try this with grilled, well-aged rump steak and a pepper sauce. Contact: www.kloovenburg.com; info@kloovenburg.com Druk my Niet T3 2009

Simonsig Frans Malan 2007 Named after the patriarch of the family, this is a Cape blend made from South Africa’s own Pinotage, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The nose exudes captivating aromas of mulberries, bramble, Christmas pudding, cigar box and Asian spices. Medium to full-bodied, with terrific depth, it is mouth-filling with luscious dark fruit flavours, spices and vanilla oak flavours. Finishes smooth and savoury with the texture of liquid velvet. A true Cape classic! Serve with oxtail casserole and fluffy white rice. Contact: 021 888 4900, www.simonsig.co.za

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This unusual and unique wine from Paarl is the first of its kind in the world! Blended from Tannat, Tinta Amarela and Tempranillo, this inky black broody wine oozes ripe cherry, plum, fynbos and sexy oak aromas. The palate is rich and bold with penetrating, layered flavours of blackberries, dark chocolate and savoury wet biltong lifted by a balanced fruit acidity. This complex wine finishes with firm oak and savoury and impressive length. It is delicious now, but would be extra rewarding by cellaring. Pair this with roasted venison, punched up with herbs and a rich red wine gravy. Contact: 021 868 2393, www.dmnwines.co.za

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Tau Game Lodge On the far northern border of South Africa lies a beautiful area known as the Groot Marico, and it is in this spectacular setting, in the malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, that privately owned Tau Game Lodge is situated. Madikwe Game Reserve is currently the country’s fourth-largest game reserve, comprising 75 000 ha. It boasts year-round game viewing and is one of the few reserves where one can view a truly wide variety of fauna. Breeding herds of elephant, white and black rhino, lion, cheetah, spotted and brown hyena, buffalo, leopard, zebra and the endangered wild dog, various antelope species, giraffe, ostrich and warthog, together with an array of small mammals, are amongst the magnificent animals that roam the reserve. Madikwe is also home to a bird population of over 250 different species. Tau Game Lodge was built in 1995 and overlooks a natural waterhole, which attracts a variety of game, as does the diverse vegetation that thrives in the fertile topsoil. The lodge has since been revamped and offers comfort and luxury, while still having a bush feel to it. Thirty luxury chalets are spread out in Uformation on either side of the lodge, offering

excellent views of animals approaching the waterhole from the opposite bank. The lodge has a five-star rating and chalets are equipped with both air-conditioning and ceiling fans, mini-bars, safes, tea and coffee facilities, en suite bathrooms with open-air showers, and each has its own private deck, allowing one to experience the bush in privacy. Families with children are welcome at Tau Game Lodge. Although children under the age of six are not allowed to join adults on the standard game drives, a shorter kiddies safari of approximately an hour is offered, and the Tau Cubz Club programme is in place for their entertainment. Twenty standard chalets can each accommodate two adults sharing, while the more spacious “deluxe chalets”, with comfortable seating areas, can accommodate parents and children wishing to share the same room. The sliding doors allow for spectacular views of the breathtaking beautiful tranquillity of the rugged surroundings of the bushveld. The state-of-the-art Convention Centre, which is situated at walking distance from the lodge, can seat up to 150 delegates and is equipped with high-quality equipment, offering the ideal conference venue.

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The Tau Spa Oasis is a calm sanctuary that reflects the soul of Africa, with its natural surroundings enhancing your experience. Indulge your senses in a unique fusion of therapies designed to replenish and soothe body, mind and soul. The Tau Foundation was set up with an eye to funding community development and is delivering tangible results. Guests visiting the lodge are offered the opportunity to visit the local village of Supingstad with our community officer. To allow our visitors the opportunity to plant protected tree species and to learn a little about the trees that they are planting, thereby playing an active role in conservation, our rangers started the Tau Tree Fund. Tau endeavours to give back to the community and the environment in every aspect of our business, always keeping in mind the success of all involved in the projects which Tau supports. For any additional information, please contact us on 011 314 4350 or taugame@mweb.co.za. Alternatively, visit www.taugamelodge.co.za.

