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The Blue Train is a perfect escape from the cares of the world By AFP By Gersende Rambourg Cape Town - Waiters in grey waistcoats bearing dainty platters of canapés circle the private lounge at Cape Town's main train station and the tinkle of champagne glasses fills the air. Timeless ease fills the room as passengers wait to embark on the fabled Blue Train for a luxurious two-night trek across South Africa. But even in this cosseted world, 2021 intrudes, showing that nothing can escape the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. Passengers are discreetly ushered off in small groups to a fast-tra...

The Blue Train is a perfect escape from the cares of the world. Ironically, most South Africans could never have dreamed of affording its luxury before COVID appeared.

City of Cape Town opens second electric vehicle charging stationThe City of Cape Town (CoCT) has opened its second public electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The station is situated in the parking area of the Somerset West Civic Centre. "E-mobility offers the city and its residents an opportunity to create a healthier, more inclusive metro. As a proactive climate change response, it will help enable our Covid-19 recovery," said the CoCT in a statement. SABC's Noxolo Grootboom announces retirementNoxolo Grootboom has announced her retirement after working for the SABC for 37 years. The pu...

: : Trombonist Bryan Hooten has been an active musician in Richmond's jazz community for more than a decade and a half. A longstanding member of No BS Brass, during the pandemic he has released a new solo EP while taking on the roles of sole performer, recording engineer and producer. Photo by Anna-Claire Fourness.  Our series Checking in returns with an interview featuring trombonist and educator Bryan Hooten. Bryan has been a member of many popular Richmond bands, including Bio Ritmo and Fight the Big Bull and he is currently a member of No BS Brass. In this segment, B...

Auction houses beware: art dealers are back Share In Australia, since the late 1980s auction houses have steadily increased their hold on the secondary art market with dealers becoming a shrinking pool. As auction houses transformed from wholesalers to retailers of art, with robust marketing campaigns, full-colour catalogues and auctions as swish social events, dealers strained to compete. Dealers of old such as Joseph Brown, Eva Breuer, Lauraine Diggins and Win Schubert, were powerful forces in the secondary art market, and while some from that era live on, Denis Savill and Nevin Hurst to na...