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over hundreds of years, that aspect In this issue, on pages 4 and 5, we of it being a place of gathering still reflect on the rich heritage of the remains to this day. It’s a melting pot Central City, which has undoubtedly #ShowYouCare of diversity that has brought a rich most recently been enhanced by heritage to our “Central” corner of the the unveiling of a statue of Nelson Mother City. Mandela on the balcony at City Hall. IS A FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL As we honour our heritage throughout This is where, on 11 February 1990, CITY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER the month of September, my wish is he addressed a crowd of 250 000 PUBLISHED BY THE CAPE TOWN that we start talking about the best people with the words: “I send special ways to preserve history and memory. greetings to the people of Cape CENTRAL CITY IMPROVEMENT Not only for the role these play in our Town…”. We also highlight a number DISTRICT (CCID), A NON-PROFIT past, but for the value they add to of other heritage sights in the Central ORGANISATION. IT IS THE CCID’S the character, fabric and economic City, some well loved and others VISION TO ENSURE THE CENTRAL opportunities in our CBD, and the way lessor known. we can use heritage to build bridges. CITY IS SAFE, CLEAN, CARING In the many years of working in the AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR When we talk about the importance Central City, I can proudly say that the ALL WHO USE IT, WHETHER THEY of downtowns across the globe, one willingness of stakeholders in the CBD The CCID’s annual “Show you care” winter drive will officially conclude LIVE, WORK OR PLAY HERE, OR of the key points to note is that they lends an important hand (many hands, LET’S EMBRACE are usually the historic cores of cities. in fact) to the fabric of our culture. at the end of September. If you’d ARE PASSING THROUGH. In other words, when you have a This was once again evident in the way still like to donate to our partner traditional downtown like Cape Town you supported our “Show you care” NGOs, you can find more details on OUR HERITAGE that’s been around as long as this one winter campaign aimed at raising www.showyoucare.co.za. www.facebook.com/ has, history and heritage – in terms public awareness about the plight of CityViewsCapeTown There is much to be of its buildings and public squares streetpeople during the colder months. PUBLISHED BY – embody our city’s past and visual Turn to page 6 to find out about some celebrated in the heritage identity. We have this, and what we of the individuals and organisations The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) of the Central City can do as Capetonians is to bring that assisted us and how you can still 13th floor, , that heritage to the forefront so that get involved. it touches and engages every local or Cnr Long St & Hans Strijdom Ave, Lastly, in keeping with heritage Tasso Evangelinos visitor that comes into contact with it Cape Town, 8001 and to highlight one of the oldest CEO OF THE CCID and leaves them with the impression www.capetownccid.org occupational traditions in the world, that our downtown is unique and www.facebook.com/CapeTownCCID on page 7 we cast a spotlight on WE WANT TO HEAR Cape Town’s original “downtown” has special in a South African or even an 021 286 0830 the profession of tailoring, which FROM YOU. been a meeting place for people ever international scenario. It starts with flourishes to this day. Share your feedback by emailing: EDITORIAL (CCID) since the first human set foot on the us not taking for granted what we have [email protected] Editor: Simangele (Sims) Mzizi land we know today as the Central City. and making an effort to explore what’s We wish you a wonderful Spring Managing editor: Aziza Patandin While the Central City has evolved around us. season ahead. Communications manager: Carola Koblitz Online coordinator: Scott Arendse DESIGN (INFESTATION) commanders deployed each and every shift, they assist the 230 PSOs they should be doing and that their Account manager: Melissa Sherwin CCID INTRODUCES who patrol the streets around the Art director: Sam Bainbridge support structure is enhanced. This clock on foot and in vehicles. Designer: Nicole Nell is where the precinct commanders PRECINCT come in. www.infestation.co.za According to Muneeb Hendricks, 021 461 8601 COMMANDERS manager of CCID Safety & Security, “They’re on-the-ground, visiting CONTRIBUTORS the area within which the CCID each and every member under their operates is divided into four precincts, Content: Simangele Mzizi, The Cape Town Central City command. To enable them to do this, namely, Precinct 1 (the Foreshore), Carola Koblitz Improvement District’s (CCID) we’ve equipped them with New York Precinct 2, Precinct 3 and Precinct 4 Photography: Scott Arendse, Safety & Security department City-style commuter bikes so that (East City). As such: “From a safety Ed Suter, Anita Reid, Aziza Patandin, has introduced 12 precinct they can navigate the streets of our and security aspect, we deploy a Lisa Burnell, Jacques Marais, commanders within its portfolio to CBD as rapidly as possible. These dedicated team of PSOs to each Johannes Grob, improve safety services rendered commanders can also respond to precinct. And since we’re dealing with Designer Zunaid, Poppishop, within the CBD. incidents in their respective precincts a human element, it’s crucial that Between Us, Hope On Hopkins, and take control both of the situation The new precinct commanders, public safety officers (PSOs), have we have a proper supervisory and sceneproductions.co.za, and of all members who responded. who were specifically recruited undergone specialised training management structure in place to callingmehomemusical.com, They also regularly visit our for their posts and are of a higher in order to equip them for their ensure that the members are where first-thursdays.co.za stakeholders to foster relationships security grade than the usual CCID new positions. 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OPEN FOR BUSINESS Stay tuned to Central City Uncut EMERGENCY news and views as they Uncut operates as a restaurant The CCID wishes these new retailers all the happen by subscribing to by day and turns into a fully- CCID 24-HOUR best in the Central City. the CCID’s newsletter. Go to functional club at night, making SAFETY & www.capetownccid.org it the perfect spot to have a drink, SECURITY and enter your email grab a bite and dance until the address at the bottom of early hours of the morning. 082 415 7127 the homepage. 158 (Cape Town CBD only) www.facebook.com/UncutCPT/ 071 865 4344 AMBULANCE, HEALTH, EAT NOISE & FIRE 107 / 021 480 7700 Between Us (24 hours) Located in trendy Bree Street in the Central City, Between Us is perfect 107 from landlines only for breakfast or lunch. According to eatout.co.za, it’s owned and run by twin sisters Jesse and Jamie SAPS CENTRAL CITY Friedberg, who were the original 021 467 8001/2 owners of Skinny Legs Café, also in the CBD. (24 hours) 176 Bree Street www.betweenus.capetown 021 823 8695 Between Us on 176 Bree Street SERVICES TOMO Japanese Restaurant Cape Town INCIDENT REPORTING & This intimate and beautifully- ENQUIRIES designed venue offers a variety Q&A WITH FALDIELAH “DEE” JOSEPH, STORE MANAGER FOR POPPISHOP of Japanese and other Asian Refuse Collection, cuisines as well as a wide range of Water Issues, Street Lights traditional Chinese teas. and Electricity Faults What is it like working in the from clothing, accessories, jewellery, 86 Loop Street 0860 103 089 Central City? to shoes, ceramics, decor and www.facebook.com/ It’s exciting and eventful as no one homeware. Traffic Signal Faults TOMOCAPETOWN/ day is the same. And it’s great that we 0860 001 948 Why should someone come and 021 422 0635 have people of different cultures and shop at Poppishop? backgrounds passing through our Prepaid Electricity Meters Items featured in our store are bright, doors every day. 0800 220 440 colourful and quirky. They are locally Merkava Coffee Roastery Tell us about Poppishop? designed and produced and have been The Central City’s list of coffee Cable Theft Poppishop officially opened in early selected based on their superior level shop keeps growing with the latest 0800 222 771 April 2018 and is owned by Graham of craftmanship. The aim is to catch addition being Merkava Coffee Rothschild, the creative behind the eye and pique the curiosity of Roastery. Disaster Risk Brand Nomad. The store provides a shoppers and passers-by. 71 Shortmarket Street Management marketplace for local designers and Corner Spin and Plein streets Faldielah Dee Joseph - Store Manager www.merkavacoffee.co.za 080 911 4357 craft folk to showcase the unique flair www.facebook.com/poppishopCT/ 083 254 4432 021 597 6000 (24 hours) of their respective artistries, ranging

