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Scene-setter: The hotel’s main restaurant, Figo, became a central part of the luxurious experience. Photos: The Cole

The Cole Hotel review: Ocean breezes and stylish comfort in Cape Town’s Sea Point

From my balcony overlooking the Atlantic to dinners at Figo, my stay at The Cole in Sea Point was one to savour and remember

Aerial view of Table Mountain, the city and waterfront foreshore of Cape Town. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cape Town in colour: A rediscovery

A walk through the city centre and two suburbs was an exercise in mindfulness and learning how to be home again

Suite balcony dining 4th-floor

Home Suite Hotel: A hidden gem in Sea Point

Founded by the man behind LIFT Airlines, Gidon Novick, Home Suite Hotel knows a thing or two about curating a fresh experience on an old concept.

Anthony Harris started the academy in 2012 with his wife, Dionne Harris, with the ultimate aim of producing a tennis champion from Africa.  (Ihsaan Haffejee)

The making of an African tennis champ

The singular vision behind the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy means giving South Africa’s young talent an equal opportunity to excel, irrespective of background or financial means

(Illustration: Adam Carniege)

Feminism 101: Pussies are not for grabbing

It’s been 30 years since I found my voice – now ‘nasty’ women around the world are fighting back

Columns: Author Herman Lategan writes about the colourful characters of the Sea Point of the 1970s, where he grew up and still lives.

The real Afrikaans experience

‘People are generally so fucken switched off’ – how Lategan puts readers into his characters’ shoes

South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack.
(Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)

Sea Point resident lets go of home after protests and defiance

Thandeka Sisusa lived in the basement of the Rapallo apartment block in Sea Point and was ordered by a court to leave.

‘Sale of Tafelberg school site will entrench race and class segregation’

Religious leaders believe the Tafelberg school in Sea Point holds the potential for being a symbol of healing, unity and desegregation in the city.

Sacci chief executive Neren Rau.

Michael Elion: Eyewear art raises shades of debate

A Cape Town artist perceives a threat behind the furious reaction to his sponsored freedom statue.

We celebrate #knockout as a blow to racism

One man has shown the country that the oppressed will not let ‘kaffir’ reduce blackness to powerlessness.

Sea Point back on the menu

Sea Point back on the menu

Back in the day, Sea Point probably had more restaurants than the rest of Cape Town put together.