Cape Town Daily Photo

Two fishing vessels, Weskus 1 and Seawin, became stranded at Kreefte Bay (close to Melkbosstrand) late last week. Apparently one of the two was in trouble and the other tried to help out, but ended up running aground itself! The salvage operation is underway, and all pollutants have been removed. The next steps are to dig sand away around the vessels and then to use tug boats at high-tide ....

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I'd always accepted that people had a right to smoke wherever they pleased. I remember being disgusted at breathing wafts of used smoke while sitting down to dinner at a restaurant and I remember colleagues smoking while they worked at the desk next to me... and me getting home smelling quite like an ashtray. :)This was until the then Minister of Health, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, banned smoking in ....

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This tweetie-bird was wandering in and out of Cafe Neo, a popular place for drinks or lunch. Cafe Neo is popular for its open, light feel and perhaps especially for the fact that they offer free wireless internet access. When visiting I've always noticed at least two or three people sipping drinks while typing away on their laptops.May I caution you however that if you're going to use a ....

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Greenmarket Square was built way back in 1696 and at the time was (disgracefully) used as a slave market and later a vegetable market. In the 1950s it was apparently (though I wasn't around to verify this) used as a parking lot, and only in the 1980s was it converted into a craft and flea market for informal traders. The area is super-safe during the day, though I'd keep ....

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Speaking of Perdeberg (see yesterday's post), here are two horses of a different kind ("perd" is Afrikaans for "horse"). These two ponies live on a little smallholding in Joostenbergvlakte (about 40km outside of the city, between Bellville and Stellenbosch). They spend their days grazing on tufts of grass and taking kids for rides. I wonder if they get as much fun out of these rides as the kids do? ....

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I had to give a talk at tonight's GeekDinner, all about lessons we've learned while running this here photo-blog. I decided - rather wisely, I thought - not to consume too much alcohol until I'd finished speaking... I tend to start losing my train of thought after about a glass and a half of wine. Must say, I was rather pleased to hand back the microphone at the end ....

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Well, it's not quite a dog's life... well, it's not at all a dog's life. This peahen lives in a cage of about 27 cubic metres - which isn't as large as you may imagine it to be.I understand that sometimes it's for their own good that some birds are kept in cages, but generally I'm not much into keeping a bird locked in a cage. I don't think ....

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