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As far as beauty goes, Cape Town is nothing short of spectacular: a city built on the Atlantic Ocean, around a mountain, allowing for stunning views in every direction. The elephant in the room, though, is the harsh legacy of apartheid, when South Africa’s white-minority government pushed the Black majority to the fringes of the city.
Atlantic Sun
Unexplored Cape Town wins silver for championing cultural diversity at WTM Africa 2026
Tourism business, Unexplored Cape Town, has brought international recognition home, securing the silver award in the championing cultural diversity category at the 2026 World Travel Market (WTM) Africa Responsible Tourism Awards.
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Rising Cape Town rentals creating a pressure cooker for small food businesses, vendors say
While Mondli Mahamba greets customers over the steam of a latte in his café, tucked inside the foyer of the Central Methodist Church in central Cape Town, Khadim Diagne serves the spicy traditional coffee and jollof rice loved by his Senegalese countrymen from his backpack among the brightly coloured renderings of wildlife at an art stall in Greenmarket Square.
Sunday Times
Nothing tells a story like this off-the-radar African Food and Storytelling Tour in Cape Town
Surely at some point you will tire of yet another Western Cape wine farm experience, some or other world-renowned chef enveloping their gourmet meal in liquid nitrogen or the use of “nestled” to describe an eatery’s location?
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Cape Town Unexplored
Dennis Molewa discovers proudly African coffee and cuisine in Woodstock, Long Street and Sea Point, where The Mother City has been hiding some of her most authentic culinary gems.
TimesLIVE
Where to get an authentic taste of Ethopian culture & cuisine in Joburg
At the beginning of 2005, Tumssa was selling shoes in Pretoria, dreaming of ways to grow and expand his business. He met Netsi, and over the past 13 years they’ve become the biggest supplier here of traditional Ethiopian products. They’re also successful restaurateurs and spice traders, who’ve significantly shaped the Ethiopian food culture in Joburg.
TimesLIVE
Restaurateur Bebe Rose Honorine has Capetonians craving West African food
From cutting hair to chopping onions, Bebe Rose Honorine has found her real passion: food and cooking. Her famous jollof rice is just one of many delectable dishes drawing a crowd to her Cameroonian eatery in Cape Town Like so many, Bebe Rose Honorine immigrated from Cameroon to SA in 1994 in search of greener pastures.
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The Mother of Injera
Few people know that it was Jodit Abidara’s older sister, Fasika, who opened the first traditional Ethiopian restaurant, Habesha, in Castle Street in the early 2000s. Since then numerous well-established Ethiopian restaurants have popped up around Cape Town’s bustling CBD. Most of them have had enough financial capital to create renowned institutions, which mainly target Western taste buds and tourists. Consequently, over the past 13 years, many Capetonians have become acquainted with injera,…
Oribi
How FoodPrint Lab seeks to digitalize Africa’s agricultural sector to gain more food sovereignty
Which problem is FoodPrint lab trying to tackle? There are about 32 million small holders (farming to eat but have surplus to sell) or subsistence farmers (farming for survival) in Africa and they produce about 70% of the continent’s food supply.
Oribi
Food System Heroes: Jade Orgill and her social enterprise, “The Sprightly Seed”
So far, our Food System Heroes series has featured entrepreneurs who are currently enrolled in our #FoodSystem incubation program. However, this week we decided to dedicate our blog post to one of our mentors, Jade Orgill.
Oribi
Food System Heroes: Lefentse Chapman and Amber Dale Farms
Some entrepreneurs seem to have the motivation to make a difference built into their DNA makeup. When some have complaints about the obstacles they face in agriculture, others turn them into opportunities for their community.
Oribi
Food System Heroes: Aurbon and Natalie Hurling from Roots&Raw
Currently, Roots and Raw is involved in providing yoga for their local community. In addition, they also are facilitating a project that assists neighbours to set up food gardens, water systems and clay houses, to create more sustainable living.