SOCIAL CONCERNS According to Carola Koblitz, large-scale conference and exhibition It is important to note that the CCID Alcohol & Drug Helpline CCID Communications manager for the to an intimate gathering or even a operates in the traditional downtown of CCID, the website was originally board meeting. Essentially, for anyone the City of Cape Town across an area 0800 435 748 created for those interested in looking for a venue in which to host measuring 1.6km² – this stretches from Social Development: LAUNCHES locating CBD venues – among an event, we’ve done the research and Buitensingel to FW de Klerk Boulevard, others – retailers, restaurants, bars have made the list public. We’ve gone and from Buitengracht to Canterbury Children CONFERENCING and clubs, accommodation venues as far as including contact details, the Street. As such, only venues that fall 0800 220 250 and service providers. With the CCID type of venue on offer, the number of within this footprint are included in the Social Development: always looking to make the website people the venue can accommodate new conferencing section. For more SECTION ON experience more relevant, this year the and in which precinct in the CBD the info, visit www.capetownccid.org/ Adults Communications department decided venue is located.” explore/conferencing. 0800 872 201 to add a new function that enables ITS WEBSITE stakeholders to find appropriate CCID Social Department meeting and exhibition venues. 082 563 4289 The CCID has introduced a new conferencing section on its Says Carola: “In many ways, the CCID website (www.capetownccid.org) has become the first port of call for BYLAW & TRAFFIC to make it easier to locate venues anyone looking for anything in the in which to host an event in the Central City. One of the questions we INFRINGEMENTS Central City. get asked the most is to recommend a venue for hosting an event. This is Law Enforcement exactly what the new conferencing 021 596 1999 (24 hours) section seeks to address. Traffic Police “We have conducted extensive 0860 765 423 research on all possible venues in the Central City and have compiled Metro Police a downloadable PDF containing 0860 765 423 over 60 under-roof establishments in the Central City. This has resulted in a combined total of 310 venues in which to host everything from a 4 CITY VIEWS: YOUR FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY NEWSPAPER