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29 JUNE–8 JULY / SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN Chess Tournament, FIDE rated, Swiss Format, venue to be announced, www.chess.co.za

MOONLIGHT MASS BIKE RIDE

30 JUNE / TBA / ORANJEZICHT HISTORICAL WALK Kloof Nek, 078 292 2477, www.ramblers.org.za 30 JUNE / 5.30PM / MUIZENBERG MOONLIGHT MEANDERS Monthly walk along Muizenberg Beach, www.safertogether.org 30 JUNE / 8.30AM / RIJK TULBAGH MTB FUN RIDE 75, 40, 20KM Disapark, Tulbagh, 083 952 5448 30 JUNE / 5.05PM / SUPER RUGBY Stormers vs Lions, Newlands Rugby Stadium, www.superxv.com 3 JULY / 9PM / MOONLIGHT MASS BIKE RIDE Casual night bicycle ride starting at the Green Point Circle on a full moon each month, Green Point, www.moonlightmass.co.za

1 JUNE / 6PM / 8 NATIONS UNDER 20 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CHALLENGE 2012 SEMI-FINAL 1 8.30PM / 8 NATIONS UNDER 20 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CHALLENGE 2012 SEMI-FINAL 2 Athlone Stadium 2 JUNE / 8AM / WCAD SERIES 3 – 100KM AND 50KM ADVENTURE RACE The 100km race consists of 55km mountain biking, 15km trekking, 12km paddling and 5km orienteering. The transition point is Mofam River Lodge, start and finish is Glenbrae Farm, Valley Road, Grabouw, www.wcad.co.za 2–3 JUNE / ARCHERY: IAC INDOOR CHALLENGE Italian Club, 16 Donegal Road, Rugby, Milnerton, 021 556 7626, www. wparchery.org 3 JUNE / 8AM / NB TABLE MOUNTAIN 16KM RUN Constantia Nek, www.wpa.org.za 3 JUNE / 4.30PM / 8 NATIONS UNDER 20 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CHALLENGE 2012 FINAL preceded by the game of 3rd vs 4th placed at 2pm. Cape Town Stadium, Green Point 4–22 JUNE / 2012 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The world’s top 12 U20 rugby teams (New Zealand, Fiji, Wales, Samoa, England, Ireland, Italy, Australia, France, Argentina, Scotland, and of course South Africa’s very own Baby Boks) play pool stages followed by a knockout stage. Venues are the 16 000 seater Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch and the 2 500 seater University of Western Cape Stadium in Bellville, www.irb.com 6 JUNE / OLD FISHERMAN’S TRAIL CHALLENGE Trailrunning, Hout Bay, www.wpa.org.za 9 JUNE / 8AM / MOTOR RACING: REGIONAL MAIN CIRCUIT Potsdam Road, Killarney Gardens, Table View, 021 557 1639 9 JUNE / DRAGONBOAT 1000M LEAGUE REGATTA Century City, 082 297 7184, www.dragonboat.org.za 9 JUNE / 12PM / SAILING: DIA DE PORTUGAL Commemorating the death of Portuguese national literary icon Luís Vaz de Camões in 1580, 10 June is the National Day of Portugal. On the day before, the Explore the Bay Pursuit Race in Table Bay is hosted by the Royal Cape Yacht Club, Duncan Dock, Table Bay Harbour, www.rcyc.co.za 9 JUNE / MUAYTHAI CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 Stirling Street, District Six, 021 465 9888, www.dragonpower.co.za

9–10 JUNE / SAILING: BAYSIDER FROSTBITE Fish Hoek Beach Sailing Club, 082 293 2589

7 JULY / 9AM / MOTOR RACING: CIRCUIT CARS AND BIKES Killarney Race Course, Potsdam Road Killarney, www. motorsport.co.za

10 JUNE / 8AM / SMITSWINKEL BAY TO SIMONSTOWN A strenuous hike organised by the Ramblers, Simon’s Town Station, booking essential, 021 789 0541, www.ramblers.org.za

