Recent reports of Bo Kaap residents who are afraid of what might become of their home have been shared via iOL. Reportedly, people who have, for generations, been a part of what is a a…
“There is a wonderful new book out called Bo Kaap Kitchen. It’s filled with traditional recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation, and accompanied by the personal stories and history of Bo-Kaap…
Locally known for its colourful houses, Bo Kaap made the Huffington Post list of most colourful places around the world. Listed along with the world greats, it’s humbling that our little Bo Kaap made it….
Over the past few days I’ve been inspired by very different people within the communities of Johannesburg and Cape Town. It started with Lebo. As I described in the last blog Lebo created his backpacker’s…
Branding can go further than the idea you want to sell. It can be a creation that assists in your community buying into what it has to offer, enhancing a sort of pride and ownership…
Capetonian coffee shops never seem to rest. Before most of the proletariat trundle into their offices to start the day, these coffee parlours are already wide awake. They are filled with whizzing, hissing, clinking noises…
In the last few years, a global trend has emerged which favours the hand-made, the organic, the free-range, and the artisanal. Cape Town has embraced this trend, with the result that craft markets have popped…
The Bo-Kaap teems with neighbourhood delights: whether you’re looking for that unique gift, hunting for a caffeine fix, searching for a rare spice or exploring the city’s rich heritage.
Rumour had it that Bean There was planning to open a roastery in Cape Town, however this was over a year ago and all hope was lost when after months there was nothing to show….
The occupation of this area began after emancipation, signaled by the city’s church bells and the Signal Hill Cannon at midnight on 30 November, 1834. Before this time, original construction began in the late 1760s, accommodating lower income families and artisans from the CBD.
The upper edges of the suburb reaches up Signal Hill, providing a great view over the CBD.
If you want to dive right into the modern lifestyle, The Haas Coffee Collective, specialising in rare and exotic coffees, has received much local acclaim, boasting a quirky boutique-gallery space that is both intriguing and delightful. Enter into this design agency/coffee shop for some serious inspiration.
Marking the end of morning since 1806, The Noon Day Gun with its twin cannon fires proudly as the oldest active ‘weapons’ in daily use. Watch as a member of the South African Navy loads the canons with gunpowder to be fired automatically by remote as prompted by the atomic clock from the South African Astronomical Observatory approximately 10km off site!
Experience the famous Bo-Kaap Cooking Tour with the passionate and well-acclaimed Zainie Misbach while you indulge in the tastes and scents of the Cape Malay culture.
The Bo-KaapMuseum, established in 1978, is one of the oldest buildings in Wale Street and furnished as a house of the 19th century, but will soon be transformed into a social history museum documenting life in the area.
What was once a general trading store soon turned its emphasis on spices. Atlas Trading, which is a family owned business, is enchanting with its sweet aromas and exotic spices.
The oldest mosque in South Africa is Auwal Mosque, built in 1798 by Iman Abdullah Kadi Salaam. Today the building looks very different to then, with only two of the original walls having remained intact after it collapsed back in the 1930s.
There are several kramats - highly religious tombs containing the remains of much-respected religious leaders – on the hillside behind the residential area.
