Beverley
@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social
Lover of music and art. Servant to a rescue cat and dog. Mostly Cape Town. Flâneur. Crafty person. Istanbul-phile/bore. Warning - Posts might contain typos.
Maybe it’s not just First Thursdays. Maybe it’s Cape Town shifting. Growing. Squeezing. Becoming a place where everything has to make money first before it can be meaningful.
Living in Cape Town isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be. It’s so densely packed that it feels like you’re fighting for space in a city you already pay bloody rates and taxes in.
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Maybe it’s not just First Thursdays. Maybe it’s Cape Town shifting. Growing. Squeezing. Becoming a place where everything has to make money first before it can be meaningful.
Living in Cape Town isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be. It’s so densely packed that it feels like you’re fighting for space in a city you already pay bloody rates and taxes in.
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns
First Thursdays in Cape Town has shifted from art and culture to consumption and curated content and locals feel the change.
iol.co.za
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Living in Cape Town isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be. It’s so densely packed that it feels like you’re fighting for space in a city you already pay bloody rates and taxes in.
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As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns
First Thursdays in Cape Town has shifted from art and culture to consumption and curated content and locals feel the change.
iol.co.za
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns
First Thursdays in Cape Town has shifted from art and culture to consumption and curated content and locals feel the change.
iol.co.za
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
As First Thursdays shift from art to commerce, Cape Town locals voice their concerns iol.co.za/lifestyle/20...
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D.E.I. shot the serif, but I will not shoot no Calibri
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
D.E.I. shot the serif, but I will not shoot no Calibri
Hugely important work ahead.
If the skill of reading is not acquired in the first three grades of schooling the consequences are far reaching.
If the skill of reading is not acquired in the first three grades of schooling the consequences are far reaching.
New research has highlighted both the depth of the problem with child literacy in South African schools – and pathways to solutions.
New data points to solutions for SA’s child literacy woes | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hugely important work ahead.
If the skill of reading is not acquired in the first three grades of schooling the consequences are far reaching.
If the skill of reading is not acquired in the first three grades of schooling the consequences are far reaching.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Bucking the trend of much of the RSA Government being slow, disinterested, inept, and incompetent, the staff at the National Library Of South Africa have been working late into the night going through & generating ISBN requests to help people get their books done before printers close for Christmas.
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bucking the trend of much of the RSA Government being slow, disinterested, inept, and incompetent, the staff at the National Library Of South Africa have been working late into the night going through & generating ISBN requests to help people get their books done before printers close for Christmas.
A loud amen.
This is the spirit
We didn't ask for these robots
YouTube video by Alex Falcone
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December 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A loud amen.
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We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
Christmas Craft workshops at Central Library. Mainly re-using old books, pamphlets, toilet roll inners.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Christmas Craft workshops at Central Library. Mainly re-using old books, pamphlets, toilet roll inners.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
The Great Derangement.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Great Derangement.
We truly are in the midst of (what Ian McEwan calls) the Great derangement.
I'm sure Vladimir can't wait
Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We truly are in the midst of (what Ian McEwan calls) the Great derangement.
Could not have said this better.
I feel like every day I sound more and more like a censorious, self-righteous prude, but for the record I think the way sports betting has insinuated itself into everything is another sign of societal decadence and profound moral rot.
Wtf are we doing?
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Could not have said this better.
Spekboom!
With a miracle plant, an 800,000-hectare challenge and the promise of 100,000 green jobs, South Africa’s thicket restoration has been named a Unep World Restoration Flagship. This overlooked ecosystem is becoming a global model for climate resilience and community revival.
SA’s award-winning thicket project on track to create 100,000 jobs and revive 800,000 hectares | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Spekboom!
Hope from Van Gogh.
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hope from Van Gogh.
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Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
Some (actually many) beautiful words, images and poems and stories from South Africa
“Do not let hatred make a home in your heart,” she would say. “Let the light do its work.”
The Battlefield Within: An Elder’s Journey from Struggle to Stillness - Jay Naido
KUDU Journal, issue 3, pg 10
kudujournal.wordpress.com/archive/
The Battlefield Within: An Elder’s Journey from Struggle to Stillness - Jay Naido
KUDU Journal, issue 3, pg 10
kudujournal.wordpress.com/archive/
Archive
KUDU Issue N. 3 December 2025 Free download (PDF) HERE Contributors Jay Naidoo Hamilton Wende Wandile Sihlobo Donvé Lee Cornelia Fick Martha Landman Warren Jeremy Rourke Mike Boyd Skyla Buchanan Fa…
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December 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Some (actually many) beautiful words, images and poems and stories from South Africa
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How gambling is stealing South Africa’s future, and how saving can win it back.
As gambling tears homes apart, savings groups are winning the real bet | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
How gambling is stealing South Africa’s future, and how saving can win it back.
Further updates from Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Further updates from Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
