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Farro far from finished: How a resilient Cape Town restaurant beat the odds

Despite weathering many crises, Farro has thrived in Cape Town thanks to superb cuisine and a devoted community

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Food for thought: Readers share their top lunch spots

Where to grab your next meal, in Joburg or Cape Town

The Leopard bubbles up again

Krone serves up a special treat in Jozi

Feathers fly as rivals vie for KFC’s crown

KFC maintains its lead in South Africa's fast-food chicken market, but local competitors present challenges.

Some of Joburg's best brunch spots

Joburg: South Africa’s breakfast capital

Joburg has a brilliant breakfast scene, so if you're looking for scrambled eggs worth crossing town for or a café with an excellent flat white and fast Wi-Fi, take note of these…

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Wanna get high (tea)?

The Savoy’s famous afternoon tea arrives at the Cape Grace, revealing the recipe behind one of hospitality’s most profitable traditions

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Jonathan Oxenham

Jonathan Oxenham’s essentials? A blue kikoi, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, good surf and a healthy supply of pinot noir

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sue Williamson

The Cape Town-based artist talks autobiographies, cloudscapes and James Dean

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The circus comes to the City of Gold

The Royal Countess Zingara returns to Joburg with dazzling circus acts, cabaret, live music and a four-course dinner at Melrose Arch

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Brandon Fairweather

The author and brand manager talks Liverpool, Lego and a new framework for managing money

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sethu Mehana

The Nubian Cosmetics founder on turning a hobby into a business, Joburg go-to spots and how Kentridge inspired her love of art

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A review of Tambourine, and the economics of caring

A review of Tambourine, Cape Town’s farm-to-table restaurant linked to a Khayelitsha community farm, where care is part of the menu

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Kirsten Goss

The acclaimed jewellery designer talks ‘Hamnet’, A Tavola, Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ and the joy of sparkling water

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Bianca Amato

The beloved South African actress is in a new stage production called ‘Midnight in Parys’. Here she talks books, Kate Bush and jigsaw puzzles

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Katherine-Mary Pichulik

The founder of PICHULIK tells us about books, art and tarot cards

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Dikelo Mamiala

By day a corporate type, by night a brilliant creative, Dikelo Mamiala on books, high school crushes and Doppio Zero

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Ernst Frame-Tolmie

Interior architect Ernst Frame-Tolmie on teenage angst, desert island soundtracks and the objects he swears by

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Zimkita Sidumo

Interior designer Zimkita Sidumo gives us a glimpse of her very stylish and stationery-filled world

Marc Jacobs Café

From flat whites to fashion: inside the Marc’s by Marc Jacobs café

Hyde Park’s Marc’s by Marc Jacobs café is the first of its kind in Africa. We popped in to check it out – and you should too

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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Fran Luckin

Back scratchers, Sting and Cy Twombly – a glimpse inside Fran Luckin’s mind