10 JULY / 7.30AM / SALOMON FEATHERBED TRAIL RUN 15km and 10km trails, Featherbed Ferry Terminus at Cruise Café, Knysna www.magneticsouth.net

14–17 JUNE / CORPORATE GAMES Multi-sport festival for businesses and organisations at different venues throughout Cape Town, www.corporate-games.com

13 JULY / TBA / SAILING: WINTER YOUTH REGATTA Royal Cape Yacht Club, Duncan Dock, Table Bay Harbour, www.rcyc.co.za

15–17 JUNE / 7PM / SAILING: THE GAUL REGATTA The Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club, The Old Harbour, www.gbyc.co.za

14 JULY / DRAGON BOAT 2000M LEAGUE REGATTA Century City, 082 297 7184, www.dragonboat.org.za

16 JUNE / 2012 SA DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP Brandvlei, Worcester, 021 785 3088, www.triathlonsa.co.za

14 JULY / NOON / ELEPHANT’S EYE CAVE FROM TOKAI FOREST 4 hour hike with the Meridian Hiking Club, booking essential 082 532 3124, www.meridian.org.za

16 JUNE / 1PM / HIKES: SILVERMINE DAM RAMBLE Silvermine, booking essential, 072 922 9593, www.ramblers.org.za

14 JULY / 3PM / SUPER RUGBY Stormers vs Melbourne Rebels, Newlands Rugby Stadium, www.superxv.com

16–17 JUNE / ARCHERY: WP OUTDOOR QUALIFIER #3 Bellville Archery Club, Hoheizen Crescent (inside the Tygerberg Nursery), Bellville, 021 913 3721, www.wparchery.org

14–24 JULY / TBA / BILLABONG PRO JEFFREY’S BAY Professional surfing tournament, Jeffrey’s Bay, Eastern Cape, www.infojeffreysbay.com

17 JUNE / 8AM / FRUSTRATION GORGE – ORANGE KLOOF Full day hike through Frustration Gorge, up Grootkop and down Intake Ravine, Constantia Nek, Cape Town, 021 559 7947, www. ramblers.org.za

15 JULY / TBA / ARCHERY: EDNA TRIMMER TOURNAMENT Protea Sports Club, Main Road, Retreat, 021 712 5520, www. protea.org.za

21 JUNE / TBA / ARCHERY: WP INDOOR QUALIFIER #2 Italian Club, 16 Donegal Road, Milnerton, 021 556 7626, www. wparchery.org 23 JUNE / 1PM / GROOTKOP REDHILL An easy walk in the Kleinplaas area above the dam. Unusual stone formations to explore. Red Hill Road, Simon’s Town, 021 685 6888, www. ramblers.org.za

15 JULY / TBA / BASTILLE FESTIVAL MTB CLASSIC 5, 10, 25, 55km Mountain bike trails, Franschhoek, 021 876 4956, www. manniccycles.co.za 16–18 JULY / TBA / SAILING: LADIES MATCH RACING Royal Cape Yacht Club, Duncan Dock, Table Bay Harbour, www.rcyc.co.za 21 JULY / TBA / TRASTEVERE WOLSELEY MTB CLASSIC 5, 17, 44, 74km Mountain bike challenge, Wolsleley, 082 780 7516 , www.tourismwolsleley.co.za

23 JUNE / 4PM / HORSE RACING Tekkietown Winter Derby (R184 000), Kenilworth Racecourse, http://news.tabonline. co.za/Calendar

21 JULY / 4PM / HORSE RACING Final Fling Stakes (R138 000), Kenilworth Racecourse, http://news.tabonline.co.za/Calendar

24 JUNE / 9AM / TOKAI FOREST CIRCUIT Hike in Tokai Forest, 072 922 9593, www.ramblers.org.za

21 JULY / 7AM / LEAPFROG GORDONS BAY 21KM RACE AND 5KM FUN RUN Gordon’s Bay, Main Road, www.topevents.co.za

27–28 JUNE / SA STUDENTS SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS Victoria Bay (situated off the N2 between George and Wilderness), www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za

