Vindigo Travel - Melissa Sutherland

The Montreux Jazz Festival is coming to Franschhoek. Eat, drink and be dazzled by the French corner! bit.ly/4jAVN32

Reshare - on the Boschendal side of the Simonsberg in Stellenbosch! Near where the Cape Epic bike race will go next week. Beautiful! @VisitStellies @StellWineRoute @gotosouthafrica

Sea Point, You Beauty ❤️ A love letter - and thank you to my hood 🇿🇦 When I moved to the Sea Point area, about 35 years ago, the suburb was… well, more than a little tired. Main Road felt grimy, the buildings had lost their shine, and the area had clearly seen better days. And many crappy restaurants. Fast forward to today and Sea Point has pulled off one of Cape Town’s great urban glow-ups. Walk down Main Road (or Regent Road for the old-school locals) and it feels like a neighbourhood that has rediscovered its confidence. Cafés humming, restaurants buzzing, people strolling with their dogs. And the food scene? It’s extraordinary. Start the day with breakfast. For bagels and breakfast classics, Kleinsky’s remains a Sea Point institution. Sonny & Irene and Zest are also consistently excellent. Best Eggs Benedict in the area? My vote goes to Zest. Then there’s Arthur’s Superette in Arthur’s Road - a wonderful little gem where pretty much everything on the menu is delicious. Their spicy sardines on toast are one of those beautifully simple dishes done so well that you keep thinking about them long after you’ve left. For coffee lovers, Sea Point is spoiled for choice. Jarryd’s, Sonny & Irene, Bootlegger, Norfolk Deli and Naked Coffee all deliver consistently great cups. Vida still makes a great coffee too. And Woolies cafe in St Jonhn’s Piazza. Great, wholesome and simple food. If you want breakfast, lunch, sunset drinks or tapas with one of the best views in the neighbourhood, Hugo’s is hard to beat. Their tapas are great, and they also have surprisingly good meeting rooms and boardrooms available for small gatherings and work sessions. I’ve used them before and they work beautifully. Mojo Market is a vibe. Spans pretty much everything, from fresh oysters to fantastic chicken wings, live music and buzz. Poke Co does a mean bowl as does 3 Wise Monkeys. Una Mas next door, delicious. Best ceviche in CT. For excellent curry, Sundoo by Seelan. Pretty good samosas too. If you’re looking for something sweet later in the day, the gelato scene is world class. Pino Penguino at Gelato Mania and Moro Gelato (pistachio my best) are both outstanding. When it comes to lunch and dinner, the variety is remarkable. Seafood lovers are well looked after. Zest and Luuma by Pavel are superb, with NV80 a very strong contender. Kiki for incredible but posh Greek 🔥 Cozco & Mykonos for comfort Greek 🇬🇷 For steaks, Brad’s is consistently excellent. NV80 & Zest both great for meat too. If you want a proper chicken prego roll, Jarryd’s does a great one. And slightly outside Sea Point in Green Point, Mano’s still makes the best chicken or beef prego in Cape Town. As does Stepbrothers - also in the Green Point hood. For burgers, Brash Burgers is the winner. Pizza lovers should head to Ariel’s for a superb one. Or Stepbrothers. And Lievita at the Waterfront paddle courts - great pasta too. If you haven’t been to Arlecchino (Tashas’ new spot), do yourself a flavour (typo intended). The prawn roll on brioche and the ceviche are fantastic. For comfort food like latkes and salmon, falafel, or Turkish gözleme, Cooked is always a treat. Great traditional foods and nosh, Kleinsky’s again. And just down the road in Bantry Bay, Amare recently served me one of the most delicious Chicken Limone dishes I’ve had in years. Sea Point is also brilliant for takeaways. MAKE always delivers excellent Asian food, and Chef Chen does great sushi - in fact there are plenty of good sushi options around the neighbourhood. And thanks to Uber Eats and Mr D, you can pretty much have anything delivered to your front door within minutes. What’s also been remarkable is the role developers have played in bringing Sea Point back to life. Companies like Berman Brothers, Blok and Signatura, have added thoughtful, beautiful developments that have lifted the entire area. They haven’t just built buildings. They’ve helped restore the neighbourhood’s energy 👏👏

@geordinhl @Derek_Hanekom He was a lovely man - I had the privilege of meeting him in New York as a junior diplomat .