CENTRAL CITY HERITAGE CELEBRATING AND EMBRACING HERITAGE IN THE CENTRAL CITY The Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town recently unveiled a bronze statue at City Hall to honour former president Nelson Mandela. The newly-unveiled statue undoubtedly adds overall to Cape Town’s rich heritage but most specifically to that of the Central City.

ositioned on the balcony where nation today and even if we may not always Mandela stood when he gave his like what has gone before, we need to learn first address as a free man on 11 some valuable lessons from our shared February 1990, the statue is meant to history so that we don’t make the same P serve as a constant reminder of that mistakes again. Our heritage contributes to historical day and the many years of sacrifice our feeling of identity and community and is that led to the moment when he was freed. a valuable tool in building communities and bringing people together. According to the director of the Cape Town Heritage Trust, Laura Robinson, the statue “Cape Town’s cosmopolitan Central City represents an important moment in celebrating reflects a wide range of cultures and heritage our history and is a gesture that will surely help and we are proud to be able to share this. unite Cape Town’s citizens. The Cape Town There has always been an interest in heritage Heritage Trust, based in The Company’s Garden, buildings and areas in the city and we have is tasked with the promotion and protection of done well to ensure that much of this has both the cultural and natural environments of been conserved for the enjoyment of current Cape Town. and future generations. There is also a great respect for diversity of culture here; we are Says Laura: “It is so important to remember a tolerant society in the CBD and people are and honour our true icons and Nelson encouraged to acknowledge and share all Mandela is one of ’s and the their respective cultures and heritage. This world’s most loved and respected figures. The does not happen everywhere and we should statue will also offer a fabulous opportunity treasure this.” for people to take their photographs next to Ruth Sacks’s Cissie Gool the image of our beloved Madiba.” Memorial on Longmarket Street. Founding director of Culture Connect SA, South Africa’s only art and design tour Created by artists Xhanti Mpakama and Barry Jackson, Madiba’s statue stands at 1.95 metres tall and weighs 120 kilograms. Another fascinating feature about the statue The likeness of Mandela wears a grey suit is that Madiba is holding a pair of spectacles identical to the one he wore on the day of in his hand. On the day that the image his release from prison. His accessories, portrays, Madiba had left his glasses in the including a polka-dot print tie, belt buckle and car that carried him from Victor Verster a white pocket square are included as details. Prison and he thus borrowed a pair from In his hand, he holds a page bearing the first anti-apartheid activist, politician and his late paragraph from his speech, with the text also ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. featured in braille on the page. In photographs from the day, he is seen wearing the large frames. So as not to detract from his facial features, but to retain historical accuracy, the artists have placed the spectacles in his hand. specialist offering both public and private tours, Kate Crane Briggs shares Laura’s At the unveiling of the statue, Minister of sentiments adding: “Cape Town’s heritage Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde said shows the city’s rich, diverse, long and that: “As the Western Cape Government, we unique history and it helps to tell stories wanted to create something that not only about its people. honours the man that Nelson Mandela was, but which will ensure that the citizens of the Artist Conrad Botes’s The Purple Shall Govern “For Heritage month, it would be great if we country he loved so dearly will also benefit. installation and plaque in Burg St. all opened our eyes to the amazing heritage The legacy project is about growing tourism, all around us, from that which is natural to expanding the economy to create new jobs that which has been built and created. If you one of our national days, we did so because and about telling the stories of the Western just look up, you’ll be surprised at what’s we knew that our rich and varied cultural Cape in a way that honours its people.” around you. You’ll notice that buildings often heritage has a profound power to help build have fabulous details easy to miss. And if As the country marks Heritage month, the our new nation.” you look down, you’ll see old cobble stones, statue also serves as a reminder to embrace Commenting on the importance of preserving plaques, graves and plants.” our past and never forget from where we have and celebrating our heritage, Laura explains come. In fact, when Heritage Day was first that heritage is a reminder of our shared past, observed in 1996, Nelson Mandela himself Mandela Statue both good and bad: “In the South African said: “When our first democratically-elected context, it has contributed to who we are as a government decided to make Heritage Day Brought to you by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) Spring 2018 5

If you’d like to participate in a public heritage walkabout around the Central City on 15 September & 19 October, contact Kate Crane Briggs on MUST-SEE HERITAGE SIGHTS [email protected] IN THE CENTRAL CITY or call 072 377 8014

Both Laura and Kate believe that as people who live, work and visit the Central City, we are fortunate that there is so much heritage LAURA’S PICKS around us every day. “Apart from the interesting buildings with 1. The Company’s Garden remarkable Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco detailing that will delight the eye, streets, Dating back to the 1650s, this is the memorials and squares in the CBD, we have oldest garden in the country. a huge amount of living heritage right on our 15 Queen Victoria St doorstep,” says Laura. 021 423 2919 “ and the Bo-Kaap are wonderful areas in which to experience the diversity of Cape Town culture, as are the numerous museums, galleries and activities on the streets.” 2. City Hall 3. Heritage Square 4. South African Slave Church Museum Kate adds: “Walking is the best way to Standing tall and proud for 113 years, City Once destined to be a parking garage, experience the diverse heritage and history in Hall has been refurbished and will soon the square was restored by the Cape The church has a long association with the Central City. You can see artist Roderick house an important permanent Madiba Town Heritage Trust and Shortmarket slavery and is also a fine building in its Sauls’ apartheid-era benches outside the exhibition, as well as once again be home Properties in the 1990s and is well worth own architectural right. High Court Annex on Queen Victoria Street, a visit. See also number 6. to Sunday night concerts of the Cape 40 Long St Ruth Sacks’s Cissie Gool Memorial on Philharmonic Orchestra. Cnr Shortmarket & Bree streets Longmarket Street and Conrad Botes’s The Darling St Purple Shall Govern on Church and Burg 021 444 7518 5. Slave Memorial Streets commemorating the End Conscription The artistic interpretation memorialises Campaign’s commandeering the police’s dye the impact of slavery and has information spraying. about the names and origins of slaves “And by walking, you’re bound to see info who were brought to Cape Town. panels dotted around the CBD, some in Church Square unexpected places such as Krotoa Place KATE’S PICKS in St George’s Mall ( end), 6. The Cape’s oldest about the 17th century Khoi woman, Krotoa van Meerhof, who was an instrumental 1. Mutual Heights fruit-bearing vine interpreter and negotiator alongside Jan van Noteworthy as a world-renown Art Deco This ancient plant dates back several Riebeeck. There are also a few other blue building, this was South Africa’s first hundred years and still bears grapes. It is heritage plaques in the CBD such as the skyscraper and its façade boasts one of thought to be a cultivar similar to that of one on the FNB building in , the longest craved stone friezes in the the current Chenin Blanc. commemorating Sir Herbert Baker’s last world as well as nine gigantic carved building in South Africa.” granite figures representing African tribes. Courtyard at Heritage Square, cnr Shortmarket & Bree streets 14 Darling St