22 JULY / 7AM / CAPE WINTER TRAIL SERIES 1 OF 4 The first of four races in this popular short course trail running series, Tygerberg Nature Reserve, www.trailseries.co.za

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23 JULY / 8PM / HILLBILLIES MTB MARATHON CLASSIC 70, 45, 20km Mountain bike challenge, Jonkersberg Forest Station, Between Great Brak and George, 074 580 5893www.hillbillies.co.za

9 AUG / TBA / WOMEN’S DAY SURFING CHALLENGE Interprovincial Women’s Surfing Challenge, Long Beach, Kommetjie, 021 674 2972, www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za

27 JULY–12 AUG / 6AM / 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES London, United Kingdom

11 AUG / 8AM / SAVE THE RHINO 2 DAY TRAIL RUN Two-day trail run of 25km and 20km through the Big Four Botlierskop Private Game Reserve. Mossel Bay, 0825797595, www.trisport.co.za

27–28 JULY / SUPER XV RUBGY SEMIFINALS 27–29 JULY / DSK OPEN Chess Tournament, Deutsche Schule Kapstadt, 28 Bay View Avenue, Tamboerskloof, 021 480 3830

11 AUG / 9AM / CAPE WINTER TRAIL SERIES 4 OF 4 short course trail running series, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond, www.trailseries.co.za

28 JULY / 9AM / WCAD SERIES 50km Short Course and 100km Long Course with navigation, trekking, MTB, ropework and paddling. Palmiet River, Kleinmond, 078 702 9178, www.wcad.co.za

11 AUG / 4PM / HORSE RACING Champagne Stakes (R138 000), Kenilworth Racecourse, www.news.tabonline.co.za/ Calendar

28 JULY / TBA / DIE BURGER MTB CHALLENGE 15, 30, 42, 62, 75km mountain bike challenge, Eikestad Primary School, Stellenbosch, 021 884 4752, www.dirtopia.co.za

11 AUG / 6PM / UMF MUAYTHAI & DL MMA FIGHT NIGHT 8 Stirling Street, District Six, 021 465 9888, www.dragonpower. co.za/events

28 JULY / 5.30PM / MUIZENBERG MOONLIGHT MEANDERS Monthly walk along Muizenberg Beach, www.safertogether.org

11 AUG / RUGBY CURRIE CUP Western Province vs Sharks. Dating back to 1889, the Currie Cup is the oldest provincial rugby competition in the world. Newlands Rugby Stadium

29 JULY / 9AM / CAPE WINTER TRAIL SERIES 2 OF 4 Short course trail running series, Tygerberg Nature Reserve, www. trailseries.co.za 1 AUG / TBA / ARCHERY: WP INDOOR QUALIFIER #3 Protea Sports Club, Main Road, Retreat, 021 712 5520, www.protea.org.za 2 AUG / 9PM / MOONLIGHT MASS BIKE RIDE Casual night bicycle ride starting at the Green Point Circle on a full moon once a month, Green Point, www.moonlightmass.co.za 4 AUG / SUPER XV RUBGY FINAL 4 AUG / MOTOR RACING Circuit cars and bikes, Killarney Race Course, Killarney, www.motorsport.co.za 4 AUG / 7AM / MERRELL OUTENIQUA TRAVERSE 38km, 25km, 10km trail running challenge, Garden Route Botanical Gardens, Caledon Street, George, 083 4490 760, www. mountainrunner.co.za

12–14 AUG / 9AM / GRAVITY ADVENTURE FESTIVAL The Gravity Adventure Festival has a wide variety of outdoor events, Highlands Road, Kleinmond to Palmiet River Caravan Park, 021 683 3698, www.adventurefestival.co.za 17–19 AUG / TBA / CAPE QUADRANGULAR IN MEMORY OF JOHN PFAFF Inter-provincial surfing championship, Victoria Bay (near George), 082 454 1149 www.surfingsouthafrica.co.za 18 AUG / 7PM / RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP South Africa vs Argentina. Formerly called the Tri Nations, this annual competition between the top sides of the Southern Hemisphere has been enlarged this year to include Argentina’s rugby team for the first time. Argentina has been awarded the fourth spot for its impressive performance in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, when they reached the semi-final. The series has now reverted to a double round-robin. Newlands Stadium, www.trinationsrugby.net 19–26 AUG / TBA / SAILING: LIPTON CUP Mossel Bay Yacht