A brief anecdote about Mosiuoa Lekota. It was 2005 and the ANCYL branch at UCT had organised a public lecture on campus by then Deputy President Jacob Zuma. This was a huge deal, with the ANCYL publicly siding with Zuma in the growing tensions between him and Mbeki. An hour into the scheduled lecture, Zuma still hadn’t arrived, but he was “on his way” we were promised. Eventually we got the word - he wasn’t coming. But the Minister of Defence, Terror Lekota, had agreed to come in his stead. Half the audience walked out. They missed out! A bit later, Lekota arrived. He swept in, clearly rushed and unprepared for this, but then proceeded to deliver an absolute blinder of a speech, no notes, off the cuff, about constitutionalism and the UDF. As a young student, I was spellbound. I remember it clearly today, 20 years later. Years later I told him this, he barely remembered the speech, but had a good chuckle at how much had changed since. Farewell, Mr Lekota.

@geordinhl Well deserved #worldclass congratulations to you and your team!

🇿🇦 Excited to announce that Cape Town has been named as a winning city in the Bloomberg 'Mayor’s Challenge' 2025, with a prize of $1 million! 🎉 We will use this prize money to fund a project we’re running with residents to co-design better waste management in low income communities, to reduce litter and dumping.

🏗️👷‍♂️ MAJOR projects in the Strand and Helderberg! Sewer upgrades ✅ New rising main ✅ New pump station ✅ River upgrades to stop flooding ✅ And all of this cutting pollution in the ocean ✅ These projects will deliver much improved infrastructure for Strand, Nomzamo, Gordon's Bay and Lwandle as we build a City of Hope in Cape Town! 🇿🇦👏

A snorkel safari near Cape Point was amazing and wonderful to see the unspoiled wonders below the Atlantic Ocean #mermaiding

🚧 N2 Safety Project: Great to get support from residents along the N2 as we work to repair safety barriers, improve lighting and create new pedestrian crossings. Thousands of residents from Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha, Blue Downs, Eerste River, Mfuleni and the Helderberg use this highway daily. We are working for their safety! ✅

Today is the South African wine industry's birthday. Our wine industry is unique in having a recorded birth date. On 2 February 1659 the Dutch governor wrote: “Today praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes”. So today we are 367 years special.

Ready to talk like a local on your next trip to South Africa? 🇿🇦 From “Howzit” to “Lekker”, South African slang is as warm, expressive and full of personality. Here are a few everyday phrases to help you connect, share a laugh and experience South Africa like a local!

There’s the G20. And then there are the formidable rugby XVs of South Africa and Ireland. This evening, as we sat down to dinner at the end of day one of the 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit, Taoiseach of Ireland @MichealMartinTD presented me with the thoughtful and special gift of an Ireland shirt signed the Irish national team. I assured my good friend that the strong bonds between our countries will withstand a Springbok victory in Dublin tonight.

South Africa 🇿🇦 The only Southern Hemisphere country in the world to have hosted the: ✅FIFA World Cup (2010) ✅Rugby World Cup (1995) ✅Cricket World Cup (2003) ✅G20 Summit (2025) Stuff of legends

@Iziko_Museums Show times need to be updated as no load shedding anymore…

Wondering what to do? Travel from space and back — all in a day — at the Iziko Planetarium and Digital Dome! 🚀🔭🪐 Experience Africa’s most advanced digital planetarium with stunning 360° cinema and virtual universe voyages. Show times & bookings: bit.ly/IzikoPlanetari…

You can cancel the marathon, but you can't cancel the people of Cape Town's energy and enthusiasm 🇿🇦❤️

After standing shut for half a decade, the Johannesburg City Library is finally OPEN again!! For five long years, 1.5 million books, including rare and valuable Africana archives, sat locked away, gathering dust. This year, the library turns 90 years old, a true continental landmark and one of the largest public libraries in Africa. That such a vital space could be left dormant for so long is unthinkable. This reopening belongs to the caring citizens of Joburg, heritage groups, civil society, and activists who refused to accept closed doors fighting shoulder to shoulder with @JoburgHeritage, Joburg Crisis Alliance, @JohannesburgIYP, Bridge Books, and many others. In an age of disinformation, inequality in digital access, and shrinking public spaces, libraries are more relevant than ever. They are lifelines for learning, safe spaces for community, and guardians of our shared heritage. Let this be a reminder: when we fight for what matters, we can bring life back to the heart of our city. ❤️‍🔥 Check out more pics from inside on my Instagram page.

This is what an OPEN government looks like! 🇿🇦✅ At #FirstThursday, residents can connect directly with City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government public reps to share ideas and tackle community challenges 🤝

World class!

World class! We look forward to welcoming many more clients in the future. Congrats all around!

We've set the date - 7 February 2026, and now the countdown begins. We can't wait to share everything from the venue to the experience and barrel lots with you. Stay tuned as we reveal the venue and everything that makes #CWA2026 unmissable. 👀

@LadyBartinney @PlaisirEstate Huge congratulations!

We are thrilled with the prestigious Trophy Wine Show best in show award for our @PlaisirEstate Grand Plaisir Bordeaux Blend 2020