2. Grand Central 3. The The former main post office is a reminder Now part of the South African Jewish of how important the mail ship and Museum, the Gardens Shul has wonderful post were, and the murals tell the old displays and its small portico is Art Deco nationalist story of Cape Town. Egyptian and can be seen from The Company’s Garden. Darling Street 88 Hatfield St 021 465 1405

4. Wagenaar’s Reservoir 5. Homecoming Centre’s 6. Noon Day Gun 7. Hanafee Mosque ruins and model gates A CBD sound rather than a site, the The details on the exterior of this building This is a good reminder about water These are among the most beautiful Noon Day Gun is fired from are beautiful and the public space outside being so precious and why Cape Town burglar bars in town and a lovely way to over the Central City every day except is used for praying as well. Sundays and is a great reminder of developed in the first place. enter this renovated heritage building full Cnr Dorp & Long streets of interesting and important work. Cape Town’s maritime heritage that Underground inside the , continues to this day. 9 Adderley St District 6 Museum, 15A Buitenkant Street 6 CITY VIEWS: YOUR FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY NEWSPAPER

CCID NEWS To inquire about securing a place at the Safe Space, visit the facility under the Culemborg bridge between 09h00 and 14h00 or call the City of Cape Town’s Social and Early Childhood Development department YOU on 080 087 2201 SHOWED CARE Thank you for showing care to the Central City’s streetpeople community

n our last issue of City Views, we asked you to assist the Cape Town Central City Improvement District’s (CCID) Social Development department make Cape Town’s cold I and wet conditions a little bearable for our streetpeople community in the CBD and surrounding communities. The response to the request was heartening and we’re grateful. Here are just some of the organisations and individuals that CCID staff members (l to r) Shanien Rich, Christa Maans and responded to the call. Ernestine Kontogianni next to a donation bin

1. You 2. CCID Staff Since the start of June 2018, the CCID has received The CCID’s own staff collected warm clothing which donations via SnapScan and EFT to the value of R13 was distributed to the TB HIV Care Drop-in Centre and 036 thanks to the generosity of YOU, the members of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children. the public. The donations that the CCID receives are In addition, on Mandela Day, members from the CCID’s distributed to the organisation’s primary NGO partners. Safety & Security department donated high-end sneakers that they received from a well-known CBD sportswear The “Show you care” winter drive will run until the end of retailer to the CCID’s partner NGOs including St Anne’s September 2018 and for those who wish to still make a Homes, Ons Plek Projects and The Homestead Projects monetary donation, this can be done all year round just for Street Children in . by SMSing “give” to 38088 (to donate R10), or by making a SnapScan donation of any amount of your choosing via 3. Clarke’s Bar & Dining Room a smart phone. For the latter, just download the free app Clarke’s came on board for the first time this year and and scan the code on pages 2 and 8. Alternatively, donors collected items which the CCID distributed to The Haven can make an EFT payment, the details of which (along Night Shelter and Youth Solutions Africa. with terms and conditions for all donations received) can be found at www.showyoucare.co.za.