4 AUG / CERES MITCHELL’S PASS HALF MARATHON Annual sporting event, hosted by the Ceres Athletic Club, takes runners through the Michell’s Pass, the gateway to the Ceres valley, Victoria Park, Ceres, 023 312 2143, www.ceres.org.za 6–7 AUG / SAILING: WESTERN CAPE MATCH RACING Royal Cape Yacht Club, Duncan Dock, Table Bay Harbour, www.rcyc.co.za 7–8 AUG / 8.30AM / MOTORSPORT: SA NATIONAL ENGEN KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP Killarney Karting Circuit, www. motorsport.co.za 7–17 AUG / TBA / 301KM NAMAQUALAND ECO WALK ULTRA MARATHON A marathon walk for women on gravel roads and foot paths from the Orange River (Gariep) in Boesmanland through Namaqualand finishing on the beach in Lambert’s Bay, 082 883 0093, www.ecoventures.co.za 9 AUG / 8AM / TOTALSPORTS LADIES RACE Runners, joggers and walkers support National Women’s Day, Coetzenburg Stadium, Stellenbosch, 021 702 7880, www.jagfoundation.org.za 9 AUG / SAILING: WC MATCH RACING Royal Cape Yacht Club, Duncan Dock, Table Bay Harbour, www.rcyc.co.za

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gained worldwide popularity, Cape Town now boasts five hot yoga studios. Most offer both Bikram and Vinyasa yoga practices. The latter is an amazingly athletic sequence of flowing movement that involves a lot of “downward dog” that has nothing to do with poodle training. But after the frenzy of the day, I find the slow pace and predictability of Bikram soothing to my soul. Each Bikram class is the same: a set series of 26 postures and two breathing exercises. Postures are held between 10 seconds and a minute or two. Ideally, it is practised in a room heated to 39°C with a humidity of 50%. If this sounds easy, don’t be fooled. Even the fittest, most athletic people are humbled and brought to their knees (or into child’s pose – the yoga recovery position) by their initial Bikram classes. And for seasoned practitioners, the magic is that each session feels unique. Perhaps in one session, you really feel the heat, and the sweat runs off you like a rimflow swimming pool. In another, a posture that you have been struggling with for months, years, suddenly reveals its mystery. Like any Zen art, for example, it’s about deepening awareness of the familiar, staying awake and dropping further into the ordinariness rather than escaping into the bamboozling excitement of new experiences.

For Dawn Kennedy, winter is the season of marshmallows melting in hot chocolate, pinotage by the fire … and hot yoga. I sweat more in winter. Call me contrary but I get a kick out of perspiring while the rest of the population is white-knuckled and shivering. You see, come winter, I sign up for six months of hot yoga practice. Since my summer sport is nothing more strenuous than watching the sunset on Camps Bay, I normally arrive at the studio in a sorry state. The first class is like bumping unexpectedly into a succession of old, long-forgotten friends: “Well hello knees, how are you? And gosh, spine, I haven’t

seen you for ages … Hey feet, how are you doing down there?” After my initial surprise at finding myself composed of so many resistant and (as yet) unmoveable joints, I look with un-yogic envy at the people who haven’t taken a six-month summer sabbatical from their practice and can now rest their head on top of their toes when they bend down, or stand for two minutes on one leg like an insouciant pelican. Hot yoga was introduced to Cape Town by Fulvio Grandin in 2002. As the practice has

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Bikram yoga is the brainchild – or mind/body child – of Bikram Choudhury. Quite a character, he was born in Calcutta in 1946 and began practising yoga at the age four. His four-to-sixhour daily practice paid off when, at the age of 13, he won the National India Yoga Championship. He was undefeated for the following three years and retired as the undisputed All-India National Yoga Champion. At 17, he injured his knee during a weight-lifting accident. When European doctors predicted that he would never walk again, he returned to Bishnu Ghosh’s school, believing that his guru was the person best qualified to heal his knee. Six months later, he had totally recovered. Now living in Hollywood, Bikram is something of a sequined shorts-wearing rock star yogi. Whatever his personal quirks, I’m betting on his simple promise: “If you follow my instruction and do my yoga posture sequence to the best of your ability, you will live a better, healthier and more peaceful life.”

