Tucked away on Waterkant Street in De Waterkant, this new takeaway sandwich shop is the latest venture by chef John van Zyl, whose children call him ‘Pappa’. It opened at the end of September, but if …..
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The Hyper-Local Community Newspaper Boom: Beyond major metropolitan daily newspapers, Cape Town features a thriving community media ecosystem. Free door-to-door community weeklies—such as TygerBurger in the northern suburbs and People’s Post in the southern suburbs—serve hundreds of thousands of households. These papers focus almost exclusively on suburban news, local council issues, ward development, neighborhood watch safety reports, and hyper-local advertising. They represent a crucial layer of civic journalism that reaches readers directly in their homes.