Donations collected by Clarke’s Bar & Dining Room

4. Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel 7. Happy Space The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel collected items Happy Space, a wellbeing collaboratory, requested three which the CCID distributed to Youth Solutions Africa A3 “Show you care” posters and SnapScan stands to place (YSA), St Anne’s Homes and the City of Cape Town’s inside its venue for people to make donations. Safe Space. 8. Goodluck 5. Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel Multiple award-winning group Goodluck, which consists Hotel staff requested a CCID donation bin to be placed of members, Ben Peters, Juliet “Jules” Harding and on their premises and collected donations for the Matthew O’Connell, also embraced the spirit of the “Show month of July for distribution to The Haven Night you care” message. They recently teamed up with NPO Shelter as well as schools in need. Souper Troopers to perform for over 650 homeless people in the Central City and surrounding areas. This was during 6. Seeff Souper Troopers’ 4th birthday celebration held on 10 Seeff requested three donation bins which were placed June at The Carpenter’s Shop – a Central City NGO which at the real estate agent’s Kloof Street, provides ablution facilities, a second-phase shelter and and offices. The donations collected were vocational training. distributed to the City’s Safe Space and the Saartjie Goodluck members Matthew O’Connell, Juliet Baartman Centre for Women and Children. “Jules” Harding and Ben Peters in Amsterdam Brought to you by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) Spring 2018 7

TAILORED IN THE CENTRAL CITY WHERE TO FIND A TAILOR

Here’s a cut-out- and-keep for all IN THE CENTRAL CITY your tailoring and alterations needs. In a time where many professions have become obsolete, the age-old profession of tailoring still has its charm and is alive and well in the Central City and encompasses small business owners who also do alterations and mending.

HERE’S WHERE TO GO FOR TAILORING, MENDING AND ALTERATIONS IN THE CENTRAL CITY

Nannucci Shop 35, Golden Acre - 021 421 7167 22 Bree St - 021 421 4308 Shop 2, Parliament Towers, Plein St - 021 465 5127 Shop 2, ABSA Centre, Tailors Alterations Riebeek St - 021 425 4735 Mali South Clothing Faldie Fakier City Menders Shop 17, Exchange Place, Room 305, 37 Strand St Old Mutual Center - 021 419 3343 Abeeda Adams 021 423 8233 / 082 471 1665 www.nannucci.co.za AFrican Design 5th Floor, 49 St Georges Mall ailoring, which is defined as the art 076 360 0563 of designing, cutting, fitting and Mohammed Abraham

finishing clothes, ranks as one of 5th Floor, 49 St Georges Mall Tidy Tucs Tailor 082 954 9671 the oldest professions in the world STAR TAILORS T [email protected] Shop 06, Thibault Square Pavilion and is still practised today. It is believed Abdoul 062 139 5171 that while the term dates back to the 13th 210 Long St www.tidytucstailor.co.za century, tailoring took on its modern sense Frank Bespoke 071 751 4929 in the late 18th century, where all clothes WAG Fashion were cut and sewn by hand similar to the 166 Bree St Sheray Goliath way modern-day bespoke tailors work. 074 888 2223 Mali South Clothing [email protected] 62 Long St 92 Long St In the Central City, there’s certainly no www.frankbespoke.co.za 063 607 8813 021 838 2784 shortage of talented tailors as they range [email protected] [email protected] from those specialising in garment design www.wagfashion.co.za and manufacture for men and women (including bespoke wedding dresses), and alterations to those specialising in tailor- made suits as well as a wide variety of modern styled garments in African prints and solid colours. Have a look above at some of the tailors you can find in the Q&A WITH DESIGNER ZUNAID Central City. We spoke to Cape Town-born designer, Designer Zunaid (Zunaid Khalek) about the art of tailoring. Designer Zunaid has over 20 years’ experience in his field and specialises in tailored suits and other ranges, and services clients in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