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How fantastically spy-like! I pretended I was James Bond for at least a minute and then carried on with my day. Peugeot 508 2.2 HDI GT AT I think the problem with French cars is that French people like to be driven, generally. So when they design a car, they mostly focus on looks, which they get right, and the back seats, which are also always very comfortable. Sitting in the driver’s seat is a wonderful place to be, but the seating position is too high. It’s like you’re sitting on the car, not in it. But it massages your back and warms up on a cold winter’s morning, so I wasn’t complaining too much. The handbrake was a bit dim-witted and so were the parking sensors, all busy napping, I imagine, until prodded into being useful. But the heads-up display (HUD) is very slick indeed, sliding into position on start-up like Robocop’s visor. I couldn’t find the controls for the HUD – it took two days but then I discovered a secret fold-down panel, with all the buttons. How fantastically spy-like! I

pretended I was James Bond for at least a minute and then carried on with my day. The boot is simply massive, the diesel engine pulls like a train and can barely be heard from inside the cabin, and the rear seats have privacy blinds and separate air-con. This is a car which could very easily cover great distances without the passengers really noticing, or just be used for a distinguished Saturday-morning croissantfinding mission. The 508 makes a very interesting and unique option in a world dominated by German luxury. It is an incredibly striking car, and everybody with whom I spoke about it wanted to know what it was, and why it looked so different. It’s probably because they are so rare. If exclusivity is something you search for in a car, I’ve found your mid-range luxury saloon. We had the very top-ofthe-range HDI GT, priced at R418 000.

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0-100km/h comes up in under 5 seconds, which means you can go from nowhere to jail quicker than Toni Yengeni. BMW 650i Coupe It’s not every day a car of this calibre comes along, and when they do, it turns me into a seven-year-old. The new 6 Series Coupe from BMW is quite simply an astonishing vehicle. After years of being in the middle of nowhere with their styling, the boys in Bavaria are hitting back with some of the most striking cars on the road. This car gets pointed and stared at like you wouldn’t believe. For R1.2 million, it had better be good. And it is. The interior is a great blend of sport and luxury, with top-end technology such as night vision cameras and no less than five other cameras to help you park, which, on such a low-slung vehicle, I was very grateful for. Techno-toys aside, this car’s party trick is the engine, and the sound that V8 makes. BMW, for almost three decades, were dead against

turbocharged engines. They reckoned it was counter to their philosophy of pure and simple driving pleasure. So obviously this engine has two turbos.

Roger! clear for take-off.

The problem is that turbos give turbo lag, which is a sort of flat feeling right at the bottom of the rev range. I’m not sure how, but they’ve managed to engineer around that. The 650 pulls hard and fast from standstill, and is so quick you barely ever get to use full throttle in normal traffic. 0-100km/h comes up in under 5 seconds, which means you can go from nowhere to jail quicker than Toni Yengeni. It’s limited to 250km/h but it would easily hit 300. The current top-of-therange until the M6 arrives later this year; the 650i is a brutally quick car that manages to be a quiet cruiser when you need it to be. This is BMW at their best.

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Brmmmm, brmmmm, brmmm..... Ciro De Siena is the founder of OverdriveTV.co.za, a motoring website based in Cape Town. He only watches sports that involve petrol.

