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The Freedom Swim: from Mandela’s Robben Island to the Cape Town shore

The Mandela centenary features many tributes and events but our writer found his own way to celebrate Madiba’s legacy – a 7.5km Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Cape Town

Published: 17 Jul 2018

Free world
Street art adds gloss to Cape Town's boho Woodstock area

This youthful and bohemian neighbourhood and foodie hotspot has become an open air gallery for giant, colourful murals

Published: 21 Oct 2017

On the radar
'Africa's Tate Modern' – Cape Town’s Zeitz-Mocaa gallery opens

The largest contemporary art museum in Africa opens on Friday as a ‘platform for Africans to tell their own story’

Published: 21 Sep 2017

Become a surf instructor in 10 weeks

A 10-week surf safari and volunteering programme along South Africa’s coast culminates in an instructor’s qualification that could set you up for life. We join the new intake

Published: 6 Aug 2016

The foodie traveller
Cooking the Cape Malay way in South Africa

In Cape Town, a local chef gives cookery lessons in a cuisine that combines African, Malaysian and Indonesian flavours to delicious effect

Published: 12 Jun 2016

The running blog
Running the 35-mile Two Oceans: distance running South African-style

The Two Oceans – billed as the world’s most beautiful marathon – takes in spectacular views of the Atlantic and Indian oceans on a circuit of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. Nick Mead experiences an ultra with a big city feel

Published: 6 May 2016

A great little place I know
Barbecue and beats in Cape Town’s Gugulethu township

Tina Walsh loves the party atmosphere of Mzoli’s, an open-air barbecue joint and bar that draws huge crowds of Capetonians

Published: 7 Apr 2016

Alternative South Africa
The alternative city guide to Cape Town, South Africa

The second of our guides to alt South Africa looks at tourist haven Cape Town. Musicians, designers and cooks show how it is coming into its own as a multicultural, free-thinking city, with lively streets and stunning open spaces

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Alternative South Africa
Sights to see in Cape Town, South Africa: readers’ tips

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Alternative South Africa
Instagram snapshots: Cape Town through the eyes of locals

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Alternative South Africa
Cape Town: share your tips with GuardianWitness or #GuardianCapeTown

We’re searching for the most interesting insider tips on Cape Town. The best will be published as part of a city guide next week

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Top 10 hotels, B&Bs and hostels in Cape Town

Cape Town has a wide range of affordable places to stay – and with the South African Rand weak in the currency market this is a great time to plan a visit

Published: 17 Dec 2015

Why I love …
Chef Karen Dudley on Cape Town, South Africa

Even the locals remain constantly dazzled by the vistas, but once you tear your eyes from Table Mountain, there is a wealth of culture and food to devour in Cape Town

Published: 6 Feb 2015

The gentrification of Woodstock: from rundown suburb to hipster heaven

As developers increasingly buy up property, the poor yet tightly knit multi-racial community who once called this Cape Town area home are being driven apart by the rising cost of living

Published: 12 Aug 2014

A tour of Cape Town, World Design Capital 2014

Forget fancy galleries – in Cape Town, 2014 World Design Capital, the most exciting work is in the townships and once-grungy inner-city areas, says Lisa Grainger

Published: 7 Mar 2014

Diving and coastal cool in False Bay, South Africa

South Africa's False Bay is known as the 'Serengeti of the seas', such is the diversity of its marine life, providing incredible scenes for divers. Buzzy resorts around its edge provide something for landlubbers too, says Kevin Rushby

Published: 8 Nov 2013

The Cape Argus, Cape Town: the world's biggest bike race

The Cape Argus in Cape Town, South Africa, is the world's biggest bike race – more than 35,000 cyclists took part in the 2013 event last month. We meet two local riders from Khayelitsha township's cycling club, Velokhaya, as they prepare for the race, and follow the huge crowds of riders on the spectacular 110km route around the Cape peninsula

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Published: 3 Apr 2013

Guardian Africa network
Cape Town public art festival - in pictures

In a city marked by inequality, Cape Town's annual Infecting the City festivities offer free performances of dance, theatre, music, live art, visual arts and installations

Gallery

Published: 26 Mar 2013

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