What makes the tailoring profession unique and special? you want makes it easier. A good tailor always pleases his or her client, but a great tailor won’t shy away from suggesting something better. Everyone’s body is different and tailored suits or garments are made to measure ensuring the perfect fit for each person, making this old Why is tailoring important? occupation a profession that is still high in demand. Unlike buying a piece of clothing from a Is there a secret to finding a good tailor? store that comes in regular sizes, we can adapt garments to highlight or I believe that, if a tailor goes out of his or her way to assist you by hide certain areas, leaving you feeling more comfortable and confident. giving you enough consultation time to understand what you want, and if they give you a fair deal according to your budget, then you’ll Contact Designer Zunaid: know you’re in the company of a good tailor. 060 448 7162 [email protected] www.facebook.com/Designer-Zunaid Designer Zunaid What’s your advice to someone going to a tailor for the first time? Enjoy the experience. Go through the swatches and allow the tailor to explain the different types of material and cuts. Having an idea of what 8 CITY VIEWS: YOUR FREE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY NEWSPAPER

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For more event info, visit City Views on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ “SPRING: A LOVELY CityViewsCapeTown. REMINDER OF HOW BEAUTIFUL CHANGE CAN TRULY BE.” – UNKNOWN Spring is in the air! Here are exciting events to help you ring in the season in the Central City.

ENJOY AN ALL-SOUTH AFRICAN MUSICAL 13 to 28 October TO GIN OR NOT TO GIN? CALLING US HOME 4 October and 1 November Following a stellar premiere on 17 August 2017 at the Joburg Theatre with an all-star cast of 33, Calling Us HOPE ON HOPKINS GIN & TONIC TASTING Home is finally coming to Cape Town. This all-South Hosted by Bootlegger Coffee Company on every “First Thursday” of the month, African musical will delight you with its spectacular Hope on Hopkins Gin & Tonic Tasting offers information about the distilling music and move you to feel joy, heartbreak and process, the history of gin and what makes gin “gin” and guides guests through compassion as it celebrates love, the triumph of hope a curated tasting of three different styles of gin and tonics. and the invincible strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Where: Bootlegger Coffee Company, 50 Harrington Street When: 18h00 Where: Cost: Cost: Free (but bookings through Cara at When: Depends on booking [email protected] are essential) Cost: R150 – R450 www.facebook.com/HopeOnHopkins/ www.callingmehomemusical.com

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN BE PART OF AFRICA’S GOLD ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 23 September CAPE TOWN 19 September Be part of Africa’s Gold by making your way to any one of ART DECO TOUR the specially created spectator zones for the Sanlam Cape Led by heritage architect and expert, Dr André van Town Marathon, Africa’s only IAAF Gold Label-status road Graan, the Art Deco tour by Culture Connect SA will race. Many runners will be visitors to our beautiful city focus on outstanding examples of modern architecture and will feed on your encouragement to get them over the in the Central City. The tour will take you inside two Art line. So, bring the most “gees” on the day and also stand a Deco gems, namely, Mullers Optometrists and Mutual chance to win your share of R500 000 in prizes. Heights, the latter being the tallest building in Africa Where: Spectator zones in the CBD include FW de Klerk when it was built in 1939. Boulevard, Loop Street outside the Cullinan Hotel, Bree Where: 104 Longmarket Street Street and the Waterkant Bridge over Buitengracht When: 10h00 to 12h00 (adjacent to the Prestwich Museum) Cost: R350 with the option of lunch afterwards When: 07h00 www.cultureconnectsa.com Cost: Free to spectate www.capetownmarathon.com

SNAPSCAN SMS “GIVE” VISIT OUR WEBSITE Remember to help the NGOs that YOU CAN GIVE You can download the free TO 38088 for more information on help the homeless and give where IN ONE OF THE SnapScan app onto your to donate R10 the campaign, our NGO smartphone and SCAN towards the CCID’s partners and other ways in it will make a DIFFERENCE*. FOLLOWING WAYS: the code (right) to donate NGO partners. which you can assist. the amount of your choice www.showyoucare.co.za via your phone.

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