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Readers’ letters We are keen to hear from you. Feel free to share your thoughts with us by emailing to editor@021magazine.co.za A few weeks ago, I visited Cape Town as a tourist and found your magazine in the Mmuseum shop of the National Gallery. Thanks to 021 I was able to notice how much culture is on offer in Cape Town, and to attend a few awesome events. Thank you for that! Christiane Mangen, Luxembourg

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021 is my favourite guide to all the entertainment that is happening in and around Cape Town. I love the fact that it contains a bit of everything, from sports, to dining, to city life … and not to forget the competitions, which I love to win! I like the fact that I can buy 021 at my closest Superette, and that it’s available online. Thank you so much for the awesome site and news-feed, it always keeps me glued to my screen. Ashlyn Morris, Cape Town Ashlyn won a competition on 021’s social media site when she sent in this picture of herself and her dog Jack Morris. I stayed in Cape Town two weeks for a spontaneous autumn break in April 2012 and your magazine was a great help to me. Besides the professional look and great pictures, the information you give is perfect for someone new in town like me. On my second day in Cape Town, I picked an Italian restaurant from your list – Il Leone in Greenpoint. I had a perfect dinner with fresh porcini mushrooms, delicious lamb cuts, great Shiraz wine, and even the Tiramisu was excellent. I lived in Tuscany for more than 15 years, so I know a thing or two about “authentic” Italian cooking. The next day, Thursday night, I went to Jade, a club you mentioned, and was really surprised by the great energy and a stunning mix of people. Some days later, I checked 021’s website and saw a listing about salsa classes in Roodehoek Terrace. Located not too far from my hotel I decided to walk there as it was a nice evening. I generally have a good sense of orientation but after 20 minutes I was completely lost. I tried asking several people for directions, but no one could help. By the time it was getting dark a white car with a driver dressed in blue pulled over. I asked him for directions and he offered to drive me to where I wanted to go. About 10 minutes later, he dropped me outside the salsa studio. I was happy and wanted to give this friendly guy some money for the ride. But he gave me a huge smile, a clear no, and pointed to the symbol on the arm of his uniform jacket which I hadn’t noticed, and which clearly said “Police”. In Brazil, where I live, you get a ride in a police car only when you’re busted. Talk about friendly Capetonians. Next year, I will certainly be back in Cape Town. And my first stop will be to get your magazine. Tomas Behnke, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

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Scientists to use Karoo space telescope to search for intelligent life in Parliament CARNAVON. Local scientists say that if South Africa wins the race to host the Square Kilometre Array space telescope, their first project will be to try to locate intelligent life in South African politics. According to a spokesman, organic life had been found in Parliament, but it lacked certain basic attributes of intelligence. “It was just algae in Armani and bacteria in Beemers,” he explained. The giant array of radio telescopes, which will be built by a multinational group in the Karoo if South Africa’s hosting bid is successful, detects radio waves instead of light, and can peer into spaces so distant from humanity and so devoid of warmth that scientists hope it may be able to see all the way into the inner workings of government. “With current technology we can only see large globs of biological matter in Parliament, but no

intelligent life,” explained lead researcher Professor Carl Sago-Pudding. “The last probe beamed back images of lifeforms engaged in largely parasitic activities, much like the flatulent swamp leeches of the Alpha Centauri system,” said Sago-Pudding. “In fact they were amazingly similar, except that they wore suits instead of slime-tubes. As far as we could tell they too had found slow-moving passive hosts, although where the swamp leeches prey on the undulating highland vole, these creatures feast on a rather anaemic little endangered species called a ‘taxpayer’.” Sago-Pudding said that the Square Kilometre Array would be able to solve many of the mysteries that remain in the cosmos, including the whereabouts of the arms deal report, and how many billions of years it would take for South African politicians to become accountable.

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“We’re also getting an endless rhythmical droning sound coming from somewhere extremely far away,” he added. “At first we thought it might be a transmission of prime numbers like in Contact, but we’re now theorising that it might in fact be a monologue by Thabo Mbeki, who, at last sighting, was orbiting Neptune out in the cold deep space of political isolation.” But, he said, current telescopes were more than enough to see the current orbit of the Malema Cluster, an endlessly imploding young star-system characterised by emissions of very hot gas. “It always looks on the point of breaking up and disappearing, but at the last minute it gets fired up again and goes around for another pass,” he said. “It gets a bit boring after a while, but the kids seem to like it.” This article appeared on www.hayibo.com – Breaking news. Into lots of little pieces.

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