CommunityJenny Hyde-Johnson, a prize-winning botanical artist from Gauteng, still finds it almost impossible to believe that the six fynbos watercolour paintings she submitted for the 2026 Royal Botanical Society’s annual Botanical Art and Photography Show in August broke the prestigious organisation’s record.
After its Cape Town Ziplines experience was named the No 1 Experience in Africa in the 2026 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards – Best of the Best, SA Forest Adventures is celebrating a major achievement.
Hermanus Photographic Society’s September competition produced two striking architectural images, with Jane McMorran and Carina de Klerk claiming the honours.
In trying times, South Africans tend to unite around sport for reassurance and hope.
Learning how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly called CPR, is one of the most valuable skills anyone can learn because it can save a life.
For homeowners in suitable areas of Hermanus, a well point can be a highly useful additional water resource.
Erasmus has created more than a team.
With the launch of The Nautilus estate, the surging demand for quality housing along the Overberg coastline has found a timely answer in Sandbaai.
Stanford in Bloom, tentatively launched three years ago, has become a major drawcard for the Overstrand – bigger and better each year.
Stanford’s NG Kerk was filled with youthful energy on Saturday as the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra presented a concert of unusually broad appeal to mark the opening of the Stanford in Bloom festival.
Fynbos colour burst
Hermanus and Hawston libraries made the Overstrand proud at the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport’s annual Cultural Awards held at the Artscape Centre in Cape Town.
Not a mailing list and not an algorithm. Real shelves, in real shops, in fourteen areas from Grabouw to Kleinbaai — picked up by people who live here, and still lying on the table on Sunday.
